Lawyers in Romania

Paul George Buta

Managing Partner. Mr. Paul Buta, Ph.D. in Law and Assistant Professor at “Nicolae Titulescu” Faculty of Law, has over 15 years of experience in the field. Paul is specialized in civil and commercial litigation and also in competition law and intellectual property. He was involved in complex files, assisting a significant portfolio of international clients (mainly, foreign investors and multinational companies) on issues pertaining to the competition law, intellectual property law, regulation law in the pharma and medical sector. Paul is also recognized for his expertise in tax litigation and international arbitration, particularly for his capacity of analysis and innovative solutions to successfully manage complex litigation files.

Musat & Asociatii

Paula Anghel

DLA Piper Dinu SCA

Paula Corban-Pelin

DLA Piper Dinu SCA

Paula Dicu

Head of Public Procurement, PPP and State Aid Practice

Biris Goran SPARL

Perry Zizzi

Perry V. Zizzi is Managing Partner of the Bucharest office and head of the Corporate practice group in Romania. He has over a quarter century of experience advising on M&A in the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the US and elsewhere. He has particular expertise advising private equity clients and he is recognized as a market leader in real estate M&A.

Dentons

Petrus Partene

Senior Associate

WH Simion & Partners

PhD Nicolae Margarit

Prof. Dr. Nicolae Margarit attorney at law has a vast experience in the legal field, with over 30 years of practice in Administrative and Public Law and Criminal Law and White Collar Crime, areas of practice. He represented high calibre individuals in a wide range of matters involving money laundering, fraud, bribery, tax evasion and other business crime cases. His legal expertise distinguishes Prof. Dr. Nicolae Margarit as an exquisite professional with an analytical and rigorous working manner.

Pavel, Margarit & Associates Romanian Law Firm

PhDc Radu Catalin Pavel

Within more than 13 years of sophisticated and diversified business practice, Radu gained an extensive expertise especially in Corporate, Commercial and M&A field, assisting and providing world-class legal services to the firm’s top clients.Radu enhanced his knowledge and experience, working with major international and local clients. After graduating university, he started his own practice, working in Real estate, Insolvency and Corporate, Commercial and M&A. His integrity, determination, and result-oriented approach, has driven him as the founder and Managing Partner of the Romanian law firm. He has grown his business practice through recommendations, his clients following him through the years. The practice grew steadily alongside a young and dedicated team of professionals. Being a PhDc in Public Law, author of numerous legal books, scientific legal articles and studies, internationally recognized by the most prestigious legal guides and publications in the world, Radu serves his clients with high dedication and commitment. Radu is recognized as Leading Lawyer by Legal500 in the 2017, 2018 and 2019 edition. He is also the only attorney at law recommended for Romania on Dispute Resolution area of practice, by Global Law Experts directory from London, U.K. International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000 has ranked Radu as Leading Lawyer in Romania, in Restructuring and Insolvency, Real Estate and Banking Practice Areas, in the Financial and Corporate 2017, 2018 and 2019 Guide.

Pavel, Margarit & Associates Romanian Law Firm

Poliana Gogu-Naum

Counsel

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA

Radu Balas

DLA Piper Dinu SCA

Radu Diaconu

Managing Partner

Bancila, Diaconu ?i Asocia?ii SPRL

Radu Pavel

Radu Catalin Pavel is the Managing Partner and Founder of Pavel, Margarit & Associates Romanian Law Firm. Within more than 17 years of sophisticated and diverse business practice, Radu gained an extensive expertise especially in M&A, Corporate and Commercial field, assisting and providing world-class legal services to the firm’s top clients. Radu enhanced his knowledge and experience through working with major international and local clients. After graduating university, he started his own practice, working in Real estate, Insolvency and Corporate Commercial and M&A. His integrity, determination, and result-oriented approach, has driven him as the founder and Managing Partner of the law firm. He has grown his business practice through recommendations, his clients following him through the years. The practice grew steadily alongside a young and dedicated team of professionals. Being a PhDc in public law, an author of numerous legal books, scientific legal articles and studies, internationally recognized by the most prestigious legal guides and publications in the world, Radu serves his clients with high dedication and commitment. Radu is recognized as Leading Lawyer by Legal500 in the 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 edition. He is also the only attorney recommended for Romania on Dispute Resolution area of practice, by Global Law Experts directory from London, UK. International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000 has ranked Radu as Leading Lawyer in Romania, in Restructuring and Insolvency, Real Estate and Banking Practice Areas, in the Financial and Corporate 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 Guide.

Pavel, Margarit & Associates Romanian Law Firm

Raluca Botea

Counsel

Kinstellar

Raluca BÎEA

Senior Associate

BMA Legal – Bogoiu, Matei & Associates

Raluca Gabor

Counsel

Kinstellar

Raluca Maxim

Raluca Maxim is recognized as one of Romania’s leading senior associates in competition law, praised by clients for her exceptional knowledge and practical expertise. She combines an LL.M. with Distinction from Queen Mary University of London, where she topped her class, with extensive experience gained at two prestigious regional law firms, specializing in competition and state aid matters. Raluca’s expertise spans a wide range of sectors, including digital & IT, oil and gas, pharmaceuticals, transport, telecom, FMCGs, retail, financial services, automotive, media, agriculture, and construction. She has been instrumental in managing complex antitrust investigations, merger control proceedings, state aid matters, and compliance issues. With significant experience in national and cross-border merger control, Raluca has successfully secured merger and FDI clearances for major transactions over the past decade in Romania. As a leading expert in foreign investment screening, she frequently coordinates sensitive foreign investment notifications. Her state aid expertise includes contributions to Romania’s first new airport in 50 years and securing aid for Romania’s flag carrier.

360Competition

Raluca Mihai

Partner

Voicu & Asociatii

Raluca Muresan

Senior associate

Bradu Neagu & Associates

Raluca Nadejde

Raluca Nadejde is a Partner with main practice areas mergers and acquisitions, competition law and corporate and commercial law. Raluca has been dealing with a significant number of transactions involving acquisitions or sales in Romania by international and local corporations, financial institutions, private equity and investment funds and she has gained significant experience in a wide array of complex issues that may arise during all phases of an M&A project- from structuring to completion of the transaction – with particular emphasis on merger clearance requirements and other antitrust aspects.

Bondoc si Asociatii SCA

Raluca Petrescu

Partner

Popovici Nitu Stoica & Asociatii

Raluca Vasilache

Raluca Vasilache is a competition Partner with Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii and head of the firm`s practice in this area. She covers a wide array of legal issues primarily in the field of competition law (notably, in all areas of practice antitrust, mergers and state aid). Raluca was involved as coordinator in almost all high-profile antitrust investigations of the Romanian Competition Council. Raluca is also proving day-to-day advice in competition law compliance, contract and policies structuring, organised numerous client trainings and successfully assisted clients during dawn raid procedures. She has also undertaken numerous procedures of reviewing mergers and acquisitions either with national impact or cross-border projects. Raluca was involved in important local or cross-border projects from antitrust and merger control to a state aid and advised clients before the European Commission, the Romanian Competition Council or other local bodies, as applicable. Jointly with the litigation team of the firm, Raluca is advising clients before national courts or the Court of Justice of the European Union in litigious cases involving competition law. Raluca Vasilache's expertise also includes consumer protection, anti-counterfeiting norms, unfair competition, commercial contracts. .

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu

Ramona heads the corporate / M&A and energy teams. She is recommended by legal directories such as Chambers for her M&A experience: ”[Ramona is] an accomplished practitioner, praised for her very good commercial understanding. She is receptive, supportive and always delivers on time.”, and Legal500 for her energy expertise: ”[Ramona] is very sharp”. Ramona specialises in mergers and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on the energy and natural resources sector, in Central and Eastern Europe. She dealt with numerous multi-jurisdictional transactions acting on all sides and gained in-depth experience in mergers, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, restructuring and reorganizations, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity transactions, as well as regulatory matters. Recent relevant experience includes advising some of the world largest oil&gas companies in relation to petroleum agreements, including concessions, joint operating agreements, farm-in and farm-out agreements, services agreements, licensing and other regulatory requirements for their operations in Romania, advising a world leading utility on the acquisition of several wind farms, photovoltaic plants and biomass projects in Romania, advising a world leading energy group on electricity regulatory and commercial issues, advising a leading regional bank on energy related matters in connection with granting of financing for construction of renewable projects in Romania. Prior to founding Volciuc-Ionescu, Ramona headed the energy team of an international law firm in Bucharest, worked for a leading Austrian law firm in Bucharest and Vienna, and for Lehman Brothers in London. PUBLICATIONS Ramona is a regular contributor to legal magazines regarding energy and M&A topic and frequently provides insights as a speaker at international conferences and seminars.

Volciuc-Ionescu

Raul Andriuc

Of Counsel, Real Estate & Construction, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate, White Collar Crime

CERHA HEMPEL

Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa

Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii, having built up a strong legal career in real estate, corporate/M&A, as well as taxation. Further to his expertise in real estate matters, he combines tax and corporate law skills offering multidisciplinary strategies and solution in relation to a broad spectrum of property matters. He has been directly involved in many of the most important projects taking place in Romania, including acquisitions and disposal of real estate, investment and development real estate projects, and real estate finance. Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa regularly offers planning advice on investments to major institutional investors, as well as international companies from a variety of industries, such as retail, consumer goods, steel, energy, telecommunications, oil and gas, pharma. In addition to his role as one of the coordinators of the firm’s real estate practice group, he co-heads the firm’s specialised tax division, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii Tax SRL. Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii and Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii Tax are collaborating with Andersen Global in Romania.

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii