Areas of practice

The firm has extensive experience in civil law, with work that includes advice, drafting applications, notices and contracts of every kind (loans, loans for use and others), and assistance and representation before the courts in litigation. The work covers civil contracts, contractual and tort liability, damages and professional negligence; property claims and possessory actions, including recovery of property, boundary disputes and adverse possession; land, cadastre and land-registry matters; family law, including divorce and division of assets, parental authority, maintenance and a child's residence; succession law; and enforcement proceedings. The firm also assists and represents you before notaries, court enforcement officers, local authorities and the tax authority (ANAF).

You need a civil attorney when you sign or contest a contract, defend a right of ownership, go through a divorce or division of assets, deal with a succession, or face enforcement proceedings. Even before litigation begins, a consultation helps you find out whether it is worth pursuing and what the real chances of success are.

Commercial and corporate law is one of the firm's areas of focus. The work includes drafting contracts (sale and purchase, assignment of receivables, franchising, transactions and others), notices, company incorporation documents, articles of association and shareholder-meeting (AGM) resolutions, together with other filings before the Trade Register (ORC). It also covers assistance and representation in commercial and corporate disputes before the courts: contract formation, performance, termination and annulment; changes to a company's structure, such as removing a director or excluding or withdrawing a shareholder; challenging or suspending AGM resolutions; dissolution, merger, division and liquidation; the liability of legal persons; enforcement proceedings; and debt recovery.

You need an attorney in this field when you set up or change a company, negotiate or perform a commercial contract, when disputes arise between shareholders, or when recovering sums from a business partner. Advice taken in advance helps you prevent costly disputes.

The attorney can support you with specialist tax advice, administrative and judicial appeals, and other filings, along with assistance and representation before both the tax authorities and the courts, at every stage of proceedings. The work covers the taxation of individuals and companies, the taxation of residents and non-residents, joint and several liability, VAT, transfer pricing, and both national and European Union tax law. The firm also assists and represents you before other public officials, authorities and institutions, including notaries, court enforcement officers, local authorities and the tax authority (ANAF).

You need a tax attorney when you receive a tax assessment or an inspection report you disagree with, when joint liability is invoked against you, when VAT or transfer-pricing issues arise, or when you wish to challenge an act of the tax authorities. Tax time limits are short, so prompt advice is essential.

We assist you in insolvency proceedings, acting either for the debtor or for the creditor. We help you open the procedure where warranted, and assert your rights by registering your claim with the body of creditors. The work covers insolvency of both individuals and companies, drafting applications to open insolvency proceedings, and drafting applications to register a claim.

You need an insolvency attorney when, as an individual or a company, you can no longer pay your debts as they fall due, or when, as a creditor, a partner has entered insolvency and you wish to recover your claim. The time limits for registering with the body of creditors are strict, so it is important to act quickly.

We assist you in your dealings with banks and non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs). We review credit agreements, identify any unfair terms, and represent you in disputes with financial creditors. The work covers disputes with banks, disputes with NBFIs, and advice on credit agreements.

You need a banking attorney when you believe a credit agreement contains unfair terms, when a bank or an NBFI has started enforcement against you, or when you wish to weigh your options before signing a loan. A legal review of the agreement can protect you from costs that are not owed.

We represent you in employment disputes, acting for either the employee or the employer. We help you recover sums owed and challenge disciplinary measures applied unlawfully. The work covers disputes over claims for payment and disputes over disciplinary sanctions.

You need an employment attorney when you have been dismissed or disciplined and consider the measure unlawful, when salary entitlements owed to you have not been paid, or when, as an employer, you wish to apply a disciplinary measure correctly. Challenges to an employer's decisions must be brought within the short time limits set by the Labour Code.

We assist you in public procurement procedures, both before you submit a tender and during the contentious stage. We help you challenge unlawful outcomes and defend your interests before the National Council for Solving Complaints (Consiliul Național de Soluționare a Contestațiilor, CNSC) and before the courts. The work includes advice, assistance and representation, drafting preliminary notices, drafting challenges to the CNSC, and drafting actions against CNSC decisions.

You need a procurement attorney when you are disqualified or ranked unfavourably in a procedure, when the tender documentation contains restrictive requirements, or when you wish to challenge the contracting authority's decision. Time limits in procurement are very short, so acting quickly is decisive.

We provide legal advice for accessing non-reimbursable financing and EU funds, from checking eligibility through to preparing the documentation needed to submit a project. We advise on participation in and preparation of documentation for certain projects, in particular those run at national level.

You need legal assistance when you wish to access non-reimbursable financing and must be sure that you meet the eligibility conditions, that the documentation complies with the programme's requirements, and that the contractual obligations undertaken towards the funding body are clear. A legal check carried out in advance reduces the risk of the project being rejected or of funds having to be repaid.

The firm provides assistance and representation in criminal matters, drafting applications, notices, criminal complaints and challenges at every procedural stage: criminal investigation, preliminary chamber, trial at first instance and on appeal. The work covers offences against bodily integrity, offences against the home or private life, forgery of documents and other related matters.