- Representing a bank in a post-M&A arbitration involving indemnity and warranty claims.
- Representing a major Romanian bank in a domestic arbitration regarding swaps—a topic rarely subject to dispute in Romania.
- Representing a high-net-worth minority shareholder in disputes over the management of a subsidiary within a holding structure tied to a regulated insurance company.
- Representing a large investment fund with investments in key Romanian state-owned entities in addressing minority shareholder obstruction aimed at challenging the appointment of a global investment firm as its asset manager.
- Being part of an international legal team advising a Nordic financial institution during a cross-border investigation led by the DOJ, DFS, and OFAC, involving allegations of money laundering, AML compliance shortcomings, and sanctions breaches (including 1.5 years of on-the-ground assistance in the client’s home jurisdiction).
- Representing a defendant in criminal proceedings for defrauding one of Romania’s largest financial institutions.
- Representing clients in dozens of public procurement disputes in sectors such as road and rail infrastructure, energy production and transport, and waste management and water treatment.
- Representing multiple clients in domestic and international arbitrations arising out of motorway, railway and energy projects.
- Representing contractors in DAB and ICC arbitration proceedings under FIDIC Yellow Book and Red Book contracts for road infrastructure.
- Representing a construction company in an ICC arbitration against the Romanian motorway authority (FIDIC-based contract) involving delay claims, archaeological findings, and quantum-related disputes.
- Representing a construction company in an ICC arbitration involving res judicata effects of a previous award and issues of price escalation claims in infrastructure projects.
- Representing a Romanian real estate developer in an ICC arbitration concerning delays and construction defects in a major retail and entertainment complex.
- Representing a design company in ICC arbitration against a contractor regarding alleged design flaws that triggered additional costs.
- Representing a bank in a litigation for damages related to the release of performance guarantees to a contractor.
- Representing a Romanian energy company backed by a private equity fund in a dispute concerning natural gas supply to a major industrial consumer, with issues arising from supply chain disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Assisting strategic investors in the energy and oil & gas sectors in navigating their relationship with the government and developing investment protection strategies. This included preparing for potential investment arbitrations in response to government actions that disrupted investments, such as non-recognition of bond redemptions by the investor, aggressive amendments of taxation and royalty regimes, and failures to pay compensation under energy price cap schemes.
- Representing a global energy contractor in a construction arbitration related to an EPC contract concluded with a major Romanian state-owned energy production facility.
- Representing a utilities company in litigation against the Romanian State and energy regulator seeking reimbursement of compensation funds promised under consumer energy price cap schemes.
- Representing a solar energy developer in litigation concerning the validity of environmental permits following challenges from a local NGO.
- Representing a gas company in an investigation into alleged abuse of dominant position.
- Representing an oil company in challenging the fine applied for an alleged collusion related to the withdrawal of certain gasoline products.
- Representing a long-standing Romanian agribusiness in settling a complex dispute over the completion of a production facility at one of the country’s oldest vegetable oil plants—operational for over 130 years.
- Representing a Fortune 500 confectionery conglomerate in settling a claim raised by one of its distributors for the termination without case of a distribution agreement.
- Representing a Romanian agribusiness in a commercial claim against a buyer who failed to perform a commodities agreement, in the context of market price volatility following the conflict in Ukraine.
- Representing a Fortune 500 food and beverage company in a damages dispute initiated by a distributor following termination of a distribution agreement.
- Representing a pharmaceutical company in a cartel investigation and subsequent litigation challenging a fine imposed by the Romanian Competition Council.
- Representing a global pharmaceutical company in a public procurement litigation involving a healthcare tender for vaccines, successfully obtaining the reversal of a final judgment issued by the Romanian courts by relying on EU procurement law provisions granting a right to an effective legal recourse.
- Assisting an automotive parts manufacturer backed by a South African investment fund in a cartel investigation conducted by the European Commission.
- Representing a financial institution backed by a US investment fund in post-M&A ICC arbitration involving indemnity and warranty claims.
- Representing a South African-backed real estate developer in reaching a settlement with Romania’s Electricity Transmission Operator, enabling the continuation of a major commercial development project by securing access to high-voltage transmission infrastructure.
- Advising a joint venture behind one of Bucharest’s largest commercial real estate developments in safeguarding its property rights during criminal proceedings related to the formation of the joint venture (as a consortium between a private investor and a Romanian public institution).
- Representing a European asset manager in insolvency proceedings triggered in relation to a Romanian commercial real estate development.
- Representing one of the most active real estate developers in Romania in a lease renewal dispute with a major DIY retail tenant.
- Representing a telecom company in an abuse of dominance case, successfully obtaining the annulment in full of the fine imposed by the Competition Council.
- Representing a telecom operator in a dispute with the national regulator over the tariffs set for mobile network interconnection.
- Representing the majority shareholders of a media advertising company in regaining control of the business from a minority shareholder, the former sole owner.
- Representing a digital technology manufacturer in a challenge against the government’s refusal to grant a 5G licence on national security grounds.
