Zamfirescu Racoți Vasile & Partners Attorneys At Law

Managing Partner: Cosmin Vasile
Number of partners: 13
Number of lawyers: 65
Languages: English, French, Romanian

Firm Overview:
One of Romania’s top law firms, Zamfirescu Racoţi Vasile & Partners Attorneys at Law (ZRVP) stands as a provider of the most comprehensive portfolio of legal services on the market, with highly reputed lawyers and widely recognised expertise in business law and litigation. Founded in 2005 by merger of two law firms, both established in 1995, ZRVP offers high quality and effective services in both consultancy and litigation areas, integrated through the knowledge and expertise of cross-practice industry teams.

Main Areas of Practice:

Banking & Finance:
■Legal assistance to Alro S.A. in relation to a loan facility for investment and general working capital purpose in amount of 68 million USD granted by a syndicate of banks
■Legal assistance to Alum S.A. regarding 25 million USD parallel facilities from Black Sea Trade and Investment Bank (20 mil. USD) and Garanti Bank S.A. (5 mil. USD) for investment purposes
■Legal assistance to First Bank in relation to a complex servicing agreement for a loan portfolio originated by Bancpost S.A. and transferred to Eurobank Ergasias S.A.
Contact: Ioana Racoţi
Email: [email protected]

Dispute Resolution:
■Representation of Romanian public authorities and private companies in over 30 cases having as object some of the most complex and diverse infrastructure design and construction projects disputes pending both before the national arbitration institution and the Romanian courts of law
■Legal assistance and representation of most of the major banks acting on the Romanian market in complex commercial disputes and over 300 consumer protection cases
■Legal assistance and representation of insurance companies in high-profile insurance disputes and hundreds of administrative-contentious litigation cases Contact: Cosmin Vasile
Email: [email protected]

Mergers & Acquisitions:
■Legal assistance to Pearson Group regarding the restructuring process of the Romanian companies within the group
■Legal assistance regarding the takeover of Pro Forest, a top Romanian company acting in the forestry and logging field, by a Luxembourg based group of companies
■Legal assistance granted to a Romanian entertainment supplier regarding the merger process between two companies acting in the entertainment business Contact: Anca Danilescu
Email: [email protected]

Real Estate:
■Legal assistance to Uctam Ro regarding the sale of plots of land included within the area of a residential compound in Bucharest
■Legal assistance to Dolphin Invest on the acquisition of plots of land with the view of construction and development of buildings in retail industry
Contact: Anca Danilescu
Email: [email protected]

Employment:
■Ongoing legal assistance to Philip Morris Romania in connection with employment related activities of the client
■Ongoing legal assistance to Menzies Aviation Romania in labour law matters
■Legal assistance to AWP P&C Saint-Quen, Bucharest Branch (Member of Allianz Group) regarding all labor law matters of the company
Contact: Cătălin Micu
Email: [email protected]

Restructuring & Insolvency:
■Legal assistance and representation of the Romanian State in the insolvency procedure opened against Hidroelectrica
■Legal assistance and representation of OMV Petrom in the insolvency proceedings conducted against debtors Interagro SA and Interagro SRL for the recovery of receivables totally amounting to over EUR 28 million EUR
■Legal assistance and representation of a consortium of foreign and national banks in the project regarding the insolvency procedure of Omilos Oradea
Contact: Stan Tîrnoveanu
Email: [email protected]

Competition:
■Legal assistance to Kronospan Group in an investigation opened by the Competition Council on a possible breach of the national and EU competition law on the market of wood processing
■Legal assistance to the Romanian Association of Banks in the development, approval by the members and implementation of a competition compliance programme, destined to members and employees of the professional association representing the entire banking market in Romania, having as members 36 Romanian banks and branches of foreign banks
Contact: Elena Iacob
Email: [email protected]

Intellectual Property:
■Legal assistance and representation of OMV Petrom in a controversial litigation case having as object a claim for damages for the alleged abusive exploitation, during the communist regime, of two patents related to the oil drilling industry
■Legal assistance and representation of Smithkline Beecham Limited and Glaxosmithkline LLC in a complex and controversial damages claim
■Legal assistance and representation of Dassault Systemes France in connection with the unauthorized use of Dassault Systemes products and related infringement of Dassault Systemes’ intellectual property rights
Contact: Alina Tugearu
Email: [email protected]

PRACTICE AREAS:
Banking & Finance
Competition
Dispute Resolution
Employment
Energy & Natural Resources
Family Law
General Corporate
Intellectual Property
Mergers & Acquisitions
Projects
Public Procurement/PPP
Real Estate
Regulatory Legal Services
Restructuring & Insolvency
Securities & Capital Markets
Tax
White-Collar Crime

OFFICES

ROMANIA
BUCHAREST: 12 Plantelor Street, 023974, District 2
Tel: +40 21 311 0517  Fax: +40 21 311 0519
Email: [email protected]