D&B David si Baias SCA

Competition/ Anti-trust / Corporate/ M&A / Banking & Finance

Sorin David is a partner of D&B David si Baias. He has been a member of the Bucharest Bar since 1991 and he is an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr David has legal qualifications obtained in Romania (PhD, summa cum laude), USA (Master of Laws) and the Netherlands (post-graduate studies). He is also an associate professor of law at the Law School of the Bucharest University, teaching commercial law and competition. He is an expert in corporate law, competition and M&A.

Sorin David is the author of more than 30 law journal articles published in Romania or abroad. He is co-author of ’Commentaries on Company Law’, one of the leading law books on Romanian company law, that was awarded the Romanian Academy prize.

Sorin David has been involved in several projects for the alignment of Romanian legislation with EU regulations and international best practice. He specialises in competition, commercial and consumer protection law and has been ranked by Chambers and Partners as Eminent Practitioner in Coporate/ M&A and Competition/ Antitrust.

Recently, Sorin David has advised a significant number of clients acting in various fields, such as production, distribution and marketing FMCG, within important transactions. He has been involved in many projects in different fields of activity, providing legal advice to clients on various matters and coordinating restructuring projects in respect of Romanian companies or Romanian subsidiaries of international companies.

July 2002 – present - D&B David si Baias Law Firm - Managing Partner, Attorney-at-law

Jan 1991 – July 2002 - Law Offices of Sorin David – Partner

May 1997 - Dec 1998 - Société Génerale European Emerging Markets, Ltd., London – External Counsellor

March 1996 - Dec 1997 - The Romanian Subsidiary of the Romanian-American Enterprise Fund – External Counsellor

Nov 1995 - Dec 1997 - Financial Markets International, Inc. - Legal Consultant

September 1991 – onwards - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law – Associate Professor of Law

English, French, German

Sorin has been a member of Bucharest Bar since 1991 and a member of Bucharest Court of Arbitration the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (between 2002 – 2006 and from 2012-present).

October 2002 - University of Bucharest, School of Law - Ph.D in Law (summa cum laudae)

May 1997 – May 1997 - Joint Vienna Institute, Vienna, Austria - Specialisation in International Financial Transactions

August 1994 – August 1995 - The John Marshall Law School, Chicago, Illinois - LL.M. in Taxation (with honours)

April 1994 - International Development Law Institute, Rome, Italy - Specialisation in International Bankruptcy

November 1991 - March 1992 - T.M.C. Asser Institute, The Hague, The Netherlands - Diploma in International Business Law

June 1991 - The Hague Academy of International Law, The Hague, The Netherlands - Certificate in International Private Law

September 1984 to June 1988 - University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, Romania - Juris Doctor