Mr Serban Pâslaru > Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii
4-8 SOSEAUA NICOLAE TITULESCU
AMERICA HOUSE, WEST WING, 8F, SECTOR 1
011141 BUCHAREST
Romania

Work Department

PPP and Procurement; Employment; Project Finance.

Position

Serban Paslaru is a Partner at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii, specialising mainly in PPP, PFI and concessions, as well as labour/employment law where he heads the firm’s practice group. In the course of his legal career, he has achieved a considerable body of expertise in dealing with the various stages of the procedures for awarding public procurement and concession agreements, as well as in the management of the legal risks deriving from the applicable legal framework. In this area he has been involved in major projects, especially in infrastructure and public utilities sectors, acting both on the public and the private side. He also has an impressive experience in the employment area of practice where he has coordinated or been involved in a wide variety of projects including personnel restructuring, transfers of undertaking, negotiation of collective bargaining agreements etc.

Career

Partner, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii (from 2008 to present), Managing Associate, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii (from 2007 to 2008), Senior Associate, Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii (from 2005 to 2007), Associate, Muşat & Asociaţii (from 2004 to 2005), Associate, Mihăilă Constantin Law Office (from 2002 to 2004).

Languages

English.

Memberships

Bucharest Bar Association; European Employment Lawyers` Association (EELA); HR Club Romania.

Education

University of Bucharest (LL.B., 2001).

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > PPP and procurement

(Leading partners)

Şerban PâslaruTuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

‘A popular choice when it comes to PPP and procurement in Romania’, the team at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii is experienced in large-scale social infrastructure, telecoms networks, transport, and utilities projects. Military procurement projects are an area of growing strength for the team, which has significant expertise in regulatory matters: recently, advising the International Finance Corporation on PPP frameworks in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Șerban Pâslaru, co-head of the team, advises both investors and public authorities on a range of high-value projects. Vlad Cercel co-heads the team alongside Pâslaru and has had notable involvement in Romanian legislative change in the area. Iuliana Leon is described as ‘practical and very meticulous’.

Romania > Employment

(Leading partners)

Serban PâslaruTuca Zbârcea & Asociatii

The employment team at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii is praised for its ability to ‘seamlessly blend’ an understanding of Romanian law ‘with a profound grasp of international employment practices‘. Combining employment and labour specialists with the firm’s dispute resolution team, the team covers a broad range of employment issues including matters arising out of mergers and acquisitions, advisory work for high-profile multinationals, and labour disputes. Co-heads of the team Serban Pâslaru and Mihai Anghel are valued for their ‘remarkable ability to navigate even the most complex legal landscapes‘.