Muşat & Asociaţii

Alexandru Terța

Partner. Alexandru Terța has over 17 years of experience representing national and international clients in criminal litigations including white-collar crime, charges of fraud, bribery, embezzlement and money laundering. Alexandru provides specialized assistance and representation both in front of the prosecution bodies and of the relevant courts of law in Romania, ranging from the lower courts up to the High Court of Cassation and Justice, including the Constitutional Court, achieving remarkable results in high important projects that include economic crimes, tax evasion and money laundering, cybercrime and corruption cases, as well as legal assistance to companies that are subject to criminal or administrative investigations.

Andrei Ormenean

Partner. Andrei Ormenean has a significant experience in the field of corporate and commercial law, assisting national and international clients from various industries in countless local transactions or with cross-border elements.In his more than 12 years of professional experience, Andrei has been mainly involved in M&A transactions (mergers & acquisitions), group-level reorganizations, as well as the negotiation of commercial contracts, Andrei's clients including public and private companies, from blue chip multinational corporations to local companies, private equity funds as well as sovereign wealth funds. Having a deep understanding of corporate and commercial law, as well as local and international markets, Andrei constantly advises clients on a full range of issues related to the day-to-day running of companies such as shareholders agreements, shareholding restructuring/protection of minority shareholders/shareholding structures, management and administration of entities as well as aspects regarding special corporate vehicles (SPV), being constantly appreciated by customers for its lateral thinking. Andrei is also specialized in aviation issues, constantly assisting both domestic and international customers in a wide range of transactions.

Angela Porumb (Mare)

Partner. Angela Porumb is a well-reputed litigator, who has been covering a wide range of civil and commercial disputes for over 20 years and is known for her extensive experience in front of Romanian Courts, at all levels. Angela acts on all types of disputes, including commercial, fiscal, and administrative litigation, as well as disputes regarding judiciary reorganization and bankruptcy proceedings. Her clients include leading multinational corporations, as well as private local companies acting in various sectors, such as pharma, financial investments, construction of seagoing ships, real estate or construction development projects, banking, energy, public utilities, and FMCG. She regularly acts for public figures, large corporations, banks, and public institutions, on numerous national and international litigation cases. Angela successfully represented clients before all important courts in Romania, including the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Constitutional Court, and is recognised and appreciated by clients for her extensive experience and strategic case files management, promptness, and proven effectiveness in solving difficult cases.

Dan Minoiu

Partner

Gheorghe Musat

Senior Partner. Mr. Muşat has a wealth of experience of foreign investors’ issues in Romania, and a profound understanding of the market, as well as on the legal and business trends. He is one of the ‘market builders’ of the business law practice in Romania, having over 38 years of experience in the field, being involved as team leader in a variety of high-profile merger and acquisition transactions, as well as in most of the major privatization deals in Romania, acting either on the side of the Romanian Government or on the private buyers’ side, most of them multinational corporations or large local companies. Mr. Musat gathered unparalleled experience in Mergers and Acquisitions/Privatisation, Banking, Project & Corporate Finance and Dispute Resolution (international and domestic arbitration included). Mr. Muşat is a frequent lecturer on restructuring, privatisation and mergers and acquisitions matters, as well as on other issues regarding doing business and foreign investments in Romania.

Iulian Popescu

Deputy Managing Partner. Iulian Popescu specializes in all aspects of Corporate & Commercial work, and is well-known for bringing a business-oriented and strategic approach when advising clients on public and private mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, disposals, joint ventures, and negotiation of various commercial contracts. Iulian advises multinational and local leading players across a wide array of industries, with a particular focus on Energy, Environment, Telecom, IT & Media, Infrastructure, Shipping, Aviation & Transport. Iulian’s innovative approach and wealth of experience in successfully executing some of the most sophisticated energy, TMT and infrastructure projects, many across multiple jurisdictions, make him a top choice for clients from these sectors, as he is able to draw on his practical and comprehensive expertise to advise on all aspects of their businesses. He is also particularly skilled in public acquisitions and PPPs, concession law and licensing/regulatory issues. He regularly works with leading international and domestic telecom operators and media and technology companies on the full range of matters relating to IT law, interconnection and outsourcing agreements, online commerce, and data protection.Iulian is also deeply knowledgeable of the Shipping, Aviation & Transport sectors, with particular focus on shipping and the admiralty, where he has extensive experience in dealing with contentious and non- contentious matters related to multi-jurisdictional disputes and transactions.

Iuliana Iacob

Partner.  Iuliana focuses her practice on domestic and international arbitration, public and private international law, public procurement, energy and natural resources, as well as infrastructure. Iuliana acted as counsel in multiple commercial arbitration disputes administered under the auspices of major arbitral institutions (ICC, VIAC, SCC), across a wide range of sectors, such as privatization, construction and infrastructure, energy or international commerce, as well as in complex cases involving applications for provisional measures, annulment of Arbitral Awards or recognition and enforcement proceedings.In addition, Iuliana assisted and represented numerous clients in front of the domestic courts of law in relation to complex litigations arising out of major infrastructure projects. As well, Iuliana assists clients in high-stake proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union. Iuliana has been short listed on the panel of arbitrators of the Bucharest Court of Arbitration and acts as arbitrator.

Mihai Popa

Deputy Managing Partner. Mihai Popa has been advising clients for more than 15 years in all matters of reorganization and insolvency, as well as in all areas of labour law. Mihai is qualified both as a lawyer and as an insolvency practitioner and this allows him to take a more comprehensive, practical and forward looking approach when assisting our clients. Insolvency advice coordinated by Mihai covers judicial and voluntary reorganization, pre-insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy and liquidation, asset recovery and/or negotiations with debtors and creditors. Mihai also manages complex insolvency litigation, including recovery of receivables, cancellation of fraudulent acts, challenging the measures ordered by judicial receivers, in all industries, including energy, constructions, pharma, retail, and financial.On labour matters, Mihai generally advises national and international clients in all industries, in both advisory and litigation mandates, including employees’ benefits, restructuring plans, voluntary retirement schemes, individual employment agreements, or employees’ transfer, collective bargaining agreements, collective negotiations and consultations, secondment, disciplinary and professional unfitness procedures, discrimination and harassment claims.

Monia Dobrescu

Partner. Monia is particularly qualified in Banking & Finance. She assisted major international players and leading financial groups on various loan restructuring projects, financing and refinancing schemes, project and asset financing and securitization. Her expertise spans all aspects of general finance and banking law, with a special focus on finance transactions, contractual relationships, syndicated loans and compliance, as well as mobile banking, fintech and cryptocurrency related specific aspects. Monia also has significant experience in Real Estate & Construction.  She was involved in numerous high profile real estate projects and acted for landlords and tenants alike. Monia also advised lenders and developers on complex and sophisticated projects, related to legal matters that exceed the usual legal framework. Monia is advising on regulatory matters and authorizations, property portfolio restructuring, as well as real estate securities, and was involved in all stages of real estate transactions, from due diligence investigations to post-closing matters.Her experience also spans corporate and commercial matters, as she advised on various corporate activities issues, ranging from shareholding and share capital issues to management and corporate liability, spin-offs and mergers, business transfers, etc., as well as an extremely wide range of commercial agreements and legal matters related to the day-to-day corporate activities. 

Paul George Buta

Managing Partner. Mr. Paul Buta, Ph.D. in Law and Assistant Professor at “Nicolae Titulescu” Faculty of Law, has over 15 years of experience in the field. Paul is specialized in civil and commercial litigation and also in competition law and intellectual property. He was involved in complex files, assisting a significant portfolio of international clients (mainly, foreign investors and multinational companies) on issues pertaining to the competition law, intellectual property law, regulation law in the pharma and medical sector. Paul is also recognized for his expertise in tax litigation and international arbitration, particularly for his capacity of analysis and innovative solutions to successfully manage complex litigation files.  

Razvan Stoicescu

Deputy Managing Partner. Razvan Stoicescu has been acting as a transactional lawyer for more than 15 years. During this time, Razvan has been active in M&A and Privatizations, Banking & Finance and Capital Markets being involved in significant / representative deals for the local market. In his day to day activity, Razvan also advises on matters of Corporate & Commercial Law, Public Procurement & PPPs, and Energy and Natural Resources. Razvan advises in a variety of M&A deals, including acquisitions, mergers and divestitures, cross‑border transactions, take-private transactions, joint ventures (including ventures involving Romanian public authorities), or privatizations. The M&A expertise also encompasses corporate governance and related liability advice for both public and private equity companies.Razvan also advises financers, borrowers, underwriters, and issuers on domestic and international financings (acquisition finance, capitalizations, security taking and enforcement in Romania), capital markets offerings, structured products, derivatives, as well as the regulations of the financial & banking and capital markets fields.Razvan’s clients include public and private companies ranging from blue-chip multinational corporations to local companies, private equity and other financers, including venture capital, and sovereign funds, boards of directors of private, or public companies, as well as the Romanian State and other local ministries and public institutions.Razvan is an arbitrator with the arbitration panel of the Bucharest Stock Exchange, and an insolvency practitioner. Between November 2016 and May 2017, Razvan held the position of independent non‑executive member of the board of directors of the biggest listed Romanian natural gas company, SNGN Romgaz S.A., a company admitted to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, and with GDRs trading in the London Stock Exchange, with a market value of EUR 2.5bln.

Razvan Graure

Tax Partner. Răzvan Graure regularly advises companies on both local and international tax matters, as well as on issues related to compliance with fiscal obligations. He brings more than 16 years of experience to his work as a tax consultant, 8 of which in Big 4 companies. He has experience in various issues related to a wide range of tax advisory services, including tax planning and international tax structures, tax optimization, identification of potential tax risks and implementation of related minimization solutions, as well as to VAT refunds and assistance during and after tax audits. Razvan frequently works with clients across all industries, focusing on retail, manufacturing, oil & gas, automotive, pharma and IT&C. In his practice, Răzvan was involved in mergers & acquisitions, as part of multi-disciplinary teams, helping both buyers and sellers move forward to a successful transaction from the fiscal point of view. Răzvan is a member of ACCA and a Certified Tax Adviser

Stefan Diaconescu

Managing associate