Muşat & Asociaţii

Restructuring & Insolvency, Corporate & Commercial Law, Litigation & Arbitration, Employment

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.

Deputy Managing Partner, Muşat & Asociaţii: 2020 - to date Partner, Muşat & Asociaţii: 2015 - 2020; Managing Associate, Muşat & Asociaţii: 2013 – 2015; Senior Associate, Muşat & Asociaţii: 2010 – 2013; Associate, Muşat & Asociaţii: 2005 – 2010

Romanian, English and French

Romanian Bar Association National Insolvency Practitioners Association

INSOL Europe

Law degree, University of Bucharest