Gladei & Partners

The firm: The firm relies on the 25+ years’ experience of its Partners, and is unique on the market in combining the in-house and independent counsel expertise. The firm is a recognized market leader in its core areas – banking and finance, capital markets and M&A, but has also built significant expertise in traditional and renewable energy, TMT, infrastructure and PPP, manufacturing, retail and online commerce, construction and real estate,  beauty and pharma, litigation and ADR areas. Gladei has been recently advising on and assisting in competition, data protection, internal affairs, regulatory clearance and compliance, labor and immigration, white-collar crimes and many other matters.  All major IFIs active in Moldova, all reputable foreign banks and most of the MNEs doing business in Moldova are among the firm’s clients.

Areas of practice
Debt and equity finance: structuring and documenting cross-border and local financings, syndicated/club loans, acquisition finance, convertible loans, shareholder loans, MBOs, secured finance, debt restructuring, assignment and set-off.

M&A/capital markets: legal due diligence (including clean team LDD), transactions with financial instruments (on or outside the regulated market), public offerings, acquisition financing, merger control/competition clearance, transaction notification/registration and public disclosures.

Commercial contracts: international commerce, online commerce, distribution and transportation; management, consultancy and project management contracts, joint ventures, partnerships  and other business contracts.

Corporate and regulatory compliance: business set-up, licensing and authorisation, reorganisation and liquidation, corporate affairs and corporate governance, regulatory compliance, environmental, PDP and AML/TF compliance, competition clearance, investment and shareholder agreements, safe share transfers, internal contracts (employment, management, service provisions, copyrights, etc).

Trade and online commerce: business authorisation, product placement and labelling, personal data protection, debt resolution and enforcement.

Energy and natural resources: market access, renewable energy projects (including government support and off-take agreements), energy generation, distribution, transmission and supply certification, licensing and environmental protection.

Infrastructure and PPP: local set up, public tenders, concession of public assets and services, drafting and negotiating PPP and concession agreements and tax regime.

Real estate and construction: legal due diligence, acquisition structuring, urbanism and planning documentation, property development, asset management, general contracting and works agreements (including FIDIC-based), construction authorisations and permits and real estate leasing.

Litigation and arbitration: commercial debt collection, insolvency proceedings, shareholder lawsuits, employment and management disputes; IP, royalty and tax disputes; administrative proceedings, white-collar crimes, international commercial arbitration, out-of-court settlements, enforcement of foreign court judgments and arbitral awards.

ICT and media: audiovisual licences and permits, technology transfer and licensing contracts, outsourcing and network access agreements, TV channel distribution, data protection and privacy, e-commerce, representation before governmental agencies, infrastructure, project and equipment finance.

Pharmaceutical and healthcare: importation, packaging and labeling, regulatory approvals, medicine advertisement, private hospital foundation and operation.

Intellectual property: IP regulatory services, licensing and assignment of IP rights, internet name domain protection, cease and desist letters, defending IP rights in front of Moldovan PTO and courts and enforcement of IP rights.

Consumer protection: abusive contractual provisions, pre-contractual information, product liability and recall, warranties and distance contracts.