Radulescu & Musoi Attorneys at Law

The firm: Radulescu & Musoi is a law firm established in early 2013 by a team of experienced lawyers who worked for many years in top international law firms and decided to set up their own practice. In less than two years Radulescu & Musoi already has more than 25 lawyers.

The firm has an excellent track record, together with the resources to enable it to deliver dedicated services of international standard and in a very competitive manner. The firm delivers high-quality work predominantly to multinational clients with a strong presence in Romania.

The core team consists mostly of senior lawyers, each of them with over ten years’ experience in counselling in the entire spectrum of business legal matters. The expertise of many of the lawyers in Radulescu & Musoi is recognised by international ranking directories. The strength of the firm is its business-friendly approach aimed at maximising quality, efficiency and productivity, and it puts high emphasis on understanding business mechanics and the specifics of the industries in which its clients work. Radulescu & Musoi wants clients to be completely satisfied with its services, not only as to the results, but also for the value received.

Areas of practice
Corporate and commercial: the firm advises foreign and domestic clients on general corporate matters on a daily basis, and represents clients as general counsel in all aspects of their corporate life, from setup to development and operation. It assists clients in meeting the requirements placed on them by company law. Services include formation and organisation of new business ventures; corporate governance matters; and establishment of subsidiaries, branches and representative offices. The firm has extensive experience in transactions ranging from larger international property transactions to small and medium deals, and advises on customer/supplier agreements; consumer law and credit; terms and conditions; sponsorship; franchising; and contractual liability.

Mergers and acquisitions: the firm provides clients with a full range of corporate and M&A services tailored to meet their business needs. It brings a business-oriented focus to transactions and the close attention of senior attorneys who understand clients’ industries, business contexts and concerns. The firm advises on public and private mergers and acquisitions; buyouts and takeovers; complex divestitures, recapitalisations and restructurings; and spin-offs and going-private transactions.

Banking and finance: the firm provides full support to national and international clients in all the banking and finance matters. RML lawyers provided representation services to banks and non-banking financial institutions with regard to issues such as domestic and cross-border investment plans, banking reorganizations, multi‑jurisdictional financing and refinancing, as well as liability management, syndicated lending, workout programs, leveraged finance and restructurings. Their capital markets expertise covers also derivatives and securitized products, equity, debt, and bond issues.

Arbitration, dispute resolution and insolvency: the firm’s litigation attorneys have broad courtroom experience representing parties in lawsuits before Romanian and EU courts as well as in high-profile domestic and international arbitrations. They represent clients in commercial and civil disputes involving breach of contract, contractual performance and enforcement and tort law. The insolvency team represents financial institutions on workouts, restructurings and bankruptcy cases ranging from middle-market businesses to large multinational enterprises. It counsels clients through the smallest to most difficult litigation issues.

EU law and competition: the firm provides integrated solutions and strategic advice on matters arising under EU and Romanian competition law. Its lawyers handled a significant number of merger clearances issued by the Romanian Competition Council and were involved in merger control proceedings before the European Commission as part of multi-jurisdictional teams. The firm makes filings on short notice even in complex cases, and harmonises the transactional schedule with the merger control procedure. It has a track record of landmark litigation cases and representation in cartel and abuse of dominance investigations, and provides state aid advice particularly concerning the energy sector and European Commission investigations.