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Bancila, Diaconu si Asociatii SPRL's ‘very reliable, very well trained and prepared’ team is active in the Romanian transaction market, acting on the seller and buyer sides of deals, as well as a variety of asset and share deals. Clients include PE funds, strategic investors, and entrepreneurs. The key contacts and joint heads of the department are seasoned transactional lawyer Radu Diaconu, and the ’pragmatic, pro-active, solution-oriented’ Stefan Mantea.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Ștefan Mantea is competent, pragmatic, pro-active, solution-oriented and very fair and transparent with invoicing.’

  • ‘Ștefan Mantea is thoughtful and flexible and in my estimation has a knack for finding solutions in sensitive commercial discussions. I find it a pleasure to work with him.’

  • ‘Strategic thinking, responsive, good expertise in local law, ability to negotiate with international parties, good availability, solution oriented, helped us coordinate further steps in the transaction with other areas of law.’

  • ‘Great lawyers, with pro-business mindset. They provide pragmatic legal advice considering all relevant details. The spectrum of expertise on corporate and M&A is impressive.’

  • ‘Radu Diaconu and Ștefan Mantea make a great team together. They proved to us so many times that they deliver high quality services under difficult circumstances - time pressure, complex legal issues, complicated negotiations with opposing parties etc. Best legal partners in town for any business.’

  • ‘A very professional team, having rock solid knowledge and knowhow on the Romanian market and also on the international market. In my opinion, a go-to team to work with.’

  • ‘The members of the team are very reliable, very well trained and prepared. Also the abilities in building a medium and long term business relationship are very well developed and mastered.’

  • ‘This team of lawyers are highly professional (great legal skills, responsive, quick etc.). I appreciate the most that compared to other lawyers and consultants, this team can explain complex terms in plain language.’

Key clients

  • Orange Romania SA
  • The shareholders of Smart Diesel SRL and Tax Refund SRL
  • Goodpack SARL
  • Ebm-Papst Automotive & Drives Romania SRL
  • Roca Investments SA
  • Lenovo Group
  • Daas Impex SRL
  • Vastint Romania SRL
  • Tabco-Campofrio SA

Work highlights

  • Advised Orange Romania on a corporate restructuring involving a share buyback and a share capital reduction.
  • Advised Goodpack SARL on the acquisition of all shares in Paccor Romania.
  • Advised Roca Investments on the acquisition of a majority participation in Workshop Doors, a key player in the regional interior doors market.

Lawyers

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Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Radu Diaconu, Ștefan Mantea