The corporate team at Bondoc si Asociatii SCA is particularly well regarded for its transactional capabilities, and reports an uptick in instructions from clients in the energy and natural resources, retail, healthcare, and logistics sectors. The group has a strong track record in domestic matters, however it also has a solid track record acting as Romanian counsel in multi-jurisdictional deals. Practice head Lucian Bondoc is ‘very knowledgeable, prompt and business-oriented', and handles the full range of transactional and advisory matters. Other key names include Mihaela Bondoc, mining sector expert Bogdan Bunrău, Monica Iancu, who focuses on energy, technology and telecoms work, and energy and real estate expert Cosmin Stavaru. Daniela Gladunea and Horațiu Dumitru are singled out for their contributions.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘It's a team that's easy to work with. From the beginning of our collaboration they easily understood our challenges and acted fast without spending unnecessary time. The engagement process was also very simple and seamless.’

  • ‘First I have appreciated very quick reactions to our requests. In addition I have appreciated the capability to "translate" the legal language into our common business language.’

  • 'Our experience with them is that they are excellent. Very knowledgeable, prompt, and business-oriented.’
  • ‘Lucian Bondoc was very involved, very knowledgeable, prompt and business-oriented. Excellent negotiator. Very hands-on, concise and clear.'

  • ‘I have always appreciated the attention to detail and the thorough preparation of the principals at this firm. Working with Bondoc și Asociații SCA one would not be taken by surprise by the other team.’

  • ‘We appreciated the professionalism and thoroughness in their work, the solution-oriented approach, the personalized and warm communication, and their immense patience when facing logistical challenges.’

  • ‘We have worked with a small team coordinated by Mihaela Bondoc and Daniela Gladunea. We were impressed by the extraordinary responsiveness and availability of support of our partners along several lengthy and challenging processes. Mihaela and Daniela proved to be very dedicated professionals who always provided prompt, structured, and well-explained responses to all our inquiries. Moreover, their personalized and heartfelt support made us consider them true allies in our work - a vital quality in these turbulent times. Overall, we experienced them as a professional, enthusiastic, well-informed and client-oriented team.’

Key clients

  • ABACO
  • ACROM (Antech)
  • Action Mapping
  • A&M Capital Europe
  • Aptiv
  • Azets Topco Limited
  • Bollore Logistics
  • Booking Holdings
  • BorgWarner
  • Cargus
  • CEP Renewables
  • CVC Capital Partners VIII
  • Dante International (eMag)
  • Engie Romania SA
  • Eviva Energy
  • Fondul Proprietatea
  • Franklin Templeton
  • Iulian Stanciu
  • Merck Sharp & Dohme (MSD)
  • MID Europa
  • NOD Network SRL
  • Oney
  • Okoenergie GmbH
  • Procter & Gamble
  • Profi Retail
  • Pronetis Romania SRL
  • Restart Energy
  • Returo Sistem Garanție Returnare S.A.
  • Solarealize
  • Sanofi Group
  • Sykes Enterprises
  • Tecar Family
  • Tembo Capital Mining GP III Ltd
  • Tiger of Sweden
  • Token Technologies
  • Verbund
  • Wind Solar Invest
  • Wind Space
  • Valoris

Work highlights

  • Advised BorgWarner on a group restructuring involving the divestiture of the majority of its combustion engine assets.
  • Assisting Restart Energy with several commercial and M&A matters.

Lawyers

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Bondoc si Asociatii SCA
Lucian Bondoc is the Managing Partner of Bondoc si Asociatii SCA leading for many years the Bucharest based Corporate/M&A and Competition practice groups of top level international law firms. He has extensive experience in dealing with complex sensitive corporate / M&A, competition and investments projects, including in industry sectors such as banking & financial services, consumer products, retail, pharmaceuticals, energy and natural resources.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Lucian Bondoc

Other key lawyers

Mihaela Bondoc, Bogdan Bunrau, Monica Iancu, Cosmin Stavaru, Daniela Gladunea, Horatiu Dumitru, Gabriela Pop, Ionel Macovei, Matei Vilcov