The ‘collaborative and proactive’ employment team at Reff & Associates SCA, part of the Deloitte legal network, supports clients across a range of industries, including IT, automotive, transportation, construction and real estate with both contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Employment matters arising out of M&A transactions are a particular area of strength for the team, which is also highly experienced in complex reorganisation processes including those which involve collective dismissals and voluntary leave plans. Team head Florentina Munteanu has longstanding expertise regarding sensitive employment matters: transaction structuring, white-collar dismissals, and mutual agreement separations. Gabriela Ilie is also recommended.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘A collaborative and proactive team’

  • ‘There is a good understanding of the challenges at the practice. Gabriela Ilie provides very good, professional support.’

Key clients

  • IKEA Romania
  • AVON Cosmetics Romania
  • Stanley Black & Decker Romania
  • SES Services Romania SRL
  • Logicom Information Technology Distribution
  • Betfair Development
  • Paddy Power Betfair
  • Motorola Solutions Romania
  • HP Inc. Romania
  • Qualicaps Romania SRL

Work highlights

  • Assisted Grupo Bimbo with labour law due diligence for its acquisition of the baker Vel Pitar (having almost 2,000 employees) from the private equity fund NCH Capital.
  • Assisted one of the biggest companies active in shipbuilding, with the negotiating of a new collective bargaining agreement with its trade union.

Lawyers

Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Florentina Munteanu

Other key lawyers

Gabriela Ilie