D&B David si Baias SCA

With over 12 years of experience in the competition law and state aid field, Lucian is a Senior Lawyer within D&B David si Baias's Competition and Regulatory Team. Before becoming a lawyer, Lucian activated for almost 7 years as a competition inspector within important departments of the Romanian Competition Council such as Research, Industry and Energy and Cartels. He participated in many dawn raids conducted by the Competition Council and investigation regarding vertical anticompetitive agreements or cartel type agreements, as well as in the assessment of economic concentrations.Lucian was a National Expert within the exchange programme between Romanian Competition Council and European Commission ( DG Competition - Unit B1 Antitrust - Energy and Environment and attended many specialisation programmes in competition law like the Intensive Course on Competition Economics: Abuse of Dominance, Barcelona Graduate School of Economics ( March 2011 ) and Conducting Dawn Raids in Practice - Investigative Methods and Forensic  Analysis in Antitrust - U.S. Department of Justice and Federal  Bureau of Investigation ( November, 2013, Bucharest ).As a competition case handler, Lucian was a member of some European Competition Network Working Groups and participated to the internal consultations and drafting proceedings of some EU regulations and guidelines: "Horizontal Agreements" ( 2009-2011 ), Vertical Agreements ( 2009-2011 ), "Technology Transfer Agreements" ( 2012 ) and "De Minimis Agreements" ( 2013 ).As a lawyer, Lucian has been involved in complex projects such as assisting important clients during competition investigation conducted by the Romanian Competition Council and the European Commission and state aid projects. Lucian is familiar with industries like oil and gas, electricity, industrial goods, retail and basic agricultural products.

Sorin David is a partner of D&B David si Baias. He has been a member of the Bucharest Bar since 1991 and he is an arbitrator of the Court of Arbitration of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Mr David has legal qualifications obtained in Romania (PhD, summa cum laude), USA (Master of Laws) and the Netherlands (post-graduate studies). He is also an associate professor of law at the Law School of the Bucharest University, teaching commercial law and competition. He is an expert in corporate law, competition and M&A. Sorin David is the author of more than 30 law journal articles published in Romania or abroad. He is co-author of ’Commentaries on Company Law’, one of the leading law books on Romanian company law, that was awarded the Romanian Academy prize. Sorin David has been involved in several projects for the alignment of Romanian legislation with EU regulations and international best practice. He specialises in competition, commercial and consumer protection law and has been ranked by Chambers and Partners as Eminent Practitioner in Coporate/ M&A and Competition/ Antitrust. Recently, Sorin David has advised a significant number of clients acting in various fields, such as production, distribution and marketing FMCG, within important transactions. He has been involved in many projects in different fields of activity, providing legal advice to clients on various matters and coordinating restructuring projects in respect of Romanian companies or Romanian subsidiaries of international companies.