Raluca Vasilache is a competition Partner with Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii and head of the firm`s practice in this area. She has covered a wide array of legal issues in the field of competition law, as well as intellectual property. Praised for her work on merger control, antitrust and State aid cases she has undertaken numerous procedures of reviewing mergers and acquisitions under antitrust and competition law, acting for multinational clients from various sectors, such as oil, steel, pharma, telecommunications, consumer goods retail, electricity. She has also advised in relation to investigations with the Romanian Competition Council, dawn raids of the authority and State aid matters, as well as on litigation involving competition law issues. Furthermore, she has wide experience with privatization and post-privatization matters of major State-owned enterprises, especially on the merger and State aid issues. Her intellectual property experience includes assistance on various matters, such as consumer protection and anti-counterfeiting, unfair competition, trademark and copyright regulatory issues.
The EU and competition law practice at Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii works in tandem with the firm’s dispute resolution team to assist clients with a broad spectrum of contentious matters. Key areas of instruction include investigations into a range of sectors and litigation brought against the Competition Council relating to decisions and imposed fines. On the non-contentious side, the team provides day-to-day advice on competition and antitrust law. Merger clearance matters are another key area of expertise. The 'outstanding' Andreea Oprișan co-heads the practice with Raluca Vasilache, who has extensive experience in the EU and competition space.
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‘I was very impressed by the direct involvement of the responsible partner in our project from beginning to end. Always giving precise answers, and doing anything to make things move forward.’
‘Andreea Oprişan is an outstanding partner with business acumen.’
‘Knowledgeable partners.’
‘Andreea Oprisan is one of our oldest and dearest collaborators, well versed in competition matters, pleasant and fully dedicated to providing best-in-class legal advice.’
‘Very high level advice.’
‘Hands-on and no-nonsense approach towards complexity. Strong knowledge of authorities' practices. Negotiation skills.’
Key clients
- AMAZONEN-WERKE H. DREYER SE & Co. KG
- Girod Semnalizare Rutiera
- Generali Romania
- Vodafone Romania
- Carrefour Romania
- IPSO SRL
- Merck Romania
- BRD Sogelease IFN SA
- Eco Anvelope
- GlobalLogic Inc
- Bayer Romania
- OKI Europe Limited
- Ivatherm SRL
Work highlights
- Advising Carrefour Romania on day-to-day competition matters.
- Advising OKI Europe on an investigation brought by the Competition Council.
- Acting for Generali Romania in a court challenge to a sanctioning decision issued by the Romanian Competition Council.
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Andreea Oprișan is a Partner with Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii’s competition group. She combines legal and economic competition law tools in view of supporting clients’ projects and handling the full-range of competition law issues from antitrust and compliance matters to merger control and state aid.
Other areas in which Andreea advises clients on a day-to-day basis include consumer protection, advertising, unfair competition practices, commercial/contract law.
Andreea’s expertise covers a wide area of economic sectors including FMCG, agriculture, automotive, insurance, banking, energy, oil & gas, services, pharmaceuticals and cosmetics, healthcare, distribution and logistics, retail, IT&C, media and advertising, etc.
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Raluca Vasilache, Andreea Oprisan