Filip & Company‘s ’very dynamic and innovative’ competition team has a solid track record in acting in major investigations in the Romanian market, and is regularly instructed by major domestic and multinational companies on day-to-day competition compliance matters, as well as handling merger control filings for large-scale M&A deals. The practice is led by Cătălin Suliman, who fields expertise in advising on competition matters within the telecoms sector, as well as handling unfair competition and state aid issues. Silviu Vasile garners praise for his ‘excellent analytical and research skills’. Roxana Rosca and Tudor Dobinda are key names to note at associate level.
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Testimonials
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‘Unique understanding and anticipation of client's needs and challenges, highest level of professionalism, proactive approach, excellent adapted solutions, swift and clear response, excellent/the best knowledge of the market and market trends.’
‘Filip & Company is one of our closest and most trusted partners. With exceptionally strong ability to offer well documented arguments and draw reasonable and logical assumptions from limited information, time and resource management skills, they make every client feel like a priority. Due to their outstanding work ethics and knowledgeable partners and associates, they stand out as a reliable and professional law firm.’
‘Silviu Vasile stood out. Throughout our collaboration, Silviu has showed excellent understanding of our business model, as well as excellent analytical and research skills. He is able to process large volumes of information quickly and formulate effective strategies. Silviu also has exceptional writing skills and is a gifted public speaker. Moreover, we highly appreciate his effectiveness in task management and his persuasive communication skills.’
‘Very dynamic, innovative, very well understanding the business and come with proactive and well explained solutions. Also the approach of the team members is unique - positive and constructive, good rate of availability.’
‘Filip & Company's team is a very well prepared one, business oriented, proactive, open-minded. All the projects that were done with their support was a success due to the lawyers that work in this firm.’
‘All the lawyers that were involved in our projects proved to have extensive knowledge and are both a business partner and a guardian for our company.’
‘We have always appreciated the way they respond to our requests, the efficiency, the quality of legal assistance services, the proactivity, the trust that has been built and consolidated throughout this period.'
‘The lawyers are extremely rigorous, attentive to detail, analytical and have a full understanding of the specifics of our business and our goals.'
Key clients
- Banca Comercială Română S.A.
- BT Leasing
- VIG Group (Omniasig, Asirom)
- RCS & RDS
- CIT One S.A.
- Autonom Services SA
- Zentiva (part of Sanofi Aventis Group)
- Adidas
- Tiriac Leasing
- Banca Transilvania
- Strauss Romania
- One United Properties
- Erste Group (and Erste Group entities BCR, BCR Leasing, BCR Fleet Management
- Dataware consulting
Lawyers
Leading associates
Rising stars with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Cătălin Suliman