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| Dates |
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| Description |
| Intellectual
Property litigation |
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| Client |
| ALLIED
DOMECQ SPIRITS & WINE Ltd. - UK |
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| Specific role
in each stage of transaction |
| Successfully
represented the Client in the first and second level of jurisdictions
in front of the Romanian Courts for the annulment of the unlawful
registration of a well-known trademark by a Romanian company
addicted to famous trademarks' piracy. The case was finally settled by a Decision
of the Supreme Court of Justice.
Acted
together with a well-known Romanian barrister - Mr. Florea Gheorghe and
Linklaters (in the final level of jurisdiction)
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| Dates |
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| Description
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| Legal
Due Diligence in connection with a
proposed US$ 25 million facility |
|
| Client |
| European
Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| First
Phase - acting as local counsel and
reviewed corporate documents, litigation
reports, Board decisions, loan securities
etc. of a Romanian Private Company. Appointed
for the second phase.
Acting
jointly with Norton Rose, London
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|
| Dates |
|
| Description
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|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| First
Phase - acting as local counsel and
reviewed corporate documents, litigation
reports, Board decisions, loan securities
etc. of a Romanian Bank. Acting
jointly with Norton Rose, London
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| Dates |
| April
2001 - September 2001 |
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| Description
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|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Legal
opinion regarding the termination
protocol of a lease agreement for the
bank's headquarters. Acted
jointly with Noerr Stiefenhofer Lutz
Bucharest
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|
| Dates |
| September
2000 - May 2001 |
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| Description
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| Legal
Opinion in connection with a US$ 25
million senior bridge facility granted to
a Romanian group of companies acting in
Telecom/IT business. |
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| Client |
| ING
Bank N.V. - Telecom Division - Amsterdam |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Legal
opinion. Reviewed and drafted changes to
the Loan Agreement, Charges over shares/social
parts and Pledges over the accounts of
the Borrower and other Romanian Obligors.
Acted
jointly with Norton Rose, London
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| Dates |
| September
1999 - May 2000 |
|
| Description
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|
| Client |
| Telesystem
International Wireless Corporation |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Legal
opinion on several options resulting from
the client's quality of major shareholder
in Romania's major GSM mobile operator. Acted
jointly with Norton Rose - London
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|
| Dates |
|
| Description
|
| Legal
Opinion and Notification with the
Romanian Competition Council |
|
| Client |
| Air
BP Sales (part of BP Amoco PLC) |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Notification
to the Romanian Competition Council for
the Exclusive Sale-Purchase Agreement for
aircraft fuel, between Air BP Romania and
TAROM S.A. (Romania's National Airline
Operator). Gathering data from the
implied companies, drafting notification
and filing it with the Romanian
Competition Council. Clearance
granted.
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| Dates |
|
| Description
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| Legal
Opinions in connection with Real Estate
acquisitions |
|
| Client |
| METRO
Cash & Carry; METRO A.G. Germany |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Due
diligence, Legal Opinions, drafting Sale-Purchase
Agreements, registering the titles over
the land in Bucharest (3), Constanta,
Bacau, Craiova, Cluj, Sibiu, Timisoara, Brasov
and Iasi |
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| Dates |
| September
2001 - October 2001; October 2002 |
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| Description
|
| Notification
with the Romanian Competition Council |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Drafting
and filing notifications with the
Competition Council for the exclusive
import rights of VW, AUDI, SEAT, SKODA
and PORSCHE vehicles in Romania. Drafting
and filing notifications with the
Competition Council for dealer agreements
in Romania.
Clearance
granted.
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|
| Dates |
|
| Description
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| Simultaneous
due diligence on two Romanian companies
in connection with a US$ 20 million
facility. |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Drafting
Due Diligence Report. Acted
jointly with Norton Rose, Moscow
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|
| Dates |
| December
1997 - April 1998 |
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| Description
|
| Legal
Opinion in connection with the financing
the acquisition of two ATR 42-500 by
TAROM S.A. (Romania's National Airline
Operator). |
|
| Client |
| ABN
AMRO BANK Aerospace Division - Amsterdam |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Documents
drafted / Legal opinion / Registering
Mortgages on aircraft. Acted jointly with
Norton Rose - London. |
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| Dates |
|
| Description
|
| Legal
opinion in connection with the investment
of International Finance Corporation (I.F.C.)
in GARANTA S.A. Romania |
|
| Client |
| International
Finance Corporation (I.F.C.) |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Advising
I.F.C. on its equity participation as new
shareholder in GARANTA S.A. Acted as sub-contractor
of Norton Rose - London |
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| Dates |
|
| Description
|
| Legal
Opinion in connection with the investment
of International Finance Corporation (I.F.C.)
in DemirBank S.A. Romania |
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| Client |
| International
Finance Corporation (I.F.C.) |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Advising
I.F.C. on its equity participation as new
shareholder in DemirBank S.A. Acted as
sub-contractor of Norton Rose - London |
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| Dates |
|
| Description
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| Privatisation of S.C.
Industria Sarmei S.A. Cluj County-Romania |
|
| Client |
| S.C. Industria
Sarmei S.A. Cluj County-Romania |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| legal assistance to S.C.
Industria Sarmei S.A. and Legal Opinion
in relation with certain contracts made
with SKET Walzwerkstechnik GmbH, a German
company wishing to supply equipment to
the Romanian party. |
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| Dates |
|
| Description
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| Joint
Venture and Contract Law |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Creation
of a Joint Venture and drafted lease
agreements for a clinical centre in Cluj
County. Acted
jointly with Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz,
Bucharest
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|
| Dates |
| June
1999 - September 1999 |
|
| Description
|
| Privatisation
by way of assets' sale of Sighisoara Milk
Plant and Targu-Mures Milk Plant |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Drafting
documents, negotiations with the State
Ownership Fund's representatives, due-diligence
report and registering the titles over
the real estate assets |
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| Dates |
| January
2000 - February 2000 |
|
| Description
|
| Privatisation
of LAMDRO S.A. Turnu Severin |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Due
Diligence. Acted jointly with Nörr
Stiefenhofer Lutz, Bucharest |
|
| Dates |
|
| Description
|
| Legal
Advice on the competition effects in
Romania of the international merger
between Warner Bros. and EMI Records. |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Legal
Opinion.Acted jointly with Nörr
Stiefenhofer Lutz, Bucharest |
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| Dates |
| May
2000 - July 2000; February - May 2001 |
|
| Description
|
| Notification
with the Romanian Competition Council |
|
| Client |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Notification
to the Romanian Competition Council for
the purchase of shares in the nationwide
newspaper "National" and "Romania
Libera" Gathering
data from the implied companies, drafting
notification and filing it with the
Competition Council. Clearance granted.
Acted
jointly with Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz,
Bucharest
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| Dates |
|
| Description
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|
| Client |
| German
Embassy in Bucharest |
|
| Specific
role in each stage of transaction |
| Representing
the German Embassy in Bucharest in a real
estate litigation. Assisted
Nörr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Bucharest
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last updated on October 2002
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