WHAT THE FIRM SAYS

Popovici Niţu & Asociaţii is a leading Romanian independent firm. Established in 1995, as one of the first incorporated partnerships, the Firm aspires to offer legal excellence by combining commercial awareness with knowledge and understanding.

The Firm brings together strong local resources, with exceptional credentials, outstanding records and distinguished careers in law, business and academia. Our Senior Partner holds the unique background of having consistently practiced in leading international law firms located in Paris and London combined with a double legal education.

Popovici Niţu & Asociaţii has linked its name with the creation of the essential Romanian market economy institutions after 1990, including the property funds, the stock exchanges and numerous regulatory agencies.

The Firm acts as outside counsel to a wide spectrum of legal entities, including key players in major industries, financial institutions and investment funds.

Through its local capabilities, Popovici Niţu & Asociaţii covers a full range of legal services such as Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition & Antitrust, Corporate & Commercial, Electronic Communications, IT & Media, Employment & Pensions, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental Law, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Arbitration, Mergers & Acquisitions/Privatization, Project Finance/PPP, Concessions & Infrastructure, Public Procurement, Real Estate, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax.

Popovici Niţu & Asociaţii is acknowledged as “the transactional law firm” and has been reconfirmed for several times in the last years as the Number 1 M&A Law Firm. In 2010, the Firm has been ranked first for M&A in Romania by number of deals successfully concluded, according to DealWatch’s M&A League Tables.

In addition, five Partners of our Firm have been included by Forbes Romania in the M&A Top Forbes that listed the first 10 lawyers who had coordinated the largest number of M&A deals in 2010. Top tier is Bogdan C. Stoica who coordinated 9 deals. Other 4 partners of the Firm were also included: Florian Niţu (7 deals), Vlad Neacşu (6 deals), Ernest-Virgil Popovici (5 deals) and Valentin Creaţa (4 deals).

Key Practice Areas:

Banking & Finance, Capital Markets, Competition & Antitrust, Corporate & Commercial, Electronic Communications, IT & Media, Employment & Pensions, Energy & Natural Resources, Environmental Law, Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals, Insurance, Intellectual Property, Litigation & Arbitration, Mergers & Acquisitions/Privatization, Project Finance/PPP, Concessions & Infrastructure, Public Procurement, Real Estate, Restructuring & Insolvency, Tax.

Turnover: EUR 9.1m in 2010

Key Clients: Akzo Nobel, ALD Automotive, Ameropa, Arcelor Mittal, Auchan, Autogrill, Aviva, Cargill, Deutsche Leasing, Diebold, Farmexim, Ferrari SpA, Filasa, Franklin Templeton, Fresenius, Global Finance, Hochtief, Hewlett Packard, Immofinanz, Innova Capital, Intesa Sanpaolo Bank, Lidl, Manpower, Medicover, Orange, Oresa Ventures, Philip Morris, Shell Gas, SIVECO, Volksbank, UPS.

Offices: Bucharest, Romania