Outstanding expertise in Employment matters

The relationships between employers and employees are often complicated by unclear and sometimes contradictory laws and regulations. On the other hand, if employers do not comprehend and carefully observe their obligations towards their employees, their businesses may suffer a wide array of consequences. Moreover, lack of implementation of employees’ benefits schemes as well of executive compensation programs in recruiting and retaining the most skilled human resources may hinder the company’s development. Likewise, collective bargaining agreements and corporate HR policies must be carefully negotiated, drafted and structured respectively so as to properly balance compliance matters with the company’s interests. In addition, an eye should be kept on any deal that may trigger transfer of undertaking specific obligations.

MPR Partners’ knowledge and experience has helped clients smooth their labor relationships and overcome the obstacles they face on the legal side of human resources by tailoring practical and business oriented solutions. Our team focuses on the full range of employment matters, including regulatory and compliance, contracts and terminations, lay-off schemes, restructuring business and corporations, collective labor agreements, negotiations with unions, recruitment and retention, employee transfers, discrimination, whistle-blowing, health and safety, immigration, employee stock option plans and executive compensation arrangements. MPR Partners advises companies and individuals from an integrated and multidisciplinary stance, including tax aspects and litigation matters.

Highlights of the assignments which have been handled by our lawyers throughout their practice include advice and representation to:

• A major German investor, with regard to the transfer of employees, collective labor agreements, contracts renewal and termination during the acquisitions of the largest rolling stock companies;
• The Romanian subsidiary of one of the largest dialysis services provider, in connection with employees transfer, contract termination, collective labor agreement, severance payments during the acquisition of several dialysis companies;
• Several subsidiaries of multinational companies, with regard to employment contentions matters concerning severance payments, alleged abusive dismissal, whistle-blowing, business reorganization;
• A large European utility company, with regard to the whole range of employment matters triggered by the acquisition of a national utility company;
• A large US based pharmaceutical company, in connection with a plethora of labor issues triggered by the transfer of employees following three cross border acquisitions;
• The subsidiary of a large French road transporter, in connection with various employment issues triggered by a massive lay-off scheme owing to the business reorganization;
• A private equity fund, in connection with retirement benefits schemes and executive compensations arrangements due to the group businesses reorganization;
• A UK based pharmaceutical company, with regard to the whole range of labor related matters due to the transfer of employees following a business spin-off;
• Several subsidiaries of multinational companies, with regard to the review, update and implementation of the employment contractual arrangements, internal related policies and procedures, non-compete agreements, stock option plans and tax incentives schemes;
• A large international IT company, with regard to labor conditions and program, leave, overtime, professional trainings, executive immigration, as well as employment related agreements;
• A European bank, with regard to numerous employment matters concerning the Romanian subsidiary;
• One of the largest mobile phones manufacturers, with regard to the whole range of employment issues triggered by a greenfield project (recruitment, employment related contractual arrangements, stock option plans, executive incentive schemes, dismissals, training programs, lay-off schemes, severance payments).

Publications

• Platform workers, on their way to regulation?, December 2021 (ENG)
• Protecting trade secrets amid rapid recruitment, Lawyer Monthly, November 2021 (ENG)
• Telework, between concept and reality, Ziarul Financiar, April 2021 (RO)
• Romanian Market Snapshot: Employment in 2018, CEE Legal Matters, February 2019 (ENG)
• Investing in Romania, Practical Law, Thomson Reuters, January 2019 (ENG)
• Differences between telework and working from home, AvocatNet, May 2018 (RO)
• Employment & Labour in Romania, Lexology Navigator, contributed by MPR Partners, Lexology, August 2017 (ENG)
• ELKB Romania – striving to become a better host for R&D investments (ENG)
• Romanian legal system and taxation - an overview (Contribution of MPR Partners to the prestigious Doing Business in Europe 2015 guide. Copyright in the work lies with Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited.) (ENG)

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