News Archive 2013

We are currently looking for an experienced business lawyer with sound legal knowledge and a solid background in consultancy, having 4-5 years PQE with impressive command of English language, preferably an LL.M holder. Our soon-to- be-colleague must be flexible in terms of tasks and schedule, passionate about his/ her career, ready to put up with exciting projects and though a team player also a successful individual. On top of that add a warm character, sprinkle the attention to details and goal oriented traits and complete the process by sending your resume and letter of intent to alina.popescu@mprpartners.com.

We are looking for a communicative and neatly organized Office Assistant, with excellent command of English, to handle our front desk and day-to-day administrative tasks under the direct coordination of our Office Manager. If the above coupled with a young, modern, friendly environment and a rather flexible program are your cup of tea, please send your CVs accompanied by a letter of intent to alina.popescu@mprpartners.com

The team led by Gelu Maravela announces its successful representation of a regional contracting authority in a litigation against the Romania’s Ministry of Environment. The contracting authority whose name cannot be disclosed at this point is a state-owned company running a EUR120 million European funding project. The company in question was compelled by the Ministry of Environment to pay a significant financial correction in connection with the project, correction which was annulled following the favourable decision rendered by the Romanian Supreme Court (the High Court of Cassation and Justice) in appeal. Based on that decision, which was one of the few such solutions related to the financial corrections applied by the state-authorities in charge, the contracting authority joined a very small number of authorities with no financial corrections.

Juridice.ro, the reputed Romanian online platform for legal news and updates, requested the opinion of Partner Marius Pătrăşcanu, head of the firm’s insolvency practice group, with respect to the new Romanian Insolvency Code.

If you are an excellent organizer with communicational, interpersonal and multitasking abilities, fluent in both written and spoken English and proud owner of a higher education diploma, ready to support our lawyers and advisers on their day-to-day administrative tasks while keeping our office at its optimum parameters from a logistics perspective, you may be the right candidate for this opening. To our Office Manager we provide an elegant, young and dynamic working environment, career development opportunities and last but not least, a competitive salary!Sounds just about right? Need more information? We’re waiting for your resume and letter of intent in English at alina.popescu@mprpartners.com. We thank you very much for your interest in our Office Manager position and for the numerous CVs that you sent!

The June 2013 issue of the International Bar Association’s International Sales Newsletter features the article authored by Partner Alina Popescu on pros and cons regarding the European Commission’s proposal for a common European sales law. The International Bar Association is the world’s leading organization of international legal practitioners, bar associations and legal societies. Counting over 50.000 members, it influences the development of international law reform and shapes the future of the legal profession throughout the world. For more information about the International Bar Association please visit http://www.ibanet.org/Default.aspx. Full content of the article can be accessed here: https://www.mprpartners.com/docs/Article_8_june_2013.pdf

The International Financial Corporation and the World Bank called for our contribution to the 2014 edition of the reputed Doing Business publication, which provides objective measures of business regulations and their enforcement across 185 economies and selected cities at the subnational and regional level. MPR Partners has forthwith provided the IFC and World Bank with valuable information on Romanian legal framework and business practice in several areas, encompassing contract enforcement, financing, investors protection, energy, property registration, construction permits, insolvency, business start-ups, cross-border trading and employment. More information concerning the Doing Business initiative can be found at http://www.doingbusiness.org/.

MPR Partners grows stronger by the recent accession of Marius Pătrășcanu, a dedicated attorney with acknowledged skills in several fields of practice, who has joined us as equity partner. Before joining MPR Partners, Marius has been a senior asscoiate with Mușat & Asociații and has gathered extensive expertise in major M&A deals, intricate regulatory, corporate and commercial matters pertaining to various industries (including IT & Telecommunications and Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare), as well as in all aspects concerning real estate and construction, including financing and securitization. Marius holds an LL.B degree awarded by Iași University Law School, has authored a study on legal protection of computer programs and is a constant contributor to national and international legal publications.

MPR Partners proudly announces that a new equity partner with excellent reputation has joined our ranks! With over 10 years of experience as counsel in a large number of major projects unfolded on the Romanian market, Alina Popescu has gained solid expertise in M&A and FDI matters, commercial & contract law, international arbitration and amicable settlement of high value disputes. In terms of recent achievements, Alina was lead counsel in the successful sale of the state-of-art manufacturing facility held by one of the world leaders in mobile communication devices and has counselled a major German investor in the acquisition of three distressed freight wagons manufacturing businesses holding a significant share of the European market. Before joining MPR Partners, Alina was a partner with one of the top tier Romanian law firms. She holds an LLM degree in European Union Law awarded with distinction of merit by the French University of Montesquieu Bordeaux IV, and has authored numerous legal digests, articles and surveys of interest for the business law community.