News Archive 2014

MPR Partners’ survey regarding the emerging trends on the real estate market has been featured in Dailybusiness. The well-known business publication quotes MPR Partners’ findings in an attempt to identify where the first stone was laid in the recent boost on the real estate market. Read a summary (in English) here, or read more on the subject (in Romanian) here.

Managing Partner Gelu Maravela reveals the secrets behind his professional success, whilst well-known legal platform Bizlawyer commends MPR Partners as a “leading firm” (“firma de top”). See the English version of the article here and the full article (in Romanian) at https://www.bizlawyer.ro/stiri/piata-avocaturii/cum-a-schimbat-gelu-titus-maravela-meseria-de-motorist-cu-cea-de-avocat-cine-l-a-impins-din-burta-unei-nave-fluviale-pana-in-fruntea-unei-firme-de-top

July special issue of Forbes Romania published MPR Partners’ input on investor remedies to legislative instability, encompassing thoughts on EU regulations, lobbying and investment arbitration. Full article (Romanian) available here.

As always, at MPR Partners, we aim to provide support to talented young lawyers to be. This time we invite you to send your resumes by July 31 to lawyr.it, in order to have easy access to dedicated legal sector employers. More information at http://www.lawyr.it/index.php/lawyr-it-compendium.

Gelu Maravela and Alina Popescu have been designated by the prestigious US based publication Best Lawyers as leading attorneys in their fields, following poles undertaken amongst their colleagues and peers. Gelu Maravela was thus named the Best Lawyers’ 2014-2015 Bucharest Energy Law “Lawyer of the Year” and has been ranked in several other practice areas such as Arbitration and Mediation, Insolvency and Reorganization Law, Litigation, Natural Resources Law, Project Finance and Development Practice. Alina Popescu, on the other hand, has been listed by her peers in Best Lawyers for her Arbitration and Corporate Law practice. Best Lawyers is one the oldest and most respected peer-review publications in the legal profession, a listing in Best Lawyers is widely regarded by both clients and legal professionals as a significant honor, conferred on a lawyer by his or her peers. For more than three decades, Best Lawyers lists have earned the respect of the profession, the media, and the public, as the most reliable, unbiased source of legal referrals anywhere. More information about Best Lawyers at: http://www.bestlawyers.com

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Following a thorough research of expertise, insights and overall success rate, the reputed London based Acquisition International Magazine declared MPR Partners’ both Mergers & Acquisitions and Contract Law firm of the year, thus placing the firm among top tier piers, globally. Among this year’s winners we are proud to be sharing titles with, are internationally highly reputed firms such as Linklaters, Herbert Smith, K&L Gates, Norton Rose, Baker & McKenzie, Bird & Bird and many important others. “This year’s winners are some of the most dedicated, forward-thinking and determined we’ve seen in all our time running these awards,” said Kathryn Turner, Chief Coordinator of the 2014 M&A Awards. Full official press release can be accessed here. To read Acquisition International’s supplement in full, click here.

During an interview conducted by the reputed BizLawyer business and legal portal, firm’s managing partners Gelu Maravela and Alina Popescu confirmed market rumors about the top level M&A transactions unfolded under the firm’s legal arm, also browsing other leading practice areas and expectations for the energy sectors. Full article (Romanian) here.

MPR Partners was partner of Forbes Healthcare 2014, event in which important pharmaceuticals companies, clinics, suppliers of medical system, technology producers, pharmaceutical chains and authorities have met to discuss sustainable business solutions in the medical sector. The topics approached included, among others, governmental strategy in the medical sector as well as measures aimed to develop the public health sector, financial solutions for the current year, financial constraints and public needs in the health sector, being discussed on a parallel between public and private health sectors.

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