Clients of Tuca Zbârcea & Asociatii appreciate its ‘commercial and business sense, professionalism and dedication to clients’. The corporate and M&A department regularly acta in substantial M&A deals, and the firm also has strength in its multi-practice teams of counsel that provide rounded advice on deals and corporate governance issues. Stefan Damian is one of the most experienced contacts to note, well versed in major deals; and Cătălin Băiculescu is equally renowned, an expert in due diligence, negotiation of assets and share-purchase agreements, and post-acquisition restructuring. Horia Ispas is a younger partner with expertise in coordinating private M&A, as well as privatisation projects, while Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa has a number of key international clients, particularly in the construction sector. Silvana Ivan and Dragos Apostol are further partners to note, both with practices covering a broad range of sectors.
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‘Tuca has a very professional, diverse M&A team, with extensive market knowledge and great dedication.’
‘Cătălin Băiculescu is a skilled and resourceful lawyer, who always manages to overcome difficult situations, thus supporting his clients to meet crucial project milestones in large scale transactions.’
‘Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii have great legal expertise and deep knowledge about the local market and best practices. The team is very responsive and capable of implementing global projects in Romania.’
‘Absolutely impressive performance of all lawyers in their corporate and M&A teams. We had a pretty exhausting negotiation going on with several parties involved, including a financial investor and they succeeded in filling in all the missing gaps to the point where all parties were happy and agreed to sign the SPA and related financial documentation.’
‘Horia Ispas and Stefan Damian are our main contacts, I would always send work to them, if we need legal assistance. Horia is smart, elegant and capable to translate tons of structured and unstructured information into clear and decisive legal arguments. Stefan is very experienced, he handles very complex matters and brings in the much sought-after value for money that all clients are looking for.’
‘What I appreciated most about Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii is their commercial and business sense, professionalism and dedication to their clients. They are extremely well organized and manage to quickly adapt to any changes or challenges that arise along the road. Their focus is on the client and getting the best possible outcome. I would recommend them to any company needing business law support.’
‘Cătălin Băiculescu was a great support during our collaboration. He was always one step ahead and offered us personalized and efficient solutions. Cătălin is exactly the type of lawyer we want in our corner and to work with for our M&A and corporate needs. A plus benefit for us was his deep knowledge of the IT market coupled with top-class technical and negotiation abilities.’
‘TZA's team is one of the best we worked with. Team's strengths: innovation, fast adaptability, fast reaction, flexibility, proving for solutions, solid expertise, involvement, implication, high attention. Key capabilities - the collaboration is extremely high quality, their capability to understand the needs and business is at a very high level.'
Clients clés
- Vodafone Romania
- Carrefour Romania
- Smithfield Foods Group Ltd.
- The Estée Lauder Companies
- Booking Holdings Inc.
- Egis
- Capgemini Services Romania
- Emerson US
- Broadcom Inc. US
- JLL
Points forts
- Advising Broadcom Inc. on the 100% shares of VMware International Marketing Limited – Bucharest Branch, as part of a cross-border deal worth €56bn.
- Advising Carrefour Romania, Carrefour France, and Carrefour Netherlands on the acquisition of Romania Hypermarche, the local division of Louis Delhaize Group that operates CORA hypermarket chain.
- Advising OMV Petrom on the largest acquisition of green projects in Romania that will further lead to investments in green energy worth €1.3bn.
Avocats
Hall of Fame
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Horia Ispas
Responsable de la pratique
Stefan Damian; Cătălin Băiculescu; Horia Ispas; Cornel Popa; Gabriel Zbarcea; Florentin Tuca
Autres avocats clés
Razvan Gheorghiu-Testa; Silvana Ivan; Dragos Apostol