CORPORATE/COMMERCIAL
We advise on company formation, including drafting
of corporate constitutive documents, and joint venture agreements,
corporate governance issues, issuance of stock, regulatory and
compliance matters, including compliance with European Union
Directives, corporate restructuring.
We pioneered the use of Opinion Letters issued by
government agencies in Romania. We obtained on behalf of Colgate-Palmolive
America the first Opinion Letter issued by a Romanian
government agency, i.e. the Romanian Development Agency in
post-communist Romania. We subsequently obtained other Opinion Letters
on behalf of Amoco, ARCO, Elite Romania, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, Forest Corporation, Leventis,
Mayr-Melnhof Packaging Romania, Pak from the Ministry of
Finance, the National Bank of Romania, the Romanian Development Agency,
and the General Customs Directorate.
We advised the following multinationals that
invested and/or have operations in Romania: Actavis Group hf,
Akzo Nobel Chemicals International, Amatil, Amgen Europe,
Amoco Corporation, ARCO, Asia Pacific Breweries Limited, Boehringer
Ingelheim Pharma, The Coca-Cola Company,
Colgate-Palmolive, Continental AG, Canadian Oxy, Delta
Air Lines, Elite Industries, Estee Lauder, European Bank for
Reconstruction and Development, EUnet International, Forasol, Forest
Oil Corporation, Gazprom Marketing & Trading Ltd., General
Electric, Henkel, Hexal, Ikea, Interamerican
Hellenic Life Insurance Company, Intercontainer Austria,
Intercontainer-Interfrigo (ICF), Kendle International, KPNQwest
Romania, Leventis Group, Mayr-Melnhof, McDonald's, Medochemie, Meinl
Bank, Menzies Aviation, Merrill Lynch (Commodities) Europe Ltd.,
Mitsubishi Corporation, Ozgorkey Group, Pak Holding, Palsgaard, Procter
& Gamble, Rohm and Haas, Statkraft Markets GmbH, 3M
Corporation, The Timken Company, Touax, Travelport Services Ltd.,
Worldspan, and Wizz Group.
We acted as counsel to the European
Commission with regard to studies on legal and market aspects
of the application of the electronic signatures Directive 1999/93/EC,
the impact of regulation on TV advertising markets with reference to
the areas covered by chapter IV of the TVWF Directive, and the legal
recognition of electronic documents in Romania.
More recently we advised:
- Coca-Cola Romania re various
corporate, commercial, and regulatory matters, amendment of the object
of activity, appointment of Administrators, amendment of the
Constitutive Act;
- Merrill Lynch Commodities (Europe)
Limited re registration of a Romanian subsidiary,
commercial matters;
- Gazprom Marketing & Trading Limited
re registration of a trading vehicle in Romania, regulatory matters;
- Statkraft Markets GmbH re
regulatory matters;
- 3M Company re restructuring of
Romanian operations in connection with the worldwide restructuring;
- Continental AG re
restructuring of the shareholding of the Romanian subsidiaries;
- Travelport Services Limited re
change of shareholders, appointment of Administrators, amendment
of the Constitutive Act of the Romanian subsidiary;
- Wizz Air Group re operations
of a Romanian subsidiary;
- Rohm and Haas re
registration of a Representative Office in Romania;
- Profi Credit re
restructuring of the shareholding of the Romanian subsidiary;
- European Commission re
transposition in the national legislation of various EU Directives in
the Romanian legislation;
- Philips Medical Systems re a
Contract Regarding the Construction, Delivery of Services and Equipment
to Bacau Municipal Hospital;
- Timken Precision Components Europe
on the establishment of a spare parts manufacturing subsidiary in
Romania;
- Amgen Europe re distribution
and consulting services agreements, non-compete clauses.
