Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații Appoints Trio of Partners in Strong Promotion Round
Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații has made up three partners as part of a 13-strong promotion round. The appointments are effective from January 1st, 2014.
Romanian independent law firm Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații has announced that 13 lawyers have been promoted to various roles as part of its annual performance review. It is one the largest promotions round for the firm in recent years.
Amongst those promoted to partner are Vlad Cercel and Dragoș Apostol. Prior to being promoted within the firm’s partnership structure, they all had the opportunity to get involved in the firm’s decision-making process as part of their assignment as Managing Associate. They have also been involved in major projects and have a great track record of success in co-ordinating some of the firm’s most important clients in complex mandates.
These appointments follow a recent prominent lateral hire by the firm of former Deputy Managing Partner of Mușat & Asociații – Cătălin Băiculescu who joined Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații in June this year.
The firm separately made up 10 lawyers to the role of Managing Associate or Senior Associate across its real estate, dispute resolution, energy, IP and corporate/M&A practice groups.
The new Managing Associates are Alexandra Pereș, Alina Ungureanu, Amalia Dumitru and Dan Cristea, while Nisa Jecu, Sergiu Crețu, Ioana Mărculeț, Dana Blaer, and Ana Popa were promoted to Senior Associate.
Managing Partner Florentin Țuca said the 2013 promotion round at the firm “reflects the group’s outstanding legal expertise, deep engagement with the firm’s clients and their ability to grow our business in what has been a difficult and uneven year. We remain committed to further strengthening our ranks at all levels of seniority, including at partner level”.
Vlad Cercel focuses on electronic communications and IT, as well as PPP/concession and public procurement projects, having 11 years of practical experience. He is currently acting on Romania’s largest infrastructure projects (such as the Comarnic-Brașov Highway or the Bucharest (South) Ring Road), while also taking a lead role on a number of projects in the public utilities services sector. In another recent work highlight, he has acted on Romania’s first network sharing agreement between two telecom operators (Vodafone Romania and Orange Romania).
Dragoș Apostol has gained extensive experience by advising on complex privatisation, mergers and acquisition projects within a wide range of industry sectors, as well as real estate transactions and mining projects. During his 14 years of legal work experience, he has advised on key projects such as the privatisation of Daewoo Automobile Romania with Ford Motor Co. His recent experience also includes a number of M&A projects in the financial services sector, having acted for UniCredit Țiriac Bank and Piraeus Bank. In addition, Dragoș Apostol assists Carrefour Romania and other real estate investors with the day-to-day legal issues arising out from their operations on the Romanian market, including real estate transactions and development.
Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații now boasts more than 100 lawyers, including 24 Partners.