05/05/2009 - Bulboacă&Asociaţii Makes New Promotions And Adapts Its Strategy To The Changes Of The Market

Business Law Firm Bulboaca & Asociatii continues its range of promotions started in the first part of the year, appointing as of 1st of May 2009 the attorney-at-law Razvan Stoicescu,as Managing Associate, and the attorneys-at-law Costin Teodorovici and Ioana Radu as Senior Associates.
At this moment, the management team of the firm consists of six partners – Adrian-Catalin Bulboaca, Managing Partner, Corina Ionescu, Valentin Berea, Iulia Toth, Bogdan Bibicu and Cosmin Stavaru. They are part of a 23 attorneys’ team.
“The accelerating development of the firm imposed naturally the adopting of a strategy which would be helpful for the 2009 challenges, an atypical year for the attorneys market. Among these there are promotions of new partners, the appointing of attorneys in managing positions, but also the departure of those colleagues who had a different perspective than the firm’s in the above mentioned context. In establishing the new steps, we have considered the current background of the respective market as well as the clients’ needs”, Adrian-Catalin Bulboaca, Managing Partner of the firm, stated.

Razvan Stoicescu, Managing Associate, 28 years old, is the managing attorney of the legal team which assisted the Romanian state in the Eurobonds emission in amount of 750 million Eur, transaction performed in 2008. He is specialized in Financing and Capital Markets, and is a member of the Bucharest Bar since 2004. Razvan previously held the position of Senior Associate, he joined Bulboaca & Asociatii at the same time with its incorporation. He speaks fluently English and French.

Costin Teodorovici, Senior Associate, 28 years old, is a member of the Bucharest Bar since 2005, was promoted from the position of Associate, being specialized in Financing and Capital Markets, he joined Bulboaca & Asociatii over a year ago. Costin advises from the legal point of view Bulboaca&Asociatii clients such as the investment bank Schroders Investment Management in consultancy given to Fondul Proprietatea for the selection of the administration fund of its assets. Costin speaks fluently English and French.

Ioana Radu, Senior Associate, 27 years old, specialized in Disputes and Labor Law, is a member of the Bucharest Bar since 2005, has joined team Bulboaca&Asociatii in the last part of year 2007. Ioana advises from the legal point of view clients from Bulboaca&Asociatii portofolio of clients such as the the press trust Ringier and the chocolate manufacturer Kraft. She speaks fluently English.
At the same time, Bogdan Bibicu, who currently holds the position of partner, is about to withdraw,Bulboaca&Asociatii in the near future, the effective date of his departure being still discussed.
“We wish to thank Bogdan for the two and a half years that he spent in our firm Bulboaca&Asociatii. The contribution that Bogdan brought to the establishment and development of the firm entitles us to wish him good luck and a professional course matching his expertise”, Adrian-Catalin Bulboaca added.
The law firm Bulboaca&Asociatii has promoted in the position of partner, starting with the 1st of January 2009, the attorneys Iulia Toth and Cosmin Stavaru. Also, Raluca Stavaru took over the position of Head of Business Services, title which entails the managing of the entire business service staff of 15 people.
Bulboaca&Asociatii was founded at the beginning of 2007 by Adrian-Catalin Bulboaca together with a team of six attorneys. The year 2008, the second year of activity of the firm brought to the portofolio of the law firm top new clients and transactions, which joined the existent ones. Among the most important activities of the law firm of last year there are:
● Representing the Romanian State in connection with the issuance of Eurobonds in amount of 750 million Eur
● Granting legal assistance to Schroders Investment Management Limited for establishing the strategy of Fondul Proprietatea S.A. for selecting the administration fund of its assets, estimated at 4 billion Eur
● Granting legal assistance to a developer of a wind project in its transaction with Verbund S.A.
● Granting legal assistance to Proton Technologies in selling a majority participation towards Vodafone România S.A.
● Granting legal assistance to the company OTP Ungaria in connection to the sale of insurance division to the French company Groupama, representing a transaction in amount of 897, 2 million dollars.
Bulboacă & Asociaţii is listed by the most prestigious European annuals of law firms among top players on the Romanian market of business law.
The 2008 editions as well as the 2009 ones of International Financial Law Review, Chambers & Partners Global, Chambers & Partners Europe or The Legal 500 include Bulboacă & Asociaţii between the most important law firms in Romania regarding the domains: Mergers and Acquisitions, Banking, Dispute, Project finance. Also, Bulboacă & Asociaţii attorneys are considered by the respective publications among the best practitioners in the analyzed domains.

For more information:

Raluca Stăvaru
Head of Business Services

Bulboaca & Asociatii SCA
Direct Line: (40-21) 408 8906
Switchboard: (40-21) 408 8900
Fax: (40-21) 408 8911
Email: raluca.stavaru@bulboaca.com
Website: www.bulboaca.com

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District 2, Bucharest,
Romania