Commercial disputes

● disputes arising out of the interpretation or the execution of different categories of agreements, including disputes related to their termination or, conversely, challenging such act

● concerning the annulment of contracts

● matters of corporate law, including the annulment of certain provisions of the articles of association, the annulment of the resolutions of the general meeting of shareholders or the decisions of the administrator, the liability of the administrator, damages claimed by the administrator for wrongful revocation of the mandate

● proceedings for the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments

● in matters of anti-competitive practices, including damages and the cessation of such practice

● oblique and paulian actions

● arising from the breach of the duty of good faith during negotiations

● simplified debt recovery proceedings

● precautionary measures

● the annulment of certain acts issued in the process of privatization

Administrative disputes and administrative procedures

● seeking the annulment and suspension of acts issued by the local or central authorities and, if case may be, payment of compensation for the damage arising from the unlawful acts

      ○ related to the fire security, inspections of the National Authority for Consumer Protection, the Territorial Labor Inspectorate, the State Building Inspectorate, the National Health Insurance House or the Environmental Guard

      ○ regarding audits of European funds or those carried out by the Court of Accounts

      ○ regarding the decisions of the National Council for Combating Discrimination

      ○ issued by the Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority

      ○ issued by the National Audiovisual Council

      ○ in the field of capital markets (regarding the sanctions applied by Financial Supervisory Authority)

      ○ in the field of budget funds allocated to public interest foundations

      ○ for ascertainment of a right arising from an administrative act

      ○ challenging the state of alert restrictions

      ○ deriving from the framework contract governing the conditions of healthcare assistance under the social health insurance system

      ○ applications for suspension of the administrative acts

● administrative procedures

      ○ before the Romanian Advertising Council, as a referral procedure prior to the issuance of an act by the National Audiovisual Council

      ○ before the Ministry of Public Finance, in the context of reporting misleading advertising

      ○ before the Competition Council, notified with unfair competition practices

      ○ on the occasion of the Court of Accounts’ audits of private entities using public funds

      ○ before the National Council for Combating Discrimination

● tax disputes

      ○ on challenging the additional profit tax imposed by the fiscal authorities

      ○ acknowledgment of the right to deduct VAT

      ○ challenging the property tax due on certain buildings

      ○ challenging the debts imposed by the Environmental Fund Administration

      ○ the registration for tax purposes of a consortium following a change in the legal status consisting in a cross-border merger operation

● public procurement and related procedures concerning the suspension of bank guarantee letters

      ○ seeking the annulment of certain acts issued during procurement procedures

      ○ related to the performance of obligations arising from procurement contracts

Employment disputes

● on challenging dismissal decisions for reasons not attributable to the employee (because of individual or collective restructuring and in the case of an employee who has become medically unfit)

● on challenging dismissal decisions on grounds attributable to the employee

● concerning the classification in labor categories

● related to compensations

● seeking the compensation of overtime or other salary entitlements

● on harassment

● arising from fixed-term employment contracts

● on the requalification of certain civil contracts as employment contracts

● related to the enforcement of collective bargaining agreements

● seeking annulment of the resignation or of the agreement to terminate the individual employment contract, on grounds of vitiated consent

● recourse actions following audits carried out by the Court of Accounts

Civil litigation

● related to the annulment or enforcement of civil acts

● on the recognition of property rights

● confessory actions for the defense of the rights of easement, superficies, use or usufruct

● on aiming to compel the conclusion of contracts

● on tort liability (including for the act of the thing, of an employee or damage to the right of image)

● based on undue payment or unjust enrichment

● possessory actions

● evictions

● on the demolition of a construction

● Land Register complaints

Enforcement proceedings (initiated based on court judgments or instruments which are enforceable by law, including cheques and promissory notes) and related litigation

● challenges to enforcement

● challenges against the court bailiff’s refusal to proceed with an enforcement act

● challenges to the clarification of the meaning, scope or application of the enforcement title

● disputes related to damages for failure to perform a strictly personal obligation to do or not to do something

● disputes related to the payment of accessories to which the creditor is rightfully entitled

● appeal against the resolution rejecting the application for a declaration of enforceability

Intellectual property disputes

● the annulment of patents

● the annulment of certain certificates attesting technical achievements

● pecuniary rights arising from the use of patents or technical achievements

● obligation to cease using a trademark

● payment of damages for unlawful use of a trademark

● copyright protection

Internal arbitration

● before the arbitration courts of the Chambers of Commerce and Industry

● before the National Health Insurance House (arising from the relationship between healthcare providers and insurance houses)

● the procedure of challenging arbitration rulings before the general courts

Insolvency disputes

Sports litigation

● before TAS following the withdrawal of a club’s license and relegation

Malpractice litigation

Pre-litigation disputes involving assistance to the client in order to achieve an optimal position in negotiations conducted on a potentially contentious situation