American Chamber of Commerce in Romania

Musat & Asociatii`s name stands for a high level of expertise in business matters. The firm is highly reputed for its commercial approach to transactions and its profound understanding of the clients’ business objective. For almost 20 years, Muºat & Asociaþii has acted for banks and other financial institutions, multinational businesses, venture capital funds, major Romanian public and private companies and government agencies.

With over 100 attorneys and fee-earners, our practice covers the entire spectrum of business activities. The firm is the undisputed market leader in the fields of commercial law, corporate and project finance, banking / finance and capital markets, mergers / acquisitions and privatisation, energy, communications and information technology, competition, having a broad and balanced expertise in these areas. Areas of particular expertise include aviation, property / construction, insurance, shipping, intellectual property, environment, employment and pensions. We have excellent litigation resources as well, extending to dispute management and arbitration, and wide-ranging expertise on tax matters.

The firm takes pride in its high-profile portfolio of clients, that includes international and national private and public companies: General Electric, General Motors, Intel Corp, Oracle, AON, AT&T, Google, Apple, Enel SpA, Orange, PPF Investments, European Investment Bank, BERD, RBS (Royal Bank of Scotland), Fortis Bank, KBC Bank, Raiffeisen Bank, OTP Bank, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Novartis, ING Real Estate, Thyssen Krupp, Generali, Immoeast, Petrom, AFI Europe, Electrolux, SBS Broadcasting Corporation, just to name a few.

Musat & Asociatii’s performance and first-class client service have been repeatedly recognized by the prestigious British legal publications, who placed our firm at the top of their rankings of business law firms in Romania. Thus, we are recommended as “leading” in Corporate / M&A, Privatisation, Finance: banking & Debt finance, Capital Markets, Energy, Dispute Resolution, Telecoms, Media & IT, Environment and Labour and Employee Benefits. Clients believe the firm to be “professional, with a great team of lawyers displaying depth of knowledge” (Legal 500, 2009 edition), moreover peers appreciate that the „firm is involved in some of the biggest cases, which are often the first of their kind” (Chambers & Partners, 2009 edition).

Musat & Asociatii is a member of the Romanian Bar Association and has close contacts and alliances with some of the most prestigious law firms in the European Union and US, enabling the provision of a fully global client service. The firm is the exclusive representative in Romania of TerraLex, the worldwide network of independent law firms.