Pavel, Margarit & Associates Romanian Law Firm

Dispute Resolution

With over 15 years of experience, our Dispute Resolution department is well-versed in handling complex commercial cases, being also specialized in high-value administrative and fiscal disputes and VAT refunds.

Our litigation team is custom-designed to address our clients’ specific needs efficiently, and for that purpose we have assembled the right blend of attorneys for each particular case.

We take great pride in the fact that we treat with high attention and evaluate every aspect of the matter we are presented with and assign the right combination of experience and expertise required to win the case and that is reflected in the way we conduct the investigation, the way we assess the details of each case, the way we document the case and collaborate with experts to ensure our success.

Insolvency, Restructuring & Bankruptcy

Our department provides legal services at the highest standards, having expertise in advising companies in the insolvency and restructuring procedures, companies in financial distress or bankruptcy, inasmuch as with the pre-insolvency procedures.

We offer high-end legal services in Restructuring & Insolvency, providing multifaceted advice and assistance in complex insolvency cases to secured and unsecured creditors, debtors, lessors, creditors’ committees, equity holders, trustees, prospective acquirers of businesses or assets. Furthermore, we represent nearly every sector of the economy, including manufacturing, real estate and construction, retail, transportation, utilities, pharma, travel, chemical, or energy.

Corporate, Commercial and M&A

The Corporate, Commercial and M&A department is a key practice area within the law firm and is characterized by its international reach and the multidisciplinary approach that our team takes on all projects. Almost all of our projects are cross-border, working with Magic Circle firms and other leading firms from all over the world.

The M&A practice is very expansive and strong practice within our firm. We have experience in all stages of the acquisition process, starting with sale-purchase agreements, due-diligence reports, mortgage agreements to business transfers, mergers or divisions with private, state owned or companies in insolvency proceedings, joint ventures, just to mention a few.

We have earned our place in the market by handling high-value corporate transactions for clients coming from diverse industry sectors, ranging from international private companies to local ones. Throughout the mandates handled we developed a solid practice, dealing with complex M&A transactions, both on the buyer`s and seller`s side, advising on Romanian M&A aspects inasmuch as cross-border.

We assembled a team of highly skilled attorneys with extensive experience, eager to dedicate their time and best efforts, to provide high-end legal services, having the knowledge and ability to approach every transaction from start to closing, working side by side with our clients, to make sure that their objectives are fully achieved.

We reach to our clients by offering our legal know-how, competency and reliability throughout the process of adopting and implementing the most effective solutions and sophisticated strategies, with the sole purpose of protecting their interests. Furthermore, we believe that each customer should receive tailored services, in a timely manner.

Real Estate and Construction

Pavel, Margarit and Associates is a Romanian law firm with over 15 years of experience in the Real Estate and Construction practice, assisting with domestic and cross-border property transactions, real estate financing, construction projects, in a vast array of industry sectors. Our experience encompasses various types of real estate projects in all stages of development, such as residential and commercial buildings, multifamily housing, shopping centers, industrial buildings, mountain resorts and so on.

Our Real Estate specialized lawyers offer clients tailored solutions covering the entire life cycle of the real estate project, from due diligence, negotiating and drafting transaction documents, project finance to exit strategies or day-to-day project management.

The law firm has a strong practice in terms of representing both owners and lenders in complex real estate workouts, bankruptcy matters, office, residential and commercial transactions including those that are structured through joint ventures between land owners and developers, shareholder agreements, asset and portfolio acquisitions, property agreements, joint venture investments, development projects.

Employment and Labour Law

Our team of highly effective and very skilled attorneys is able to understand our clients’ objectives and craft proper legal solutions complimenting their operating HR strategies.

We offer tailored legal services adapted to every clients’ industry by recommending and drafting policies and procedures to be implemented with an impact on effective organizational management and in perfect agreement with the employment and labour law in force.

We work closely with our clients’ HR departments in order to establish the particularities and fundamentals of the organization and provide reliable legal advice, in accordance with their business strategy and in the same time protecting their employees’ legal rights

We provide assistance in all employment related legal issues that might arise in an organization: individual and collective agreements legal advice, labour regulations and requirements, organizational restructuring, termination of employment or general employment matters, assistance and legal representation during the controls performed by labour authorities and litigation, to mention a few.

Intellectual Property

Our team of specialized lawyers has acquired extensive expertise in advising clients coming from different industries and sectors, on a wide array of issues involving Intellectual Property.

We work closely with our clients to determine the best strategy to capitalize on all of their IP matters, from patent to trademark portfolio management and strategy, protecting their vision, maintaining their brand identity and struggling against counterfeiting and undignified initiatives, proper to disloyal competition.

We offer full legal assistance and advise with regard to trademarks and design registrations, from registration, oppositions and appeals in front of OSIM (Romanian State Office for Inventions and Trademarks). We also advise clients on matters concerning copyright, trademark and patent infringement, counterfeiting, illegal use of trademarks, protection against public figure defamation.

Criminal Law & White Collar Crime

Our specialized lawyers in criminal law, with an experience of over 30 years, offer effective legal assistance and representation to natural persons, corporations and public authorities on any specific aspect of the practice, from criminal investigation activities in front of the police/prosecutor, proper settlement of a criminal case, to complex trial cases, before lower courts to the highest legal forums, including the specialized divisions - National Anti-corruption Directorate and Directorate for Investigating Organised Crime and Terrorism.

Our law firm provides legal advice and representation on various criminal law matters such as: financial fraud, money laundering, corruption, abuse of power and negligence in official positions, criminal breaches of confidentiality, white-collar crime, intellectual and industrial property criminal infringements, to name a few.

Immigration Law

We are among the few law firms in Romania with a team of specialized lawyers in Immigration law, delivering legal advice at the highest quality standards on corporate Immigration, to our international clients, foreign investors, Romanian companies seeking foreign workforce and natural foreign citizens looking to obtain Romanian citizenship.

Our legal services include legal opinions on the rules and regulations of business Immigration as well as assistance and representation before the courts of law and in front of public authorities in Immigration issues.

We provide legal assistance and representation in front of authorities in Bucharest to obtain and extend any type of visas, long stay visas - for economical activities in Romania, for professional activities in Romania, for commercial activities in Romania, employment in Romania, for studies, for family reunification, for religious or humanitarian activities in Romania, diplomatic and work visa other purposes visa symbol D/AS and short stay visas - for visit, tourism, business.

We also assist our clients with: residence permits, permanent residence, registration/ correction/transcription of the civil status document, in Romania, and mentions on the civil status documents through administrative procedures or judicial settlement.