In an award released on 5 March 2020, an international arbitral tribunal under the auspices of the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rejected claims against Romania amounting to more than RON 9 billion brought by Ioan and Viorel Micula and several Romanian companies associated with them, including S.C. Scandic Distilleries...Read More

The LDDP Team Secured a First Instance Court Decision Annulling the Resolution of the Superior Council of CECCAR The LDDP team secured a first instance court decision annulling the Resolution of the Superior Council of CECCAR (the Body of Expert and Licensed Accountants of Romania) whereby the entire Council of the Suceava branch of CECCAR...Read More

Într-un litigiu având ca obiect pretenții cu titlu de despăgubiri în materia asigurărilor de răspundere civilă obligatorie, echipa LDDP obține pentru clienții săi un prejudiciu stabilit de instanța de judecată la o valoare de 600.000 lei. De asemenea, instanța a recunoscut aplicarea penalităților legale de întârziere de 0,2% la suma acordată cu titlu de despăgubiri,...Read More

LDDP Successfully Represented the Special Administrator in Bankruptcy Proceedings LDDP successfully represented the special administrator in bankruptcy proceedings, securing the final dismissal of the judicial liquidator’s action for the annulment of the company’s resolutions concerning the distribution and payment of dividends amounting to LEI 14,768,281 during the observation period. Both the syndic judge and the...Read More

The LDDP Team Successfully Defended NTT Data in Court Proceedings Related to a Public Tender Procedure The LDDP team successfully defended NTT Data in court proceedings related to a public tender procedure with an estimated value of LEI 14,490,606. The Bucharest Court of Appeal, in a final decision, dismissed the challenge brought by the contracting...Read More

LDDP Successfully Assisted a Private Aviation Company LDDP successfully assisted a private aviation company, Dac Air, in court proceedings concerning the validation of enforcement measures against the DGRFP, as debtor. On appeal, the LDDP team obtained the overturn of the first instance court’s decision and the validation of a garnishment measure against the third-party debtor...Read More

LDDP Wins Before the CNSC the Appeal Filed for Eco Bihor Oradea in the Context of the Public Procurement Procedure for the Award of a Concession Contract with an Estimated Value of 17 Million Euros Leaua Damcali Deaconu Păunescu (LDDP) won before the CNSC the appeal filed for Eco Bihor SRL Oradea in the context...Read More

Crenguta Leaua, Moderator of the “Blockchain Legal Issues” Debate “Blockchain technology needs to be addressed by specific regulations, as it may be detrimental to rely only on the principles of the general legislation. Although valuable, such principles were not shaped in the era of the new technologies and cannot possibly encompass all the complexity of...Read More

World Drone Regulations Booklet with the LDDP Contribution We are pleased to announce that Dr. Crenguța Leaua – Managing Partner and Gina Gheorghe – Senior Partner at LDDP drafted the Romanian Section of the World Drone Regulations – a major project of L2b Aviation (a worldwide network of aviation law independent law firms), promoted at...Read More

The ICCA’s Guide to the interpretation of the 1958 New York Convention – A Handbook for judges translated into Romanian by LDDP lawyers We are pleased to announce that the LDDP team had translated into Romanian the ICCA Guide to Interpreting the 1958 New York Convention – A Handbook for Judgesunder International Council for Commercial...Read More

New rules at the EU – level on the functioning of the competition authorities of the Member States established by Directive (EU) 2019/1 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 to empower the competition authorities of the Member States to be more effective enforcers and to ensure the proper functioning...Read More

LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU – LDDP in consortium with LENZ & STAEHELIN (Geneva) successfully fend off the claims brought by the Swiss electricity trader ENERGY FINANCING TEAM AG against HIDROELECTRICA, the largest Romanian energy company, in an UNCITRAL Ad Hoc international arbitration. The Arbitral Tribunal constituted under the 1976 UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules rendered its Final...Read More