LDDP lawyers have gained a privileged position in commercial arbitration and enjoy wide national and international recognition for their professionalism.
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Representation as counsel in domestic and international commercial arbitration proceedings, both ad hoc and institutionalized arbitration before various international arbitration courts (ICC – Paris; ICSID – Washington; LCIA – London; VIAC – Vienna; Court of Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Hungary; etc.);
Legal expert testimony, by formulating and defending opinions on Romanian law in international arbitration cases;
Representation before the Romanian courts in recognition and/or enforcement proceedings of foreign arbitral awards;
Sitting as arbitrators, several of the team members being included on the lists of arbitrators held by international commercial arbitration institutions (International Commercial Arbitration Court attached to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry; International Commercial Arbitration Court attached to the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Bulgaria, Poland and Slovenia; World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center – WIPO Geneva; International Arbitration Center at the Federal Economic Chamber VIAC – Vienna; etc.);
Representation before the Romanian courts in proceedings for the annulment of arbitral awards rendered in Romania;
Representation in alternative dispute resolution procedures – mediation, conciliation (including in proceedings before the European Commission), neutral assessment of the potential outcome of a dispute, etc.
Providing legal assistance and representation to a major Romanian company against a Dutch investor in an ICC dispute concerning the termination of the contract of assignment of shares by which the Dutch investor had acquired 50% of the shares of a project company through which a project was developed real estate of over 50,000,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in an ICC arbitration case in which the subject matter of the dispute was the claims of both the contractor and the contracting authority. The dispute was based on a FIDIC contract for the rehabilitation and modernization of the drinking water supply system and the sewerage network of one of the largest cities in Romania, a contract financed from ISPA funds, amounting to approximately 34,000,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in two successive ICC arbitration disputes, concerning the mutual claims of the contractor and the contracting authority. The dispute was based on a FIDIC contract for the rehabilitation and modernization of the Water Treatment Plant in a large city in Romania, a contract financed by ISPA funds. The aggregate amount of the claims of the parties in the two litigations was approximately 27,500,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in an ICC arbitration dispute concerning the mutual claims of the contractor and the contracting authority, arising from the execution of a FIDIC contract for the construction of the Water Treatment Plant in a large city in Rome was financed from ISPA funds, and the amount of the parties’ claims exceeded 31,500,000 Euros.
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in an ICC arbitration case regarding the construction of a composting station, a landfill and the closure of a landfill under an FIDIC-type contract funded by ISPA funds. The object of the dispute consists in the claims of the contractor and the contracting authority in the amount of approximately 14,150,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in an ICC arbitration case in which the object of the dispute was the contractor’s claims arising from a FIDIC contract for the construction of the wastewater treatment plant in a major city in Romania, contract financed by funds ISPA. The amount of the main application was approximately 1,000,000 Euros
Providing legal assistance and representation to a public authority in an ICC arbitration dispute concerning the mutual claims of the contractor and the contracting authority. The dispute was based on a FIDIC contract for the rehabilitation and modernization of a road sector in Romania, a contract financed from EIB funds. The amount of the claims of the parties exceeded 4,700,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in an ICC arbitration dispute concerning the mutual claims of the contractor and the contracting authority, a dispute arising from the execution of a FIDIC contract for the modernization of the water supply system serving one of the most important cities Romania. The project was financed from ISPA funds, and the amount of the parties’ claims exceeded 4,600,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a company in an ICC arbitration dispute arising from the execution of a FIDIC contract financed by ISPA funds. The contract was aimed at modernizing the drinking water distribution system in a large city in Romania. The project was financed by ISPA funds, and the amount of mutual claims of the parties was approximately 2,000,000 Euros;
Legal assistance and representation for a holding company in a VIAC arbitration dispute arising in connection with a sale-purchase contract of a goodwill. The value of the main application was over 900,000 euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a prestigious company in an ICC arbitration dispute arising from the execution of a contract for the construction of a hospital in the Middle East. The amount of the mutual claims of the parties was approximately 5,500,000 Euros;
Legal assistance and representation for a prestigious company in the field of transport engineering in a dispute with a Romanian authority, pending before the International Commercial Arbitration Court attached to CCIR. The amount of the mutual claims of the parties exceeded 2,000,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a company in an ICC arbitration case in which the object of the dispute consists in the claims of the entrepreneur in the amount of over 13,000,000 Euros;
Legal assistance and representation for a prestigious company in the field of hydrotechnical constructions in a dispute with a consortium partner, which arose in connection with the execution of a contract for the rehabilitation of a navigable canal. The dispute was pending before the International Commercial Arbitration Court attached to the CCIR. The amount of the main application was approximately 150,000 Euros;
Members of the team of experts on Romanian law appointed by lawyers representing a Romanian authority in an ICC dispute arising from a FIDIC contract, having as object the rehabilitation of a road sector. The value of the main application exceeded 8,300,000 Euros;
Members of the team of experts on Romanian law appointed by lawyers representing a Romanian authority in an ICC dispute arising from a FIDIC contract, having as object the rehabilitation of a road sector. The value of the main application exceeded 24,000,000 Euros;
Members of the team of experts on Romanian law appointed by lawyers representing a Romanian authority in an ICC dispute arising from a FIDIC contract, having as object the rehabilitation of a road sector. The value of the main application exceeded 2,000,000 Euros;
Providing legal assistance and representation to a central public authority in a dispute settled by the Dispute Adjudication Commission (DAB), based on the claims of the parties under a FIDIC contract for the construction of roadside inspection platforms to ensure a effective traffic monitoring, vehicle safety inspection and weighing of heavy goods vehicles;
Legal assistance and representation for a public utility company (operating in the drinking water and wastewater sector) in a DAB dispute based on a FIDIC contract, financed by ISPA funds and aimed at rehabilitating a drinking water treatment plant serving a large city in Romania. The amount of the mutual claims of the parties exceeded 1,200,000 Euros;
Documentation, analysis, issuance of decisions in disputes between trademark owners and holders of Internet domain names, under the role of the Center for Arbitration and Mediation of the World Intellectual Property Organization;
Representation of the respondent State in several ICSID cases, having as object the claims made by foreign investors on the basis of mutual investment protection treaties concluded between their countries of origin and the host state of the investments. The lawsuits ranged from $ 175,000,000 to $ 375,000,000.
Crenguța Leaua is former Vice President of the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce – ICC Paris and former Vice President of the International Court of Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania;
Lawyers within the firm are arbitrators registered on the lists of arbitrators of various arbitration courts (the International Commercial Arbitration Court attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, the Brasov Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Tg. Mureș Chamber of Commerce and Industry) as well as members of the lists of arbitrators and neutrals held by the World Intellectual Property Organization Arbitration and Mediation Center;
Lawyers within the firm are members of various arbitration organizations (London Court of International Arbitration – LCIA, The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators – CIArb, London; Swiss Arbitration Association – ASA; The International Bar Association – IBA – Committee Arbitration).
