{"id":10459,"date":"2018-09-25T17:42:08","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/leaua-asociatii-expands-and-becomes-leaua-damcali-deaconu-paunescu-lddp\/"},"modified":"2022-06-15T10:10:47","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T10:10:47","slug":"leaua-asociatii-expands-and-becomes-leaua-damcali-deaconu-paunescu-lddp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/leaua-asociatii-expands-and-becomes-leaua-damcali-deaconu-paunescu-lddp\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaua &amp; Asociatii Expands and Becomes LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Bucharest, Septembrie 4, 2018: <\/strong>After consecutive years of growth and with a proficient team of lawyers, Leaua &amp; Asociatii expands and becomes <strong>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n          \n\n          <span class=\"gdlr-core-space-shortcode\" style=\"margin-top: 30px ;\"  ><\/span>\n          \n\n        \n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crenguta-LEAUA-copy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7823\" width=\"297\" height=\"297\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crenguta-LEAUA-copy.png 700w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crenguta-LEAUA-copy-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crenguta-LEAUA-copy-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Crenguta-LEAUA-copy-600x600.png 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">\n          <strong>Crengu\u021ba Leaua, founder of Leaua &amp; Asociatii, Managing Partner LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP, declares:<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p><em>\u201cFor over 13 years we have been a reference for trust and professionalism on the legal services market, a time during which over 10,000 clients benefitted from the legal services of our team and over 100 lawyers built their careers alongside us. The expansion marks a new phase, adding a new dimension to our specialization in international dispute resolution and international transactions. Thanks to our track record in the previous years we managed to enter the top of the most valuable law firms specializing in international arbitration (GAR 100) and now we are consolidating our presence in the field of international transactions as well, by welcoming to the firm two new partners, each with an exceptional professional record.  <\/em><br\/><strong><em>R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu<\/em><\/strong><em>brings to<\/em><strong><em>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP<\/em><\/strong><em> his unique expertise in international business and law. He will secure the development of the international transactions department. <\/em> <br\/><strong><em>Ana-Irina \u0218arcane<\/em><\/strong><em>with her over 20-years\u2019 ample experience in business restructuring and insolvency, completes the top skills which <\/em><strong><em> LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP <\/em><\/strong><em>extends to companies looking to successfully implement restructuring and performance improvement processes. <\/em> <br\/><em>I am grateful to both of them for joining the team and for their commitment to contribute to the achievement of our development objectives. <\/em><br\/><em>Not lastly, the new name of the firm marks the due appreciation to the other two managing partners, Aurora Damcali and \u0218tefan Deaconu, for whose professional commitment and outstanding contribution to the continuous development of the firm in the previous years I am grateful.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n          \n\n          <span class=\"gdlr-core-space-shortcode\" style=\"margin-top: 30px ;\"  ><\/span>\n          \n\n        \n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery alignright columns-0 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Razvan-Ioan-PAUNESCU-copy-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Razvan-Ioan-PAUNESCU-copy-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"7964\" data-link=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/personnel\/razvan-ioan-paunescu\/razvan-ioan-paunescu-copy-3\/\" class=\"wp-image-7964\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Razvan-Ioan-PAUNESCU-copy-2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Razvan-Ioan-PAUNESCU-copy-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Razvan-Ioan-PAUNESCU-copy-2-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Razvan-Ioan-PAUNESCU-copy-2-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\" class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">\n          <strong>R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu, Partener in LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP, will head the international transactions department.<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n<p>With an over 10-years\u2019 experience as lawyer, having participated in more than 500 disputes before Romanian state courts, and with well over 25 years of expertise in international transactions, R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu provided legal assistance for some of the largest investment projects in Central and Eastern Europe. He is uniquely skilled in international economic relations and worked directly with North American and European companies. He also has vast experience in China and the Asia-Pacific area, focusing on international transactions such as mergers, acquisitions and spin-offs. Former President of the Romania-China Chamber of Commerce, R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu is currently its Honorific President. De\u021bine o expertiz\u0103 unic\u0103 \u00een rela\u021bii economice interna\u021bionale \u0219i a lucrat direct cu companii nord-americane \u0219i europene. De asemenea, are o experien\u021b\u0103 vast\u0103 \u00een China \u0219i \u00een \u021b\u0103rile din spa\u021biul Asia-Pacific, unde s-a concentrat pe tranzac\u021bii interna\u021bionale de tip achizi\u021bii, fuziuni, diviz\u0103ri.   He also represented UAE \u2013 European Lawyers\u2019 Union, as President for Romania. He is Vice-President of the Centre of Mediation Lawyers, since its set up, and a member of the European Foundation for Mediation. <\/p>\n\n<blockquote style=\"text-align:left\" class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu declares: <em>R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu declares: \u201cI appreciate the professional value, commitment and creativity of the team members and I hold the belief that we will provide the necessary support for both the international transactions I am involved in, as well as for future ones, particularly in relation with investors from the Unites States, the European Union and China. I am convinced that the combination between direct experience in business and high quality of legal service will result in an impeccable quality of the legal services which are provided to our clients by  <\/em><strong><em>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP<\/em><\/strong><em>\u201d.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ana-Irina-SARCANE.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7662\" width=\"308\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ana-Irina-SARCANE.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ana-Irina-SARCANE-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ana-Irina-SARCANE-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ana-Irina-SARCANE-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">\n          <strong>Ana-Irina \u0218arcane, Partener in LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP, will head the legal practice related with business restructuring and insolvency.<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n<p>With over 15 years of experience within PricewaterhouseCoopers, where she was the legal leader of the \u2018Business Recovery Services\u2019 department, Ana-Irina \u0218arcane is one of the most known names in this field of legal services.<\/p>\n\n<p>She coordinated teams of lawyers in a large number of insolvency proceedings, including some of the most complex cases in Romania. Under the aegis of the Ministry of Justice, Ana-Irina \u0218arcane coordinated the complex revision process of the insolvency law, namely the project which led to the adoption of Law 85\/2014, as well as the annotated Insolvency Code, working in consortium with some of the most prestigious Romanian lawyers, insolvency practitioners and theoreticians of insolvency law.  <\/p>\n\n<p>Ana-Irina \u0218arcane is a member of the Scientific Council of the National Institute for the Training of Insolvency Practitioners (INPPI) and a trainer with the National Union of Romanian Insolvency Practitioners (UNPIR). <\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Ana-Irina \u0218arcane declares:<em>The frequent comparison between the restructuring process and the medical act is not exaggerate \u2013 helping a company to regain its health after a diagnostic which endangers its very existence exceeds, in terms of implications and effects for both parties, the usual client-attorney relation. The association with  <\/em><strong><em>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP<\/em><\/strong><em> is an opportunity to offer legal services both to clients in difficulty, as well as to those interested in the fields of \u2018distressed M&amp;A\u2019 or portfolio management. The team which I am happy to become part of is experienced in a vast number of legal fields, so that I am confident that whatever the problem, the client will benefit the best solutions <\/em>\u201d.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>Aurora Damcali has almost 20 years of experience in domestic litigation, specializing in civil and administrative law.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Aurora-DAMCALI-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6921\" width=\"321\" height=\"324\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Aurora-DAMCALI-copy.jpg 645w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Aurora-DAMCALI-copy-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Aurora-DAMCALI-copy-297x300.jpg 297w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 321px) 100vw, 321px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>Her expertise is particularly vast in the fields of rights in rem, administrative procedures, town planning legislation, public procurement, civil and commercial contracts, negotiation of collective bargaining agreements.<\/p>\n\n<p>Aurora Damcali has provided legal assistance in complex matters of civil law, environmental law and administrative law, before central and local public authorities. She has successfully represented clients in disputes pending before courts of justice specialising in civil law, administrative law, and labour law. Her expertise also encompasses international arbitration, in particular proceedings relating to investment, conducted before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington (ICSID).   She is a collaborating member of academic staff with the University of Bucharest, the administrative law department of the Faculty of Law.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>Aurora Damcali declares:<em>Am reu\u0219it s\u0103 ne impunem drept o echip\u0103 bine structurat\u0103 \u0219i extrem de determinat\u0103. Statistica dosarelor c\u00e2\u0219tigate de societatea noastr\u0103 ne \u00eendrept\u0103\u021be\u0219te s\u0103 afirm\u0103m c\u0103 ne atingem cu conseven\u021b\u0103 obiectivele. Am dovedit c\u0103 avem experien\u021ba necesar\u0103 pentru a r\u0103spunde celor mai dificile provoc\u0103ri. <strong>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP<\/strong> \u0219i-a construit cu perseveren\u021b\u0103 expertiza, at\u00e2t \u00een plan intern, c\u00e2t \u0219i extern. Suntem recunoscu\u021bi pentru serviciile de calitate oferite clien\u021bilor, echipa noastr\u0103 fiind un reper de \u00eencredere pentru ace\u0219tia. Vom continua s\u0103 fim al\u0103turi de ei cu energia \u0219i spiritul inovator care ne caracterizeaz\u0103 \u0219i \u00een actuala echip\u0103 extins\u0103\u201d.    <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">\n          <strong>\u0218tefan Deaconu has over 20 years of professional experience, he is a reputed public law specialist and has, during the years, provided legal assistance in most varied legal matters pertaining to foreign investment, international financing and public procurement.<\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Stefan-DEACONU.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-7804\" width=\"304\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Stefan-DEACONU.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Stefan-DEACONU-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Stefan-DEACONU-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lddp.ro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Stefan-DEACONU-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p>He represented numerous clients in complex proceedings before the Constitutional Court of Romania, state courts and arbitral tribunals.<\/p>\n\n<p>He often acts as a Romanian and European law expert in various proceedings before national and foreign state courts and international arbitral tribunals. <\/p>\n\n<p>\u0218tefan Deaconu a professor of constitutional law and the EU legal system with the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest. <\/p>\n\n<p>He is the President of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania and an arbitrator of that Court, as well as an arbitrator with the China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission \u2013 CIETAC.<\/p>\n\n<p>Between 2005 and 2012 he was a legal advisor to the President of Romania and the head of the Legislative Department of the Presidential Administration and before that (2004-2005), as a director in the Senate of Romania.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u0218tefan Deaconu declares:<em>\u201cWe are witnessing companies being confronted with major challenges, which derive especially from the need to manage at the same time a number of changing factors, from the national to the European legislation, to changes even at the local level with the potential to affect investment plans. <\/em><strong><em>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP<\/em><\/strong> <em>is well-equipped to provide full package services so that, from an international to a national and to a local level, our clients benefit of legal assistance of the highest quality, enabling them to achieve their objectives and protect their interests. In congruence with rapid business development, our firm is consolidating its presence on the international legal services market.\u201d  <\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>Crengu\u021ba Leaua has over 20 years of experience as a practising lawyer and specializes in international business law and international commercial arbitration <\/strong> <\/p>\n\n<p>She is vastly experienced in company law, aviation law, construction law, her practice currently focusing of IT law and new technologies. <\/p>\n\n<p>She has ample experience as counsel in international commercial arbitration and investor-state arbitration (before the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in Washington \u2013 ICSID and in ad hoc proceedings according to the UNCITRAL Rules). <\/p>\n\n<p>She is also a renowned arbitrator with a track record of over 130 domestic and international awards rendered, most of which in proceedings administered by the International Court of Arbitration ICC Paris and the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, but also in ad hoc arbitration or arbitrations administered by other international arbitration bodies. <\/p>\n\n<p>She is listed as an arbitrator with numerous arbitration centres, such as those attached to the Chambers of Commerce and Industry of Romania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Poland, the Republic of Moldova, the Arbitration and Mediation Centre of the World International Property Organisation (WIPO), the International Arbitration Centre of the Federal Chamber for Economy of Austria (VIAC), the arbitration centres in Beijing (CIETAC), Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur. She was a vice-president of the International Court of Arbitration \u2013 ICC Paris (2015-2018) and of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (2008-2012), currently being a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration (ICCA).  <\/p>\n\n<p>She is an associate professor with the Academy of Economics in Bucharest (teaching Business Law and European Union Law) and external associate professor in the International Arbitration master\u2019s program of the Faculty of Law within the University of Bucharest, where she taught Comparative International Arbitration Law and teaches Construction Arbitration. She was invited to lecture at Sciences Po (Paris), Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) and was a visiting scholar at Columbia Law School (New York). A sus\u021binut prelegeri la Sciences Po (Paris), Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) \u0219i a fost visiting scholar la Columbia Law School (New York).  <\/p>\n\n<p>An alumnus of the \u201cEmerging Leaders\u201d programme of Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government, she has been featured in \u201cWho\u2019s Who Legal\u201d in the field of international arbitration in all issues since 2007 and recognized also as a Thought Leader (2017 \u2013 2018 editions). <\/p>\n\n<p><strong>LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP<\/strong> provides legal assistance and representation services to its clients in international transactions and dispute resolution proceedings, in a wide array of legal fields, such as: international and Romanian business law, corporate law \u2013 mergers and acquisitions, insolvency law, competition law, civil law and rights in rem, public law, administrative and constitutional law, public procurement, fiscal law, financial and banking law, insurance law, transport law and particularly aviation law, construction and urban planning law, energy and natural resources law, environmental law, intellectual property law, data protection, IT law and new technologies, labour law. The project teams are coordinated by the 11 partners: Crengu\u021ba Leaua, Aurora Damcali, Stefan Deaconu, R\u0103zvan Ioan P\u0103unescu, Gheorghe Matei, Irina \u0218arcane, Marius Grigorescu, Mihaela Maravela, Gina Gheorghe, Andreea Simulescu, Cleopatra Cadar.   <\/p>\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\">\n          <strong>The lawyers of LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP are members of various international associations: the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators \u2013 CIArb, London Court of International Arbitration \u2013 LCIA, International Bar Association \u2013 IBA, Swiss Arbitration Association \u2013 ASA, International Fiscal Association \u2013 IFA, the Romanian branch, Union des Avocats Europ\u00e9ens (U.A.E.) Bruxelles, INSOL Europe. <\/strong>\n        <\/p>\n\n          \n\n          <span class=\"gdlr-core-space-shortcode\" style=\"margin-top: 30px ;\"  ><\/span>\n          \n\n        \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bucharest, Septembrie 4, 2018: After consecutive years of growth and with a proficient team of lawyers, Leaua &amp; Asociatii expands and becomes LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP. Crengu\u021ba Leaua, founder of Leaua &amp; Asociatii, Managing Partner LEAUA DAMCALI DEACONU PAUNESCU \u2013 LDDP, declares: \u201cFor over 13 years we have been a reference for trust [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":10175,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[231],"tags":[247,246,245,248],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10459"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10459"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10459\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10462,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10459\/revisions\/10462"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10175"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lddp.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}