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”I LOVE BOOKS, BUT I AM MORE THAN THAT.”

Radu Rizoiu

Partner

+40 727 310 683
radu.rizoiu@rizoiu.ro

Radu is a member of the Bucharest Bar since 1997 and one of the founding partners of Rizoiu & Poenaru SCA. Radu has acquired this extensive experience in one of the top 10 law firms in Romania where he worked for almost 16 years reaching the position of Senior Partner.

Radu offers legal advice in various business law areas with a special focus on secured transactions and energy law. He is proficient in structuring complex transactions and drafting project related documentation.

Radu was at the forefront of developing innovative products for structuring secured transactions on the Romanian market since the mid-90s. He advised a syndicate of banks that extended the first significant syndicated loan to the first GSM operator active on the Romanian market.

At the same time he was involved in restructuring the shareholding structure of a major company with a view of protecting the rights of the majority shareholder in a time where corporate governance was finding its way in Romanian law. Radu contributed to several large privatization projects where he assisted the investor in negotiating the terms of the contracts with the State and in performing the due diligence on the target. He offered legal advice to clients in relation to meeting the terms of the post-privatization covenants.

The turn of the millennium found Radu deeply involved in several significant financing projects where he acted either on the lender’s or the borrower’s side. Starting from the mid-2000s, Radu was actively involved in the energy projects in various areas, such as: negotiating bankable energy supply agreements for large industrial consumers, structuring project finance for green energy projects, offering legal support for development of small hydro plants and for several wind projects, structuring the legal foundation for high efficiency cogeneration (CHP) facilities. 

He assisted clients in share deals and asset deals, in corporate mergers and dissolutions, in initiation and structuring of advertising campaigns or in infrastructure and real estate projects. Radu has a good understanding of international projects since he was on secondment for several months in the Toronto office of the Canadian law firm McCarthy Tétrault, where he was involved in international project financing and energy transactions. Radu has a bachelor degree in law from the Bucharest University and a PhD diploma in Private Law on: “Security interest in personal property. A functional approach” (2010). He is author of an authoritative book on the Romanian legal regime of security interests in personal property, published at Universul Juridic, Bucharest in 2006.

He also published (individually or in partnership) books in the securities field (including a series of comments on the Romanian case law in the security interest field) and in the legal entities field, and over 50 studies, articles and notes. Due to his proficient academic background, Radu was asked to be one of the members of the scholars’ commission in charge of preparing the draft law for the implementation of the New Civil Code. In this capacity, he wrote the sections dealing with commercial contracts (including banking contracts), guarantees and secured transactions.

After contributing to the text of the secured transactions section of the New Civil Code itself, Radu had an extensive work of better shaping the relevant section before full enactment of the Code and adapting all ancillary legislation (including the rules for functioning of the security interests registrar) to give effect of the new regulation.

Also, Radu took part in the drafting of the texts on the securities regime in the new Law on the insolvency prevention and insolvency procedures. Radu is associate professor of the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest, teaching civil law and is a trainer with the National Institute for Magistracy of Romania, in the civil law concerning the relations with professionals field.

Books
  • Security interests in personal property law annotated, Universul juridic ed., Bucharest, 2006, 756 p.;
  • Security interests in personal property. A functional approach, Universul juridic ed., Bucharest, 2011, 771 p., granted with the award “Istrate Micescu” at the SCIENTIFIC AWARDS of the Union of Jurists of Romania, “Titu Maiorescu” Association, the law magazines “Dreptul” and “Palatul de Justiție” for 2011 as well as the prize “Henri Capitant”, awarded in partnership with the “Henri Capitant” Association of Romania and the National Union of Insolvency Practitioners of Romania at the Romanian Private Law Magazine Awards 2011.
Articles
  • Theoretical and practical considerations on the legal rules applying to the security interests in personal property in commercial law (I) (together with Cristiana I. Stoica), published in “Revista de drept comercial” no. 1/2001, pp. 47-68 (22 p.);
  • Theoretical and practical considerations on the legal rules applying to the security interests in personal property in commercial law (II) (together with Cristiana I. Stoica), published in “Revista de drept comercial” no. 2/2001, pp. 67-82 (16 p.);
  • Certain thoughts on legal status of the public property and on criteria of qualifying public assets, published in “Dreptul” no. 9/2001, pp. 58-82 (25 p.);
  • Certain issues on the application of Title VI of Law no. 99/1999 on the legal status of the assignment of debts (together with Răzvan Dincă), published in “Pandectele române” no. 3/2002, p. 243-256 (14 p.);
  • Security interests in contractual rights (together with Răzvan Dincă), published in “Pandectele române” no. 5/2002, pp. 198-220, (23 p.);
  • Legal issues raised by the sovereign guarantee of bonds issuance (together with Valeriu Stoica), published in “Dreptul” no. 10/2002, pp. 17-38 (22 p.);
  • Short notes on the legal status of the assets used in transactions involving public property, published in “Pandectele române” no. 5/2003 pp. 172-180 (9 p.);
  • On a functional approach of the bank letter of guarantee, especially the independent guarantee. Notion, published in “Curierul judiciar” no. 5/2004, pp. 66-87 (22 p.);
  • On a functional approach of the bank letter of guarantee, especially the independent guarantee. Effects, published in “Curierul judiciar” no. 10/2004, pp. 109-127 (19 p.);
  • Short notes on the security interests in insurance policies, published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 5-6/2004, p. 51-66 (16 p.);
  • Essay to (re)define the security interest in personal property, published in “Pandectele române” no. 4/2004, pp. 150-186 (37 p.);
  • Short notes from historical perspective on the modalities of enforcing the security interests in personal property, published in “Pandectele române”, Supplement no. 1/2006, pp. 308-349 (42 p.);
  • Security interests in universitas facti, published in “Pandectele române”, no. 2/2005, pp. 137-170 (34 p.);
  • Certain specific issues related to the security interests in bank deposits, published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 2/2005, pp. 7-49 (43 p.);
  • The right of the debtor in transferring the collateral. Short notes, published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 5/2005, pp. 7-24 (18 p.);
  • Transitory rules for security interests in personal property. A critical study of current Romanian jurisprudence, published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 6/2005 pp. 7-35 (29 p.);
  • Introductory issues regarding the object of the security interests in personal property, published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 1/2006, pp. 9-42 (34 p.);
  • Certain specific issues of security interests in bank accounts, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 2/2007, pp. 198-222 (25 p.);
  • The assignment of receivables as writ of execution (I), published in “Revista de drept bancar şi financiar” no. 4/2007, pp. 15-23 (9 p.);
  • The assignment of receivables as writ of execution (II), published in “Revista de drept bancar şi financiar” no. 1/2008, pp. 1-12 (12 p.);
  • Implementing Directive 2002/47/EC regarding financial collateral arrangements in Romanian Law, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 3/2008, pp. 138-192 (55 p.);
  • The place and the scope of Directive 2002/47/EC regarding financial collateral arrangements in strengthening the European Monetary Union, published in “Analele Universităţii Bucureşti. Seria Drept” no. 2007.III, pp. 92-125 (34 p.);
  • The court having jurisdiction in matters concerning security interests in personal property, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 4/2008, pp. 214-250 (37 p.);
  • Applicability of the European Convention on Human Rights to security interests in personal property, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 5/2008, granted with the award “Octavian Căpățînă” at the Romanian Private Law Magazine Awards 2008;
  • Representing secured lenders by a specialized agent, published in “Pandectele române” no. 8/2008 and in Current issues in banking law, WoltersKluwer ed., Bucharest, 2008, pp. 744-817 (74 p.);
  • The mechanics of private enforcement in the case of peaceful repossession of the collateral, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 2/2009, pp. 99-178 (80 p.);
  • The irrevocable agency as a technique of securing obligations, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 4/2009, pp. 180-234 (55 p.);
  • Receivables securitization or the Utopia of the perfect security, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 6/2009, pp. 183-284 (102 p.);
  • Security interests in personal property: a necessary evil or an useful tool?, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 3/2010, pp. 161-257 (97 p.);
  • The cost of the credit and the security interests in personal property: an empirical study, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 4/2010, pp. 210-273 (64 p.);
  • What is this: The hypothec over movable assets (I). About the security interest, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 5/2011, pp. 185-263 (79 p.);
  • The joint rights of the creditors over debtor’s pool of assets under new civil code, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 1/2012, pp. 170-222 (53 p.);
  • “The Credit Facility in the New Romanian Civil Code” (in collaboration with Andra Roxana Ilie), published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 3/2012, pp. 164-193 (30 p.);
  • “What is mortgage (II).About the mortgage agreement”, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 5/2012, pp. 186-250 (67 p.);
  • “Hypothec-like transactions – United in diversity”, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 1/2013, pp. 181-220
Notes of jurisprudence
  • Note to the Decision issued by Piteşti Appeal Court, civil division, no. 162/R dated 28 January 2002, published in “Pandectele române” no. 5/2002, pp. 65-74 (10 p.);
  • Note to the Decision issued by Constitutional Court no. 333 dated 16 September 2003, published in “Curierul judiciar” no. 12/2003, pp. 22-29 (8 p.);
  • Note to the Decision issued by Cluj Appeal Court, commercial division, no. 1519 dated 23 September 2003 (together with Marieta Avram), published in “Curierul judiciar” no. 10/2004, pp. 13-23 (11 p.);
  • Note to the Decision issued by Buzău Tribunal, commercial and administrative division, no. 37 dated 16 January 2004 (together with Cătălina Dicu), published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 9-10/2004, pp. 74-81 (8 p.);
  • Note to the Decision issued by Cluj Appeal Court, civil division, no. 728 dated 24 April 2003 (together with Răzvan Dincă), published in “Pandectele române” no. 6/2004, pp. 116-129 (14 p.);
  • Note to the Decision issued by Constitutional Court no. 382 dated 30 September 2004, published in “Curierul judiciar” no. 11-12/2004, pp. 28-37 (10 p.);
  • Note to the Decision issued by Bucharest Tribunal, commercial division, no. 10769/2004, published in “Revista română de dreptul afacerilor” no. 2/2005, pp. 124-130 (7 p.);
  • Note to Decision no. 94-461-II (III) of 10 April 1996 issued by Tennessee Court of Appeals, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 5/2007, 249-253 (5 p.);
  • Note to Decision no. 69-183 of 7 January 1970 issued by Ohio Supreme Court, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 4/2008, pp. 244-245 (2 p.);
  • Note to Decision no. 89-147 of 13 June 1990 issued by Wyoming Supreme Court, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 6/2008, pp. 205-208 (4 p.);
  • Note to Decision no. 96-7288 of 12 September 1996 issued by US Court of Appeal for the Third Circuit, published in “Revista română de drept privat” no. 5/2009, pp. 238-243 (6 p.).
Case law books
  • Hypothecs over movable assets, vol. I, The priority of the State Treasury, Universul Juridic ed., Bucharest, 2012, 254 p.;
  • Hypothecs over movable assets, vol. II, Legal characters of the hypothecs over movable assets. Commented jurisprudence with references to the New Civil Code, Universul Juridic ed., Bucharest, 2012, 528 p.
Varia
  • Electronic archiving: A legal perspective (together with Doru Trăilă), published in “Link” no. 1/2004, (2 p.);
  • Ascertained date: from the “high office” to electronic mark (together with Doru Trăilă), published in “Link” no. 2/2004, (2 p.);
  • Commercial Code, up-dated edition (March 1st, 2005), supervised and annotated, Rosetti ed., Bucharest, 2005, 864 p.;
  • Who is afraid of the New Civil Code?, available here
  • Harun al-Raşid, Karl Llewellyn and the New Civil Code judge, available here
  • Note to Decision no. 1072 of March 31, 2009 issued in last appeal by the Commercial Department of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, available here
  • Pawn vs. Money loan, available here
  • Romanian-English business law dictionary (together with Lucian Traian Poenaru, Raluca Alexandra Zatropa, Veronica Dobozi), Monitorul Oficial ed., Bucharest, 2012, 267 p.
  • Traduttore, traditore…, available here
  • Who holds the cont(rol)?, available here
  • The perverted consequences of protecting the debtor by regulatory measures. An empirical study, available here
  • Who is protected by the New Codes? available here
  • The New Codes and the world we live in, available here
  • Pawnbrokers, Constitutional Court and the Nobel Price, available here
  • The New Civil Code. Annotated. Second Edition updated (March 20, 2013), supervised and annotated (in collaboration with Dan Lupașcu, Gabriela Florescu, Elena Viorica Florescu and Andreea Popescu), Rosetti International ed., Bucharest, 2013, 1008 p.
Conferences
  • Aspects related to the use of receivables in securing loans, presentation held in the seminar Practical applications of the law concerning the security interests organized by STOICA & Asociaţii, Bucharest, April 25, 2007
  • Representing secured creditors by a specialized agent, presentation held in the international conference Current issues in the banking law area, Timişoara, February 13, 2008
  • Representing secured creditors by a specialized agent, presentation held in the continuous training strategy program of INM, Bucharest, June 19, 2008
  • Mechanisms of the private enforcement in the law-abiding taking over of the asset object of a security interest, presentation held in the continuous training strategy program of INM, Bucharest, June 1, 2010
  • Securing the development of the network. Unbundling and local challenges, presentation held in the seminar 2010 Romania Gas Forum, Bucharest, June 2, 2010
  • The hypothecs over movable assets and its relation to the security interest, presentation held in the conference Entering into force of the New Civil Code: legislative realities and challenges of the Romanian society modernization, Bucharest, June 30, 2011;
  • Hypothecs over bank accounts in the New Civil Code, presentation held in the Legal seminaries of BNR, 4th Edition, Bucharest, September 13, 2011
  • Regulation of the legal relations between professionals, presentation held in the INM Conferences – the New Civil Code, Bucharest, September 30, 2011
  • Hypothecs over bank accounts, presentation held in the conference The Civil Code – thesis and antithesis in Cluj, Cluj Napoca, November 4-5, 2011
  • Hypothecs over the movable assets in the security system set up by the New Civil Code, presentation held in the conference The Civil Code – practical aspects for the business environment, Bucharest, November 24, 2011
  • Modern theory of the patrimony, presentation held in the conference Implications of the New Civil Code in the fiscal domain, Bucharest, December 12, 2011
  • Breaches of the obligation giving the right to enforce the mortgage, presentation held at the conference Difficult problems of civil law, Bucharest, September 28-29, 2012
  • From the binding force of the agreement to the debtor’s protection. The requirement for additional guarantees. The role of mortgages in securing the performance of contractual obligations, presentation held at the conference The agreement in the new Civil Code. Pitfalls and Solutions, Bucharest, October 15, 2012
  • Movable mortgages in the New Civil Code, presentation held at the conference New Civil Code. New Code of Civil Procedure. Insolvency. News and practical implications arising from new codes, Slatina, November 2, 2012
  • The legal characters of the mortgage agreement. A critical view on the onerous character, presentation held at the banking law conference Banking loan agreement between theory and practice. Principles, law, custom, Timişoara, November 9, 2012
  • Bank guarantees in the New Civil Code. Legal characters of the mortgage agreement, presentation held in the continuous training program of INM, Bucharest, November 12, 2012
  • Practical difficulties in the forced enforcement of the movable hypothec and hypothec-like transactions, presentation held at the Conference Discussions on the financial and banking sector under the new European regulations, Bucharest, April 12, 2013
  • Public notice regarding movable assets using the Electronic Archive of Security Interest in Personal Property, presentation held at the Conference “New civil code and New civil procedure code”, Cluj-Napoca, May 17-18, 2013

”WE TRUST OUR FRIENDSHIP AND VALUE YOUR PARTNERSHIP”

Lucian Poenaru

Partner

+40 723 366 471
lucian.poenaru@rizoiu.ro

Lucian is a member of the Bucharest Bar starting with 2008 and one of the founding Partners of SCA Rizoiu & Poenaru.

He is a trademark and patent attorney registered with the Romanian National Chamber of Industrial Property Attorneys starting with 2023.

Lucian gained experience working for one of the top 10 law firms in Romania, where he became senior associate in January 2012. His professional experience started with various traineeship stages during the law school and, after graduation, with the Economic Mission of the French Embassy in Bucharest.

During his 15 years of experience as a lawyer, Lucian successfully assisted and represented clients in the fields of civil law, corporate and commercial law, intellectual property as well as labour law.

Lucian is proficient in intellectual property law as well as contract law, including mergers and acquisitions, assisting either the seller or the buyer in high value transactions and supporting them in negotiating and drafting share transfer agreements or asset deals and related documents.

Lucian’s activity is also focused on legal consultancy services and representation in commercial litigations of various complexity and provides day by day legal consultancy activities for different companies and corporations.

The legal activities performed also refer to, amongst others, issues related to personal data protection and the legal protection of the copyright, trademark and industrial property right, negotiation of contracts with cable operators and aspects concerning the relations with the local audio-visual authority.

Recent projects:

  • Assisting the main supplier of high-performance medical imaging and cancer treatment services in Europe in signing agreements for the purchase of several diagnostic centres in Romania;
  • Representation of a major designer and manufacturer of semi and fully automated manufacturing equipment in matters related to Intellectual Property and trade secrets issues;
  • Assisting a Romanian company member of a worldwide producer of industrial and commercial cleaning products and services in day-by-day legal activities;
  • Assistance offered to an international supplier of services of maintenance for medical equipment in purchasing the shares in a local company and in the integration on the Romanian market;
  • Assistance offered to an important European group offering financial, HR and IT services in restructuring its board of directors in the local market company and in matters related to labour law and personnel policies;
  • Assistance offered to an important foreign broadcaster in structuring its activity and offering services in Romania as well as the representation thereof for the recovery of the debts from the local broadcasters;
  • Representation of an important operator of teleshopping services in issues related to the infringement of its industrial property rights.

Education:

Lucian graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Collège Juridiques Franco-Roumain d’Etudes Européennes in 2007.

He obtained a master’s degree in 2008 awarded by the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest and Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Collège Juridiques Franco-Roumain d’Etudes Européennes.

Starting with 2011, Lucian is a Tutor at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, teaching Intellectual Property Law.

Starting with 2015 he is a Doctor of Law, summa cum laude, with the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest.

Books
  • Copyright protection under criminal law, Editura C.H. Beck, Bucharest, 2015, ISBN: 978-606-18-0477-1
Articles
  • Institutional Malpractice. The relevance of nosocomial infections of the rented spaces in the hospital, in Liability in case of medical malpractice – substantial and procedural aspects, editura Solomon, Bucharest 2022, ISBN: 978- 606-9628-23-2.
  • The risk of association with a junior trademark, RRDPI no. 1/2022, ISSN: 1584-7241.
  • A research on plagiarism: criminal liability implications, Curierul Judiciar no. 9/2017, ISBN/ISSN: 1582-7526.
  • Criminal protection of IT system and data. Illegal access to IT systems and plagiarism according to the new penal provisions, Supliment Analele Universității din București 2014 – Conference „Reglementări fundamentale în Noul Cod Penal și în Noul Cod de Procedură Penală, 3-4 April 2014, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 2014; ISSN: 1011-0623.
  • (I)mmoral in moral copyright. Drafting pornographic porn, Revista Română de Dreptul Proprietății Intelectuale no. 1/2013, pp. 83- 95; ISBN: 1584724101301.
  • Criminal liability in copyright. The one with the cable operators, in Studii și Cercetări Juridice Europene ed. a 5-a, Conferința Internațională a Doctoranzilor în Drept, Timișoara, 16-18 Mai 2013, pp. 576-588; ISSN: 2066-6403;
  • “You can click but you can’t hide!” Attempt to social responsibility? Juridice.ro, 1 February 2013 (http://www.juridice.ro/241884/you-can-click-but-you-cant-hide-incercare-de- responsabilizare-sociala.html).
  • Criminal Law Protection of Database at a glance, Challenges of the Knowledge Society București, 11 – 12 May 2012, Ediția a 6-a, pp. 60-69; ISSN: 2068-7796 ISSN-L: 2068-7796;
  • (In)equitable compensation for private copy. An EU concept, Revista română de drept European n0o. 3/2011, pp. 124 – 144; ISBN: 2068-808301103;
  • Crimes provided by Law 8/1996. Commercial offering of pirated goods. Comment to the ICCJ Decision no. 173 of 20 January 2010, Revista Română de Jurisprudenţă no. 1/2010, pp. 171 – 181; ISBN: 1844- 645001001;
  • Removal from the commercial circuit of the illegal copies. Order of forfeiture in case of termination of criminal pursuit based on section 10 let. b1) and section 181 Criminal Code, Caiete de Drept Penal no. 2/2010, pp. 75 – 83; ISBN: 1841-6047;
  • (Non)framing of nudism. The relevance of legal provisions protecting the normal sexuality, Curierul Judiciar no. 8/2009, pp. 461 – 465; ISSN: 1582-7526.
Varia

  • Intellectual Property Legislation, updated at 18.10.2020 and nursed by Lucian POENARU, editura Rosetti International, Bucharest 2020, ISBN 978-606-025-046-3.

  • Intellectual Property Legislation, updated at 18.09.2018 and nursed by Lucian POENARU, editura Rosetti International, Bucharest 2018, ISBN: 978-606-8794-89-1.

    Intellectual Property Legislation, updated at 01.09.2016 and nursed by Lucian POENARU, editura Rosetti International, Bucharest 2016, ISBN: 978-606-8794-12-9.

  • Intellectual Property Legislation, updated at 10.11.2014 and nursed by Lucian POENARU, editura Rosetti International, Bucharest 2014, ISBN: 978-973-8270-46-6.

  • Romanian-English business law dictionary (together with Radu Rizoiu, Raluca Alexandra Zatropa, Veronica Dobozi), Monitorul Oficial ed., Bucharest, 2012, editura Monitorul Oficial; ISBN: 978-973-567-779-4;

Conferences

  • Intellectual Property Law Conference, 6th edition, Public interest regimes in intellectual property, 11 November 2022, Timișoara: „Determining the public interest in trademark law with relevance to the consumer’s expectations”.

  • Trademarks Real Life, 24 March 2022, Online; „The risk of association with a junior trademark. Practical relevance”.

  • Medical Malpractice conference, 11-12 November 2021, Online; „Institutional malpractice in the context of the lessee’s obligations to maintain in proper state the location obrtained for use from the medical services provider”.

  • Intellectual Property Law Conference, 5th edition, Harmonizing the European trademark law: applications to the Romanian system of law, Online, 4 November 2021: „The limits of the trademark protection as regards the designation of the products and services in the Nice Classification”.

  • Intellectual Property Law Conference, 4th edition, Legal protection of trade secret, Online, 5 November 2020; „The use of trade secrets by online sale platforms”.

  • Intellectual Property Law Conference, 2nd edition, New Technology Law, Timișoara, 1 November 2018; „Public communication of works in the context of the EU Directive proposal regarding copyright on the unique digital market”.

  • Intellectual Property Law Conference, 1st edition, Patent Law, Bucharest, 10 November 2017; „Patent abandon and the withdrawal of the protection request”.

  • Conference “Fundamental regulations in the new Criminal Code and in the new Criminal Procedure Code”, organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, Bucharest, 3-4 April 2014, Criminal Law, Section 4, 4 April 2014, topic of the presentation: “Criminal protection of IT systems and data. Illegal access to IT systems and plagiarism according to the new criminal provisions”.

  • Conference “Current legal issues in the banking practice” organized by Rizoiu & Asociații and Răzvan Dincă & Asociații, 3 October 2013, hotel Pullman, Bucharest; topic of the presentation: “The implications of the new codes on the bank accounts garnishment”.

  • International Conference of the Law PhD Students, Timisoara, 16-18 May 2013; topic of the presentation: “Criminal liability in the copyright field. The issue of the cable operators”.

  • Conference „Challenges of the Knowledge Society” Bucharest, 11 – 12 May 2012, Sixth edition; topic of the presentation – “Criminal Law Protection of Database at a glance”

”OUR GOAL IS TO UNDERSTAND YOUR GOALS AND EXCEED YOUR EXPECTATIONS”

Mihaela Gherghe

Partner

+40 721 245 030
mihaela.gherghe@rizoiu.ro

Mihaela has been a member of the Rizoiu & Poenaru team since her admittance to the Bucharest Bar in 2014. She graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in 2014, holds a Master’s Degree in Business Law, and is currently undertaking Ph.D. studies within the same Faculty.

Starting with the year 2013, in the performance of a private scholarship agreement with one of the leading law firms in Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, Mihaela contributed in assisting clients which play a major role in the energy sector with the development of renewable energy production projects.

Mihaela specialises in offering legal assistance in projects involving corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, banking and finance law, competition law, energy law and personal data protection.

Some of the most important projects in which Mihaela was recently involved in are:

  • Advising an important provider of medical imaging and cancer treatment services in in expanding its network through the acquisition of private clinics in Romania;
  • Advising a European group of companies in connection to implementing remedies as a result of a transaction subject to conditional approval of the Competition Council;
  • Assisting and representing a major energy consumer in disputes arising from its agreements with its energy suppliers and in various issues raised by the Romanian environmental authorities;
  • Assisting and representing a group of non-metallic mineral products producers on matters related to developing a hydro power plant business;
  • Providing day-to-day legal assistance to an important European provider of financial, HR and IT services in matters related to reorganizing its corporate structure, its relationship with clients and suppliers, personal data protection and personnel policies.

Mihaela is a teaching assistant within the private law department of the University of Bucharest Faculty of Law, conducting seminars for Civil Law.

Starting with the year 2015, Mihaela has contributed, as a coach, to the training of the team representing the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest at the „Willem C. Vis” moot court competition.

She also participates, as arbitrator, in the ranking of the attending teams. In 2014, Mihaela was part of the team of students representing the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest at this moot competition, when the team obtained remarkable distinctions both in the oral rounds of the competition and in its written stage.

Articles

  • Câte nuanțe de gri are creditul? Despre tehnici de creditare la limita legii și dincolo de ea, Revista Română de Drept Privat, nr. 1/2019, pp. 288 – 323 (Co-author)

  • Evaluarea caracterului adecvat și corespunzător al serviciilor de investiții în lumina MiFID II, Revista Română de Drept European, nr. 3/2018, pp. 27 – 43 (Author)

  • Avem o clauză abuzivă: cum procedăm?, Revista Română de Drept Privat, nr. 1/2018, pp. 242 – 272 (Co-author) 

  • Shareholder Exit Signs on American and European Highways: Under Construction, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Business Law, Volume 18 (2015-2016), Issue 4 (2016) (Co-author) 

  • Retrait des actionnaires en France, en Roumanie et aux États-Unis, Revue internationale des services financiers, no. 2/2016, ISBN: 978-280-2756-00-2 (Co-author) 

  • Retragerea acţionarilor. Studiu de drept comparat, Revista Română de Dreptul Afacerilor nr. 11/2015, ISSN/ISSN-L: 2286-0584/1583-493X (Co-author)

Conferences
  • Conference “Corporate law in Romania and the European Union, 5th Edition”, October 8, 2015 | Presentation: Legal exit rights of shareholders. A comparative law study. (Co-speaker)
Varia

  • The Fiscal Code. The Fiscal Procedure Code, Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2018, ISBN: 978-606-8794-94-5

  • The Fiscal Code, 4th Edit., Ed. Rosetti, București, 2018, ISBN: 978-606-8794-78-5 

  • The Fiscal Procedure Code, 4th Edit., Ed. Rosetti, București, 2018, ISBN: 978-606-8794-91-4 

  • The New Fiscal Code, 3rd Edit., Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2017, ISBN: 978-606-8794-40-2 

  • The New Fiscal Procedure Code, 3rd Edit., Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2017, ISBN: 978-606-8794-39-6

  • The New Fiscal Code, 2nd Edit., Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2016, ISBN: 978-973-8270-92-3 

  • The New Fiscal Procedure Code, 2nd Edit., Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2016, ISBN: 978-973-8270-93-0

  • The New Fiscal Code, Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2015, ISBN: 978-973-8270-60-2 

  • The New Fiscal Procedure Code, Ed. Rosetti, Bucharest, 2015, ISBN: 978-973-8270-61-9

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Casandra Pușcașu

Senior Associate

+40 720 663 119
casandra.puscasu@rizoiu.ro

Casandra is a member of the Bucharest Bar since 2014 and as of 2015 is part of the Rizoiu & Poenaru team, currently holding the position of associate.

Casandra graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in 2014. In order to deepen the legal knowledge held she followed the Judicial Career Master at the same Faculty.

Throughout university courses, Casandra collaborated with a prestigious law firm, the practical issues faced contributing not only to deepen the theoretical knowledge acquired in the university, but also to observe and acquire knowledge in niche areas of law, such as public procurement.

Prior joining our team, Casandra worked as a junior lawyer with one of the largest law firms that offers cross-border legal advisory services to clients in Central and Eastern Europe. Her previous experience includes assisting clients in the areas of commercial law, corporate law, insolvency, labour law, environmental law and dispute resolution.

Casandra is specialized in providing legal advice in areas such as Media & Telecommunications, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, labour law and commercial contracts.

Casandra offers legal assistance in corporate issues regarding share transfer or social share transfer, negotiations, drafting and legal review of contracts of varied complexity and in varied areas of law, drafting due diligence reports, settlement of labour issues concerning the company’s staff, client representation in front of authorities and public institutions with respect to various legal issues etc.

Some of the most important projects in which Casandra activated are:

  • negotiating, drafting and legal review of agreements for an important foreign broadcaster, assistance thereof in the relationship with various local broadcasters, representation thereof for the recovery of the debts from cable operators and aspects concerning the relations with CNA;
  • assistance of an important medical center in extending their medical clinics network national wide by purchasing the entire capital in various profile companies;
  • assistance of an important European multinational company which supplies financial, HR and IT services in restructuring the board of directors, changing the ownership structure, as well as in issues related to labour law and personnel policy;
  • representation of an important operator of teleshopping services in issues related to the infringement of its industrial property rights.

Denisa Călin

Associate

+40721 307 213
denisa.calin@rizoiu.ro

Denisa graduated from the Faculty of Law of Titu Maiorescu University in 2019. Currently, she is attending “Civil Law and In-depth Civil Procedural Law” master’s degree, within the same university.

During her studies, Denisa collaborated with a law firm in order to deepen the theoretical knowledge in the field of private law. She also completed internships at various public institutions to expand her professional area.

Denisa is a member of Bucharest Bar since October 2019 and holds the position of associate with Rizoiu & Poenaru SCA.

Ionuț Păun

Associate

+40 737 368 949
ionut.paun@rizoiu.ro

Ionut joined us in the fall of 2019 after being admitted to the Bucharest Bar. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Bucharest and currently he is pursuing his Master degree in Business Law.

During his legal education, Ionut completed a variety of internships at law firms, starting to discover various branches of law, such as real estate law, administrative law, tax law, commercial law. In addition, he has been involved in mock trials, essay contests and scientific papers, as well as in public speaking activities. More than that, he performed a significant voluntary activity within the student associations. All this has led him to gain great attention to detail, the ability to analyse situations clearly and concisely and to make sound decisions under any and all circumstances.

Currently holds the position of associate with Rizoiu & Poenaru SCA.

Raluca Panduru

Associate

+40 763 166 330
raluca.panduru@rizoiu.ro

Raluca graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest and attended the “Private Law” master degree programme within the same Faculty. Also, she graduated the Franco-Romanian Legal College for European Studies, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University.

During her studies, Raluca undertook several internships, both with law firms, and within various public institutions, thus expanding her theoretical knowledge in private law. She also took part in several moot court competitions and was involved in various volunteering activities carried out by the Law Students Association, as a member.

Currently she holds the position of associate with SCA Rizoiu & Poenaru.

Rareș Petrescu

Junior Associate

+40745 547 379
rares.petrescu@rizoiu.ro

Rareș joined our team in September 2021 as a Legal Intern. Since joining our team, Rareș provided in-depth expertise in matters such as real estate, commercial, civil and administrative law. He was involved in both litigation and legal assistance projects.

During his time with us, Rareș has gained experience in legal advising by drafting corporate documents, conducting due diligence analyses and advising companies about their strategic commercial decisions. His litigation activity includes preparation of pre-litigation documents, drafting of procedural documents and representation of clients before public authorities and national courts.

He graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in 2023 and he is currently attending the “Private Law” master program within the same Faculty. He is most passionate about Civil procedure law.

During his studies, Rareș also took part and won prizes in several moot court competitions and he has also published a couple of law articles.

He is fluent in English, having obtained a Certificate in Advanced English, and he is also familiar with German.

Currently, Rareș holds the position of Junior Associate with SCA Rizoiu & Poenaru.

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