London, England Full Service Corporate and Business Law Office

Anghel Stabb brings together a team of experienced Romanian and international lawyers, which is able to offer a combination of in depth local experience and knowledge in all relevant areas of Romanian law, together with an excellent appreciation of the commercial requirements expected by our international clientele. The lawyers on the team are highly dedicated and enthusiastic and very flexible in terms of availability and are noted for their speed of response and creativity in conceiving new solutions. All Romanian members of the team are fully fluent in English, French and Romanian.

The presence of resident international lawyers on the team enables the Firm to ensure effective management and organisation of the provision of legal services combined with international methods of working. Project coordination (including quality control, overall supervision, reporting and budget management) and day to day co-ordination of the team in Bucharest is conducted by David Stabb and Ana Anghel.

In addition, the success of any major transaction will depend to a great extent on the team work of the professionals and others involved from all disciplines. We have particular experience of transaction management, but we are also accustomed to working as part of a team of consultants to achieve the common aim of devising and implementing a project, on time and within budget, in a manner, which is responsive to both to local and international needs.

Based on long term experience in the Romanian market place starting from 1998, the Firm is able to offer expertise in a wide range of legal and business matters covering all our clients' needs. Our practice ranges from providing advice in connection with inward investment in Romania and subsequent sales of investments, whether by way of stock exchange listings, trade sales, privatization, Greenfield developments, joint ventures and major projects (whether involving public or private sector finance or a combination of both) to providing ongoing advice to our clients on all corporate, banking, property/real estate, securities, competition, employment and commercial matters as they develop their businesses.

We aim to understand our clients' businesses and the sectors and markets in which they operate and to work with them in evolving practical solutions to the legal aspects of running their businesses. We listen carefully to our clients and, building on our market understanding, give advice in the context of their business strategies; we are always concerned with commercial realism not merely legal competence. We also appreciate the need to provide our clients with a prompt, professional, efficient and ethical service at an international standard, whilst on a cost effective basis.

Our experience includes numerous joint ventures, acquisitions, management and employee buy-outs, privatizations and project finance transactions acting for both local and international clients in Romania and elsewhere in the region (Bulgaria, Hungary and Moldova). In recent years we have also developed our litigation capacity acting on high profile shareholder litigation, insurance litigation and cross-border disputes.

Members of the team are well ranked by the independently compiled annual reviews of the European Legal 500, Chambers Directory and Global Counsel 3000 for their expertise in M&A, privatization, energy, utilities, insurance, employment and litigation.

In addition to providing advice on Romanian legal matters, the firm also acts with a network of contacts and advisers throughout the region, especially in Bulgaria, Moldova, Hungary and Ukraine.