Dispute Resolution
Overview
Areas of Work
- Administrative contentious and fiscal litigation
- Arbitration
- Banking litigation
- Capital markets disputes
- Competition
- Consumer protection
- Construction disputes
- Contractual disputes
- Employment disputes
- Enforcement and debt recovery
- Energy related disputes
- Family law disputes
- Insolvency / restructuring
- Insurance related disputes
- Intellectual property
- Mediation
- Public procurement disputes
- Real estate litigation
Selected Assignments
- The state of Romania in an ICSID investment arbitration regarding a dispute derived from the effects of the most controversial insolvency procedures in Europe, the insolvency of Hidroelectrica; by an award issued end of 2018 the ICSID tribunal fully dismissed Alpiq’s claims of over EUR 400 million and ruled that Romania observed its undertaken obligations as host State and did not breach the investor’s rights;
- Constructors and beneficiaries in over 30 cases having as object some of the most complex and diverse infrastructure design and construction projects disputes pending both before the national arbitration institution and the Romanian courts of law;
- Major banks acting on the Romanian market, in hundreds of litigations having as object consumer protection cases, various debt recovery cases and/or other commercial disputes;
- Various companies in disputes regarding claims filed by current employees challenging sensitive sanctioning decisions or by former employees challenging termination decisions following corporate restructuring decisions or following disciplinary misconducts; companies acting in various fields (construction, engineering, consultancy, IT&C, aviation, etc.) in some tens of disputes stemming from public procurement procedures, both before the National Council for Solving Complaints (”CNSC”) and the courts of law.
Awards & Accolades
Insights & News
A source adds: “For the big cases like insolvencies, Zamfirescu stand out.”
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2022)
Interviewees say: ‘They are a very effective team able to create a step-by-step strategy in a relatively short time and implement it in a very proficient manner’
Chambers and Partners | 2019
One client enthuses: “We go to the firm because it is among the best.”
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2021)
One client says: ‘This rapidity in their reaction as well as the professionalism of their advice clearly distinguishes them from other companies’.
GAR 100 | 2019
The team easily understood the complex context of the case and proposed a clear approach with possible defence strategies.
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2023)
Sources additionally praise the team’s skill at writing pleadings: ‘It is an absolute pleasure to read them, because you understand them, they are to the point, complete and substantiated by evidence’.
Chambers and Partners | 2019
The team at Zamfirescu is thorough, knowledgeable, and hard-working. They have great local knowledge and are brilliant at both managing client expectations and delivering.
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2023)
The team is praised by a client for its “capacity to deliver high-quality work in projects that require intensive effort.”
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2022)
An interviewee underlines that the lawyers “have a good command of law and procedure.”
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2021)
A client reports that the lawyers are “well prepared, have remarkable advocacy skills and a strategic vision that makes the difference.”
(Chambers and Partners ǀ 2020)