Practice areas
His practice covers the full spectrum of complex disputes in Romania, with a focus on litigation, arbitration and dispute resolution before the highest courts.
His core practice. He heads the dispute resolution team at Popescu & Asociații and has been ranked continuously in this area since 2011. He handles all stages of a dispute, from negotiation and pre-litigation strategy through to representation before the highest courts and arbitral tribunals.
- Commercial and corporate litigation
- Civil and administrative litigation
- Tax litigation
- Contractual disputes and damages claims
- Real estate litigation
- Enforcement proceedings
He advises and represents financial institutions in disputes involving loan agreements, guarantee enforcement, insolvency of debtors, and regulatory matters, covering the full lifecycle of financial disputes from internal investigation through court proceedings.
- Loan agreement disputes
- Banking regulatory and anti-money laundering (AML) disputes
- Guarantee and security enforcement
- Insolvency of financial counterparties
- Corporate litigation involving banks
He coordinates prevention and compliance programmes, internal investigations, and defence in white-collar crime cases. He assists companies and individuals in their dealings with investigating authorities and in managing compliance risks.
- Internal investigations and due diligence
- Compliance and crime-prevention programmes
- White-collar crime and defence before authorities
- Money laundering and financial sanctions
- Corruption and fraud
- Assistance with whistleblower channels and reporting mechanisms
He handles complex competition disputes including appeals against fines imposed by the Romanian Competition Council, cartel investigations, and abuse of dominant position cases, representing companies across a wide range of sectors.
- Challenges to Competition Council fining decisions
- Cartel investigation defence
- Abuse of dominant position
- Merger control litigation
- Damages claims in competition cases
He has developed particular experience in energy sector disputes, both domestic litigation and international arbitration, advising clients from state institutions to private companies on regulatory matters, contractual disputes and enforcement proceedings.
- Energy sector litigation and arbitration
- Disputes with regulatory authorities
- Contractual disputes in energy supply and distribution
- Insolvency in the energy sector
He advises technology companies, telecoms operators and media groups on commercial disputes, regulatory litigation and contractual claims, particularly where sector regulation meets civil litigation.
- Commercial disputes in IT and technology
- Regulatory litigation in telecoms
- Media and content disputes
- Data and privacy-related litigation
He founded the insolvency practice at Popescu & Asociații and continues to lead it. He handles all aspects of insolvency and restructuring, from pre-insolvency advisory and debt renegotiation through judicial reorganisation and bankruptcy proceedings.
- Pre-insolvency restructuring and debt renegotiation
- Judicial reorganisation plans
- Creditor representation and debt recovery
- Annulment of the debtor's fraudulent transactions
- Challenges to measures taken by the judicial administrator or liquidator
- Bankruptcy and asset liquidation