Ana Atanasiu

With more than 15 years of experience in the legal field and holding a PhD in Commercial Law, Ana specializes in a wide range of litigation, including with respect to shareholder protection against abuse of minority/majority rights and in boardroom risks and liabilities. Ana also advises on alternative dispute resolution procedures as an arbitrator or mediator and assists clients on corporate and regulatory matters. Ana was appointed as law expert in various working groups amending corporate and capital market laws and regulations (organized by the Financial Supervisory Authority; Ministry of Justice; Ministry of Finance etc.).

Representative work:

●Assisting one of the largest investment funds in the world in relation to the protection of its investment in Romania against a vexatious litigator.

●Assisting an international discount retailer chain, in defending against a series of litigations promoted by the Ministry of National Defence, in relation to the building permit for a 60,000 sq. m logistics centre in the proximity of a military base.

●Assisting the former directors of a state-owned company against a liability claim of EUR 2.5M filed by the company.

●Assisting various banks in NPL acquisitions (analysis focused mainly on insolvency, enforcement and consumer protection issues).

●Assisting various top Romanian companies on corporate restructuring solutions in view of becoming public companies and/or improving their corporate governance.

●Assisting a top Romanian bank in the acquisition of the Romanian branch of an Austrian bank.

●Assisting one of the largest energy suppliers in Romania against the claims of a large international industrial company holding several factories across Romania, in view of protecting the termination of energy supply agreements.

●Assisting a group of companies and their ultimate beneficiary in an arbitration dispute derived from the foreign investment regime and verification by the state authorities.