Legal advice
Stalfort Legal. Tax. Audit. is a full-service provider active in the field of Romanian business law. Below is a list of our areas of expertise, in which we employ specialized professionals with far-reaching and long-lasting experience. For details please click on the relevant area of expertise:
Corporate
Incorporation of companies, obtaining public law authorizations / permits, general corporate matters, participations, joint venture, restructurings, dissolution and liquidation of companies
M&A
Mergers, spin-offs, sale and purchase of companies, asset and share deals, Due Diligence
Commercial
Purchase, supply, hire purchase, leasing, service agreements and other contracts, general terms and conditions, consumer protection law, issues related to the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods (CISG)
Employment
Individual labour law: drafting, terminating of labour and management agreements, employee inventions etc. Collective labour law: collective bargaining agreements, unions, employee representatives, company and work regulations, employee participation in SE / SCE/ European Work Council. Production and order variations: collective redundancies and other measures. Litigation
Real estate
Agriculture & forestry, project development, real estate leasing, real estate funds, facility management, concessions, industrial tenancy/ lease agreements, public-private-partnerships, dispute settlement
Construction
Construction contracts, general contractor agreements, planning/ designing contracts (for architects), construction supervision legislation, consortium/ joint venture agreements, FIDIC contracts, EPC for energy production facilities, building permit and town planning legislation, construction law litigation
(Renewable) Energies
Drafting all civil and commercial agreements required for realizing and operating energy production facilities for project developers and operators, permitting procedure, funding opportunities, sale and acquisition of projects, Due Diligence, representation in front of the regulatory authority ANRE, EPC/ O&M agreements
Industrial property protection
Trademark rights, protection for utility models, copyright law, domain protection, competition law
Antitrust
Advice at contract drafting, notification of economic concentrations, representation in front of the Competition Council and, if case, in litigations concerning applied fines
Public procurement
Public tenders, support during the proceedings in front of the contracting authorities, legal protection in cases of public tenders (CNSC, courts of law)
Distribution
Dealer, sales agent, franchise agreements and other contracts, related concentration issues
Social security
Contract drafting for avoiding apparent self-employment, advice in case of foreign assignments, especially as concerns EU law, obtaining A1 certificates, expat support
Insolvency
Safeguarding measures in case of debtor's imminent insolvency, advice on over-indebtedness, applications for insolvency, legal representation of creditors in insolvency procedures, drafting restructuring plans, company liquidations
Enviromental
Legal Due Diligence, authorizations and permits, representation in front of and litigation against authorities
Insurance
Insurance of persons / goods / transport, support in case of amicable settlement, indemnification of intangible damages, support in case of claims / demands
Litigation
Representation in front of the Romanian courts of law in all fields of business law, preparing and conducting arbitration proceedings, debt collection by order, ordinary court actions, advice and representation in view of the recognition and enforcement of titles, administrative, customs and tax disputes, including VAT-reimbursement
Competition
Legal advice related to marketing strategies, measures against anti-competitive counterfeits, competition law litigation, strategies for preventing litigation
IT
Software and licensing agreements, e-commerce (B2B, B2C), data protection
Subsidies / Financial aid
Identifying local, national and European funding opportunities, support with setting up financial aid plans, representation in case of funding reclaims as well as of competitor claims
Compliance
Setting up and implementing internal control systems for the prevention and early recognition of law violations, especially in sensitive fields such as competition, criminal, labour, data protection and corporate legislation; training of management and employees of the clients, internal controls, on spot support
Administrative
Application for and contestations against administrative deeds, client representation in front of authorities, action for the annulment / obligation to adopt administrative acts
Banking and financing
financing operations, loan, credit and leasing agreements, guarantees/ collaterals, cash pooling, debt- equity and other restructuring measures, regulatory
Capital Markets
Corporate Governance, Buy-out, Delisting, Regulatory