Corporate & Commercial

  • Corporate & Commercial represents a core practice of our firm, with expert lawyers advising major corporations and public companies across a wide range of industries.
  • We provide full corporate services from the establishment of local entities, green fields, corporate governance assistance (including secretarial services for shareholders and board of directors meetings, advice on director's liability, minority shareholders rights and shareholders' disputes) to complex reorganization matters such as mergers, spin-offs, debt-to-equity swaps, capital increases, share transfers.
  • We regularly advise on various commercial contracts such as distribution, services, licensing, marketing, manufacturing, outsourcing, maintenance and support. Our clients benefit from specialist tax and regulatory expertise to ensure the appropriate structuring advice, as well as the support of a strong commercial litigation department.

Our legal services in this area cover:

  • Establishment of new entities, greenfields
  • Corporate governance
  • Corporate restructurings, including mergers, spin-offs and divestitures
  • Commercial contracts
  • Private equity
  • Partnerships
  • Taxation

Nominations

Legal 500 (2008) - Corporate & M&A: Clients praise the firm as ‘committed to the business needs of the customer’.

Legal 500 (2007) - Corporate & M&A: Clients recommend Dragos Vilau and partner Gabriela Anton, describing the firm as `very professional, quick and co-operative`.

Legal 500 (2004) - Corporate and Commercial: Headed by the ‘quick-minded and responsive’ Dragos Vilau - described as ‘very professional and practical’ - and Sorinel Mitel. The firm is described as a ‘very pragmatic legal practice with focus on getting the job done and is quite well attuned to the needs of Western clients’ with Vilau in particular ‘inspiring trust and confidence’

PLC Which Lawyer (Yearbook 2009) - Corporate & M&A
Dragos M. Vilau – ‘Highly recommended’ - Senior partner of the firm continues to be active in acquisitions in a number of sectors including, of late, industry and banking.

Vilau & Mitel is ‘recommended’ in Corporate and Mergers & Acquisitions

Practical Law Company (Cross-border Handbooks) - Directors Duties and Liabilities 2009
Dragos M. Vilau - ‘Recognised’, in Corporate Governance. ‘Also has practice in Intellectual Property, Banking and mergers and acquisitions’.

Practical Law Company (Cross-border Handbooks) - Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties 2008/2009
Dragos M. Vilau - ‘Recognised’, in Corporate Governance. ‘Also has practice in Intellectual Property, Banking and mergers and acquisitions’

Practical Law Company (Cross-border Handbooks) - Corporate Governance and Directors’ Duties 2007
Dragos M. Vilau - ‘Recognised’, in Corporate Governance.

European Legal Experts (2009) - Corporate & Finance
Dragos M. Vilau – ‘European Legal Expert’
Sorin Mitel – ‘European Legal Expert’
Gabriela Anton – ‘European Legal Expert’