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Practice areas

Competition & Antitrust
European Union Law
Healthcare & Pharma
Intellectual Property
Corporate & Commercial Law

Constanța Duță (Cărbune) specialises in Competition & EU law, providing legal assistance on numerous regulatory issues to some of the most important local and international companies operating in Romania.

Constanța advises clients on issues relating to vertical and horizontal agreements, potential abuse of dominant position, improper participation in trade associations, merger notifications, as well as foreign direct investment notifications. The assisted clients operate in various industries such as retail, pharma, food, transport and energy.

Constanța frequently represents clients before the Competition Council and has a wealth of experience in challenging fines and sanctions imposed by the Competition Council. Constanța is recognised as an experienced lawyer, demonstrating commitment, attention to detail, pragmatism and determination in the mandates she handles.

  • Studies
  • Spoken languages
  • Qualifications & Career
  • Mandates
  • Affiliations
  • Legal experience: 5 years
  • Experience within Mușat & Asociații: 5 years
  • Senior Associate: 2024 – to date
  • Associate: 2019-2023
  • (2021) – Fully qualified lawyer, Bucharest Bar
  • (2019) – Admitted as lawyer, Bucharest Bar
(2021) – LL.M., EU Law, University of Bucharest
(2019) – LL.B., University of Bucharest
(2018) – LL.B., Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne, Collège Juridique franco-roumain d’études européennes
  • English
  • French
  • Romanian
  • Russian

Represented a European dairy producer, through its local subsidiary, in an antitrust litigation (final appeal phase) against the Competition Council with a view of annulling the fine imposed in connection with the first investigation launched by the national competition authority with respect to anti-competitive agreements in the food sector.

Assisted one of Europe's leading trade and tourism groups, through its local subsidiary, in antitrust matters raised by the daily activities of the company and in its dealings with its suppliers and other business partners.

Assisted a global mobility technology group and an automobile manufacturer, focusing on development, manufacturing and sales of passenger vehicles, on a joint venture agreement with a French automobile company to launch a new powertrain technology company that aims to become the global leader in developing, manufacturing, and supplying best-in-class hybrid powertrains and highly efficient ICE powertrain.

Advised a research-based biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of innovative medicines, in the partial reorganisation of its distribution system in Romania and its direct presence in Romania.

Represented one of the fastest growing and dynamic airports in Romania, in connection with the investigation launched by the Romanian Competition Council regarding the airport’s alleged abuse of a dominant position on the market for provision of access to the airport infrastructure to ground handling companies.

Advised one of the world’s largest manufacturers of domestic appliances, in challenging a sanctioning decision issued by the Competition Council in connection with an alleged cartel between the EEE producers and distributors and WEEE collecting associations, in the form of buy-back campaigns.

Advised the local subsidiary of a Japanese manufacturer of power tools in connection to the amendments brought to its distribution contracts in Romania and various competition law implications resulting for the overall distribution system

Assisted one of the oldest and most reputed Romanian producers of electronic devices, in the administrative phase and in the post-investigation litigation in connection with an investigation undertaken by the Competition Council on the market for electricity meters and energy measuring systems in Romania concerning potential bid rigging and other collusive/market sharing practices on the respective market.

  • Member of the Romanian Bar Association, since 2019