Oana was involved in complex projects such as sensitive TUPE cases, mergers and acquisitions, economic restructuring, joint ventures, sales of businesses, outsourcing / tenders, post-acquisition integration, providing legal assistance on all practical and commercial aspects of such projects.
She also regularly advises domestic and international clients from various industry sectors, including pharma, IT&C, chemicals, outsourcing, financial services, energy etc., with respect to sensitive employment matters, such as cross-border employment, discrimination and harassment investigations, top management contracts, HR due diligence, immigration and mobility, employees’ data privacy, stock options plans, collective negotiations, disciplinary liability etc.
Assisted a Swiss-based global construction chemicals group on the employment aspects linked with the completion of its EUR 5.3 billion acquisition of a leading supplier of construction chemicals and solutions worldwide and further divestment of its business comprising production plants and sales offices for admixtures with 1,600 employees in 36 jurisdictions.
Assisted one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space on its USD 3.8 billion acquisition of its Swedish rival on automotive technology industry, with respect to a wide range of employment issues to be considered during the deal negotiation, including red flags under employment agreements and company’s policies, benefits and bonus schemes for top management employees or restrictive covenants.
Assisted one of the largest snack companies in the world on the EUR 2 billion acquisition of a high-growth European leader in croissants and baked snacks, with respect to all employment matters regarding the deal, from due diligence phase to the actual implementation of the transfer, including harmonization of employment terms and conditions after the transfer, development of retention policies as well as handling sensitive exits of executive managers in this context.
Assisted a multinational biopharmaceutical company on local law matters in connection with a transfer of business involving taking-over certain business lines from local companies, as well as customized advice on sensitive legal issues including: working time/time-off under local law and aligning such regulations with the relevant group policies, employees’ benefits, cross-border employment, employment contracts, revising internal policies etc.
Assisted a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services on the USD 3.7 billion acquisition of a chemical manufacturing company. The mandate covered extensive due diligence on all matters of Romanian law regarding the deal, as well as assistance on a wide range of employment issues to be considered during the deal negotiation, including benefits and bonus schemes for top management employees, restrictive covenants and post-acquisition integration.
Assisted one of the major European players in the financial services sector, with respect to a wide range of employment issues to be considered during the negotiation to acquire a group of life insurance, pensions and assets management businesses in Romania, including benefits and bonus schemes for top management employees, restrictive covenants and potential liabilities of the transferee employer in case of a business transfer.
Assisted a major Irish renewable energy player, regarding several mandates, such as: the acquisition of several photovoltaic parks, development of a photovoltaic electricity generation project with an overall capacity of over 150 MWp in Arad County, development and connection to the electricity transportation grid of a wood bio-mass co-generation plant for the supply of heat and electricity with a capacity of 6,8MWp, coordination of an ICC arbitration on an over EUR 15 million dispute connected with development of such power plant.
Assisted a Romanian stock-exchange operator with respect to various employment related matters, such as HR reorganization, employment contracts etc., as well as GDPR implementation at the company level, including in relation with Financial Supervisory Authority and with the stock market participants.