Musat & Asociatii received four awards at “Top Lawyers” Gala 2010, for its outstanding performance in Corporate / Mergers & Acquisitions, Banking and Capital Markets, Energy and Natural Resources, IT, Media & Telecom.
„These awards represent another confirmation of the high-profile projects we have assisted in 2009 in four of our key areas of expertise. Our extensive portfolio of clients and the complexity of the legal projects we have undertaken recommend us as one of the leaders of the Romanian legal market and acknowledge the high standards of our legal service”, says Cătălin Băiculescu, Co-Managing Partner with Muşat & Asociaţii.
During last year Musat & Asociatii was involved in impressive transactions and projects. The firm assisted Rompetrol Group on the acquisition of the remaining free float of Rompetrol Rafinare, amounting EUR 90,000,000, advised the private equity fund Platinum Equity in all legal aspects related to the acquisition, restructuring and sale of three plants from Alcoa Fujikura, assisted Roche Diagnostics in connection with EUR 17,500,000 acquisition of Top Diagnostics, as well as advised SABMiller in the acquisition of the majority stock in Bere Azuga and Sanofi Aventis during the indirect takeover of Zentiva.
Musat & Asociatii’s expertise is regularly praised by the reputed international legal guides (Chambers & Partners, Practical Law Company, Legal 500, International Financial Law Review etc.), which place the firm at the top of the rankings and highly recommend our lawyers as experts on the Romanian legal market. Musat & Asociatii leads in the rankings published by Practical Law Company (PLC) Which Lawyer?, being the only Romanian law firm recommended in all areas of legal practice and listed at the top in eleven areas of expertise from fifteen researched on the local market. The firm is also leading in all four areas of expertise researched by International Finance Law Review 1000, a legal guide focused on the banking and financial law: mergers & acquisitions, banking, capital markets and project finance. Also, Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 place Musat & Asociatii at the top of their rankings in most of the practice areas included in the research.