Muşat & Asociaţii is the first law firm on the local market awarded the prestigious award “Law Firm of the Year in Romania” by the British publication of reference on the legal market International Financial Law Review (IFLR), which also produces the renowned international guide IFLR 1000 The IFLR – Law Firm of the Year awards are given to the best performing law firms in 25 jurisdictions, emphasizing the innovative and cross-border side of mergers & acquisitions, capital markets, financing and restructuring transactions. Romania was included for the first time this year in the list of countries in which IFLR grants this award.
“The prize awarded by IFLR represents a new recognition of the top position we have on the local legal market. Although it was a difficult year, Mușat & Asociații was involved in large-scale cross-border transactions in 2010, which once again confirms the high level of expertise of our team of lawyers. On the other hand, our satisfaction is due to the fact that this award was granted by IFLR, a legal publication that we appreciate and which brings an extremely well-documented perspective of the Romanian market”, said Cătălin Băiculescu, Co-Managing Partner Muşat & Asociaţii, which picked up this award yesterday evening in London, during the IFLR European Awards 2011 ceremony, which gathered the elite of European law firms.
Muşat & Asociaţii also leads the Romanian ranking of the IFLR 1000 legal guide, being placed first in all four areas analyzed by British specialists in our country: mergers & acquisitions, banking law, capital markets and project financing.
Among the recent transactions assisted by Mușat & Asociații are the free float acquisition of Rompetrol Group within Rompetrol Rafinare SA, the assistance of the Platinum Equity investment fund in the sale of the three Alcoa Fujikura factories owned in Romania, producing car wiring for Volkswagen, Audi and DAF, to three large manufacturers – Leoni, Kromberg & Schubert and Sumitomo Electric Wiring Systems, assisting Alka Pro in the sale of the Nutline division to Intersnack or advising RePower in the acquisition of 80% of the shares of the local energy trader Elcomex.
The expertise of Muşat & Asociaţii is constantly recognized by specialized foreign publications (Chambers & Partners, Practical Law Company, Legal 500, International Financial Law Review, etc.), which place the firm on the first place of the rankings made in Romania. Mușat & Asociații is a leader both in the IFLR 1000 ranking, as well as in the top made on the local market by Practical Law Company (PLC) Which Lawyer?, being the only law firm on the local market recommended as a leader in 11 of the 15 fields analyzed in Romania. Also, the firm occupies the first position in most of the practice areas analyzed on the local legal market by the legal guides Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.