Firm Description

D&B David si Baias (“D&B”) is the correspondent law firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers in Romania, being a provider of integrated legal services, thriving on professionalism and cooperation. We render services at the highest ethical standards.

D&B lawyers have acquired significant experience and expertise in advising multinational and local companies and businesses on how to structure and perform their investments and activities in Romania. In providing services to our clients, we harness our extensive specialist knowledge, including detailed insight into specific areas of law and thorough understanding of specific industries.

D&B is acknowledged as one of the leading competition law firms in Romania, being highly recommended by clients, law practitioners and market researchers. The managing partner of D&B, Sorin David, is the head of the competition law practice and also teaches Competition Law at Bucharest Law School.

D&B’s expertise in competition law includes: assisting clients in defending their stance during Competition Council’s investigations; assistance during inspections and dawn raids and market studies rendered by the Competition Council; assisting clients in obtaining Competition Council’s clearances of economic concentrations, vertical and horizontal agreements; assistance during litigation against decisions issued by the Competition Council; drafting best competition practice manuals, performing competition reviews; assessing potentially anticompetitive behaviour and providing advice on alternative solutions/courses of action; reviewing and analyzing the behaviour of our clients from the antitrust perspective and assessing any notification requirements, assessing the implications of transactions and restructuring procedures undertaken by our clients in light of the applicable merger regulations, assistance in accessing funding from various types of investments, etc.