Insolvency advice coordinated by Mihai covers judicial and voluntary corporate reorganization, pre-insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy and liquidation, asset recovery and/or negotiations with debtors and creditors as well as complex insolvency litigations in all industries, including energy, constructions, pharma, retail, and financial.
In employment matters, Mihai advises Romanian and international clients across all industries on both advisory and contentious mandates. His practice covers employee rights and benefits, workforce restructuring and transfers, collective bargaining and consultation, disciplinary and professional unfitness procedures, redundancies, and discrimination and harassment claims.
Drawing on his dual expertise, Mihai brings a distinctive strategic perspective to situations in which financial distress, business transformation and workforce considerations intersect. He is regularly entrusted with highly sensitive and complex mandates, guiding clients through key decisions and developing pragmatic, commercially focused solutions that balance legal risk with long-term business objectives.
Assisted a leading Romanian company in the field of hydropower and hydrotechnical construction in Romania, currently in insolvency. The mandate consists mainly in developing a reorganization plan aimed at successfully reintegrating the company and paying off its debts amounting to approximately EUR 100 million.
Assisted a Romanian subsidiary of a an important international bank in connection with an appeal against the measure of the insolvency administrator to reject the bank's request for payment of the claims arising after the opening of the insolvency proceedings, representing the accessory claims to the secured claim to which the bank was entitled up to the moment of the legal subrogation.
Assisted a global leader in water, hygiene and infection prevention solutions and services, regarding the USD 3.7 billion acquisition of a major chemical manufacturing company in connection with an extensive due diligence on the business transfer.
Assisted a Germany-based global provider of plasma proteins therapies and diagnostics – in the insolvency proceedings initiated against a Romanian pharmaceuticals distributor for the recovery of EUR multimillion commercial debts.
Assisted the largest heating system administrator in Romania in a high-value dispute filed by one of Bucharest biggest electricity producer against the City Municipality in its capacity as principal creditor requesting that the City Municipality be held liable for the entirety of debtor’s statement of affairs, worth more than EUR 850 million.
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 including various aspects of the transfer of employees linked with the take-over of various business lines, being actively involved in the due diligence phase and also in the actual implementation of the transfer.
Assisted a global leader in the supply of digital services, with annual revenues of circa € 12 billion and employing approximately 100,000 employees in 72 countries, in connection with the implementation of various annual employee share offerings in Romania.