Legal Advice

• Corporate. Mergers & Acquisitions
• Criminal Law
• Dispute Resolution: Arbitration & Litigation
• Employment & Labour
• Energy & Infrastructure
• Intellectual Property
• Real Estate
• Restructuring, Reorganisation, and Insolvency
• Tax

Corporate. Mergers & Acquisitions

Nowium lawyers have significant experience in all types of corporate transactions and advise clients from the initial due diligence phase to structuring transactions, regulatory assessments and providing transaction support, be it buy side or sell-side, until post-closing follow through. Nowium integrated service allows a comprehensive view of all elements of a transaction leading to cost effective solutions.

We regularly advise on commercial contracts, transfer pricing arrangements and general corporate requirements, corporate governance, and best practices.

Criminal Law

Nowium’s criminal defence practice is probably the first on the market to offer an integrated criminal law and tax and finance defence service. Nowium’s lawyers, specialized in white collar crime, represent clients in front of courts and as well as in front of all investigative bodies. In addition, Nowium understands their client’s compliance requirements and often assist clients in complex compliance exercise and internal investigations with a focus on criminal and financial matters.

Dispute Resolution: Arbitration & Litigation

We know a litigation may be a last resort solution as well as a means to reach a settlement that seemed unlikely before commencement of litigation, therefore a cost-benefit analysis of the potential litigation is always discussed first. Nowium lawyers represent clients in all types of commercial disputes and have particular expertise in tax disputes, white-collar crime, administrative and public procurement cases and international arbitration. In recent years our team successfully represented clients in major tax litigations and international arbitrations.

Employment & Labour

In addition to the payroll services, Nowium assists clients to navigate the often-complex area of labour relations. Its lawyers advise on collective bargaining and layoffs, trade union activities and represent clients in labour court cases. Nowium lawyers have significant experience in restructuring processes and trade union negotiations.

Energy & Infrastructure

With a team of professionals combining legal expertise with technical knowledge as well as with strong international relations backgrounds Nowium is your team of choice to have by your side in all energy related projects. In an industry where consultants who know and understand the business are a must our unique combination of advisers with experience in dealing with regulators, government bodies and industry task forces is a valuable asset.

From wind and solar energy green field projects to oil and gas regulatory matters or advocacy we have the team to find the right solution to clients’ businesses.

Intellectual Property

Nowium’s associated intellectual property consultants have more than 30 years experience in intellectual property matters. From drafting license or franchise agreements to defending intellectual property rights in court, we advise on protection of works either by industrial property right or by copyright as well as illegal use of brands or publicity. Our consultants represent clients in all types of procedures before the relevant authorities, including representation related to protection and use of patents, registration of trademarks, copyrights, know-how and other intellectual property rights.

Real Estate

Our lawyers advise in all areas of real estate transactions from title due diligence phase to completion of all types of transactions, be it acquisition of real estate or lease agreements. We advise on sale-purchase of real estate portfolios, financing or refinancing real estate assets, drafting of legal documents and assist clients during transaction negotiations. Irrespective of the client’s area of business, infrastructure, energy, logistics, office, residential, or retail we can provide the right approach and the value-added advice.

Restructuring, Reorganisation, and Insolvency

Nowium’s consultants are able to assess the strengths and weaknesses of a company in order to determine the most efficient ways to tackle crises an avoid unnecessary costs. In addition to assisting clients in relation to creditor settlements, either outside or through the insolvency proceedings, we represent clients in all insolvency related processes.

With all the advisory resources required in a restructuring process in house, we combine practical realism with specialized knowledge to help accelerate the often complex and time-consuming reorganization procedures and achieve the best results for the client at any critical moment.

Tax 

With its combination of tax lawyers and tax and financial consultants Nowium has one of the strongest tax teams in Romania. With more than twenty years of experience in both Romanian and international taxation advising multinational and domestic clients, our tax team is best placed to provide quality advice on the entire spectrum of business activities. We advise on tax-free and taxable acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, spin-offs, and dispositions, often with cross-border components, transfer pricing and advance pricing agreements etc.

A leading tax controversy practice, we advise and represent clients in large, complex, and often international tax controversies and litigations. We represent companies and individuals on every kind of tax liability including income tax, VAT, or excise taxes.