Catalin Roman


Managing Associate

+40 21 307 1619

Catalin Roman

Managing Associate
+40 21 307 1619

 

Catalin Roman is a Managing Associate in the Bucharest office and the co-head of the local and firm-wide Employment & Labour Law service line. He focuses on employment & labour law, but his practice also covers dispute resolution.

Catalin is a veteran in providing employment support to multinationals in Romania: advising on all aspects of labour-related matters including hiring, dismissals, internal policies and compliance, as well as disputes. He is a regular contributor to various international and local publications and often serves as speaker in specialised conferences.

His practice likewise covers dispute resolution matters, having assisted and represented clients in front of Romanian courts of law in a wide range of employment matters (as well as civil and administrative). 

Prior to joining Kinstellar, Catalin was the coordinator of the employment practice at the local office of a leading German law firm.


Up to date with the preparation and willing to go that extra mile for the clients.

Legal 500, 2023

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

EMPLOYMENT & LABOUR LAW

  • ENERGY COMPANY FOCUSING ON ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION AND SUPPLY in a labour litigation against a former employee of the company who had challenged the disciplinary dismissal decision
  • NOVARTIS AG in a potential TUPE transfer considering a services agreement entered into with a supplier
  • CONFIDENTIAL EMBASSY IN ROMANIA on a labour dispute as well in setting up the internal employment documentation (as well as other day-to-day employment advice)
  • MAJOR INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY in various employment disputes in Romania
  • the computer software developer IRIS SOFTWARE LIMITED as in-house counselor, on employment matters and more recently on various contract templates and related documentation
  • A MAJOR EUROPEAN CHAIN OF DEPARTMENT STORES on day-to-day employment matters and collective bargaining agreement negotiations

DISPUTE RESOLUTION

  • A DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY CONNECTIVITY SOFTWARE before the United States International Trade Commission in relation to a subpoena that the client had received and requiring evidence for various technical aspects of a U.S. Patent
  •  AN INTEGRATED STORAGE PROVIDER in a dispute related to importing cereals from Ukraine
  • AN INTERNATIONAL TRANSPORTATION E-PLATFORM PROVIDER in administrative law proceedings regarding the annulment of the Resolution of the Municipality on the amendment of the taxi regulations*
  • A MAJOR EUROPEAN BANK in commercial law proceedings in front of the courts of law regarding payment instruments*
  • ONE OF THE WORLD’S LEADING SUPPLIER OF WIRE DRAWING MACHINES AND DRAWING LINES FOR THE WIRE AND CABLE INDUSTRY acting as creditor in insolvency proceedings regarding a claim held against a Romanian cable manufacturer*

*experience prior to joining Kinstellar

EDUCATION

  • 2010 – 2011: University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Master of Law (Employment law, employment and industrial relationships)
  • 2006 – 2010: University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

  • Romanian Union of Lawyers
  • Bucharest Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Romanian, English, German

 

PUBLICATIONS

  • International Employment Lawyer's Guide to Restructuring a Cross-border Force, 2023
  • Employment Law Romania Chapter, Littler Mendelson, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021
  • The Internship Law no. 176/2018 comes into force, Avocati Experti, Finmedia, 2018

 

 

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