Vlad Simion is a Managing Associate in the Bucharest office. He mainly focuses on dispute resolution, compliance, risk and sensitive investigations, public procurement, and restructuring & insolvency matters.

Vlad has gained great experience in representing clients before the relevant courts and has also been involved in multiple insolvency proceedings and restructuring processes.

A team of very experienced litigators, including managing associate Vlad Simion whom we highlight for his strong client service and expertise.

Legal 500, 2023

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

Dispute Resolution

• AN ELITE PROFESSIONAL SPORTS CIRCUIT ORGANIZER on a high-value, complex and sensitive court case involving cross-border issues, coordination with lawyers in the US, Cyprus and Spain and advising on tort, regulatory and sports’ law matters
• A LOCAL FORESTRY COMPANY in a complex and multidisciplinary court case having as object the annulment of a decision issued by a local environmental agency with respect to complex environmental procedures and a related forestry management plan to be applied in legally protected natural areas (which was leading to restrictions in harvesting wood)

Compliance, Risk and Sensitive Investigations

• ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT, RESOURCE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES on a complex, very sensitive and cross border matter involving white-collar crime, money laundering, employment and contractual law issues
• A LEADING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY COMPANY and AN AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL IT SERVICES PROVIDER on several complex contentious matters related to ongoing investigations, including helping the National Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office in Romania (DNA) in connection with several white-collar crime cases concerning several important public projects in Romania, as well as with designing and implementing enhanced compliance programmes

Public Procurement

• A JAPANESE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES VENDOR on several public procurement tenders and related proceedings concerning its services and hardware equipment
• ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT, RESOURCE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES on various public procurement aspects in connection with public tenders in which the client participated either as bidder or as subcontractor and/or third supporting party

EDUCATION

• 2007 – 2011: University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Romanian Union of Lawyers
• Bucharest Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Romanian, English