- Managing Partners: Manuela M Nestor and Ion I Nestor
- Number of partners: 16
- Number of lawyers: 150
- Languages: English, French, Romanian
Firm Overview:
Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (NNDKP) is one of the largest law firms in Romania, providing a full range of legal and advisory services.NNDKP is a founding member of The South East European Legal Group (SEE Legal) and the exclusive Romanian member of Lex Mundi and World Services Group.
Main Areas of Practice:
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets:
2 partners; 11 fee-earners
• Assistance to Bucuresti Turism S.A. (part of the Israeli Elbit Imaging Group) on the EUR71.5 million refinancing in connection with its five-star hotel Radisson Blue in Bucharest
• Assistance to three major Romanian banks on the restructuring of their corporate and retail documentation, as a result of major changes brought by the New Romanian Civil Code
Key Clients: Bank Gutman, Banca Comerciala Romana, BNP Paribas - Fortis Bank, ING Bucharest Branch, RBS, Volksbank, Ford, Intercapital, Rompetrol
Contacts: Manuela M Nestor, Alina Radu
Emails: Manuela.Nestor@nndkp.ro, Alina.Radu@nndkp.ro
Competition:
1 managing associate; 5 fee-earners
• Successful representation of Lafarge Ciment Romania in an abuse of dominance investigation conducted by the Competition Council
• Representation of Vodafone Romania in an anticompetitive agreement and abuse of dominance investigation conducted by the Competition Council and further challenge in court of the EUR28.3 million fine
Key Clients: Microsoft, PepsiCo, Unilever, GDF Suez, Ford
Contact: Georgeta Harapcea
Email: Georgeta.Harapcea@nndkp.ro
Corporate/M&A:
3 partners; 15 fee-earners
• Assistance to Sumitomo Corporation in relation to the acquisition of a controlling stake in the largest Romanian producer and distributor of fertilisers and seeds, Alcedo, with a value of several tens of million euros
• Assistance to Motorola Inc. as part of a global transaction with a value of approx. $1.2 billion (worldwide) regarding the divestment of part of the cellular networks business and transfer thereof to Nokia Siemens Networks B.V.
Key Clients: Rompetrol, Konsalnet, Amundi/ Value4Capital, Lafarge Ciment, Strauss, Selex Communications, AON, Fox Channels, Titan Machinery, Affichage
Contacts: Adriana I Gaspar, Gabriela Cacerea, Ruxandra Bologa
Emails: Adriana.Gaspar@nndkp.ro, Gabriela.Cacerea@nndkp.ro, Ruxandra.Bologa@nndkp.ro
Dispute Resolution:
5 partners; 35 fee-earners
• Representation of Ford Motor Company related to the annulment of the resolution regarding Ford’s capital increase in the amount of EUR250 million
• Representation of Rompetrol Group in a complex case consisting of several litigations initiated against the Romanian State in connection with a redemption of bonds in the amount of $500 million
Key Clients: Ford, Rompetrol, Banca Comerciala Romana, Volksbank, Alpha Bank, RBS, Bechtel
Contact: Ana Diculescu-Sova
Email:Ana.Diculescu@nndkp.ro
Employment:
1 partner; 7 fee-earners
• Assistance to Nokia Corporation/Nokia Romania in the collective redundancies generated by the closure of its research and development and manufacturing operations in Romania
• Assistance to Bechtel Inc. in collective redundancies affecting around 1,000 employees and successful representation in all related labour litigations
Key Clients: Microsoft,Vodafone, Nokia, Bechtel
Contact: Luminita Dima
Email:Luminita.Dima@nndkp.ro
Energy:
3 partners; 7 fee-earners
• Assistance toMineco, a Swiss based company, in the acquisition of the assets and mining license of Moldomin, holding one of the largest reserves of copper in Romania
• Assistance to Gamesa Energy in the tentative acquisition of a 136 MW wind project
Key Clients: Lafarge, GDF Suez, Total E&P, Global CCS Institute, Gamesa Energy, Tuboscope Vetco (Deutschland) GmbH, E.ON, Rompetrol
Contacts: Adina Chilim-Dumitriu, Gabriela Cacerea, Ruxandra Bologa
Emails:Adina.Chilim-Dumitriu@nndkp.ro, Gabriela.Cacerea@nndkp.ro, Ruxandra.Bologa@nndkp.ro
Environment:
1 managing associate; 5 fee-earners
• Assistance to Ford Romania S.A. in day to day permitting and waste management matters
• Assistance to EGGER group companies in litigations related to the application of a EUR3,425,400 penalty for failure to timely surrender greenhouse gas emission allowances
Key Clients: Ford, EGGER group,S mithfield group, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Mineco
Contact: Roxana Ionescu
Email: Roxana.Ionescu@nndkp.ro
Infrastructure & Public Procurement:
2 partners; 7 fee-earners
• Assistance to UTI Construction and Facility Management S.A. in connection with the award of a EUR70 million project consisting in the development of a new airport in Brasov County, Romania
• Assistance to Kapsch CarrierCom AG in respect of its participation in various public tender procedures organised by National Railway Company CFR SA for projects exceeding EUR40 million each
Key Clients: Kapsch CarrierCom AG, Alpine Bau, Bechtel, Elekta, Eurodite, Hochtief, Midanne, Ludwig Pfeiffer, Obermeyer, Porr, Solel Boneh, Aquas de Barcelona
Contacts: Adriana I Gaspar, Adina Chilim-Dumitriu
Emails:Adriana.Gaspar@nnkdp.ro, Adina.Chilim-Dumitriu@nndkp.ro
Intellectual Property:
1 partner; 1 director; 8 fee-earners
• Successful assistance and representation of Bitdefender IPR Management in the worldwide re-branding process worth over EUR1 million
• Successful representation of Philip Morris in the local stage of the worldwide dispute over Eve/Eva trademark against Bulgartabac Holding
Key Clients: Heineken,S oftwin Group /BitDefender Group, Philip Morris, Kraft Foods, Unilever, Zentiva
Contact: Ana-Maria Baciu
Email:Ana-Maria.Baciu@nndkp.ro
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare:
1 partner; 3 lawyers specialised in regulatory matters
• Regular assistance provided to all major clients in the context of the implementation by the Romanian authorities of the clawback mechanism
• Assistance to a distributor of pharmaceutical products in the Competition Council’s investigation of a potential breach of Art. 5(1) of the Competition Law and of Art 101(1) TFEU (anticompetitive agreement) by the members of the Association for the Distribution of Medicines
Key Clients: Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Dr.Reddy's Laboratories, Genzyme, Romastru Trading, Zentiva
Contact: Ana-Maria Baciu
Email:Ana-Maria.Baciu@nndkp.ro
Real Estate:
1 partner; 6 fee-earners
• Assistance to Globe Trade Center (GTC) Romania in the largest office joint venture of the Romanian market, concluded with Ana Group, estimated at over EUR70 million
• Assistance to Bluehouse Capital, a major real estate investor, in respect to the acquisition of a 4,500 sqm lettable office area in Bucharest and 9,500 sqm lettable area in Craiova, Romania
Key Clients: Globe Trade Center (GTC), Bluehouse Capital, Avrig 35, Cascade Group, Charlemagne Capital, Deutsche Bank, Sonae Sierra, ING Real Estate, Decathlon
Contact: Ioana Niculeasa
Email:Ioana.Niculeasa@nndkp.ro
Taxation:
3 partners; 23 tax lawyers and tax advisors
• Successful tax assistance to GTC Group and to CRM (Romextera Bank cash collecting support company) in VAT reimbursement-related audits, having as object over EUR8 million and respectively over EUR10 million reimbursable VAT
• Preferred day-to-day tax advisor to OMV/Petrom (including assistance related to the joint venture with Exxon Mobile for deep sea off shore exploitation operations)
Key Clients: Enel, OMV Petrom, Cummins Germany, Heineken,3M, Smithfield Group, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Monsanto, GDF Suez,Key Safety Systems
Contacts: Ana-Maria Miron, Alina Timofti, Marius Ionescu
Emails: Ana-Maria.Miron@nndkp.ro, Alina.Timofti@nndkp.ro, Marius.Ionescu@nndkp.ro