- Managing Partners: Manuela M Nestor and Ion I Nestor
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; 8 fee-earners
• Assistance to Bucuresti Turism (part of the Israeli Elbit Imaging Group) on the EUR71.5 million refinancing in connection with its five-star hotel Radisson Blu 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: Banca Comerciala Romana, BNP Paribas - Fortis Bank, Ford, ING Bucharest Branch, Intercapital, RBS, Unicredit, Volksbank Contact Emails: Manuela.Nestor@nndkp.ro, Alina.Radu@nndkp.ro
Competition:
1 managing associate; 4 fee-earners
• Successful representation of Alico Asigurari in the Competition Council’s cartel investigation on the private pensions market n Representation of Rompetrol before the Competition Council and challenge in court of the EUR37 million fine for alleged cartel
Key Clients: Danone, PepsiCo, Philips, Raiffeisen Bank, Rompetrol Downstream Contact Email:Georgeta.Dinu@nndkp.ro
Corporate/M&A:
4 partners; 21 fee-earners
• Integrated assistance in connection with the intensively regulated and high magnitude cross-border transfer of the Romanian insurance business of Chartis Group, in the context of Solvency II Directive
• Following the acquisition of the car manufacturer Automobile Craiova, assistance to Ford Motor Company in connection with the design and negotiation with the Romanian State of a multi-phased high-scale corporate restructuring and consolidation
Key Clients: Affichage Group, Celestica, Chartis Group, Cummins, Euronet, Ford, Franklin Templeton, Lafarge, Ophir Optronics, Ringier Group,Rompetrol Group, Smithfield Foods, Sumitomo, Wheatherford Contact Emails: Adriana.Gaspar@nndkp.ro, Gabriela.Cacerea@nndkp.ro, Ruxandra.Bologa@nndkp.ro, Adina.Chilim-Dumitriu@nndkp.ro
Dispute Resolution:
5 partners; 32 fee-earners
• Representation of Orange Romania in several litigations having as subject matter the tender procedure regarding the awarding of the telecommunication licenses
• Assistance to Fondul Proprietatea, in its capacity as shareholder, in relation with the insolvency proceedings ofHidroelectrica, the major state-owned company producing electricity Key Clients: Alpha Bank,Banca Comerciala Romana, Bechtel, Ford, RBS,Rompetrol, Volksbank Contact Email: Ana.Diculescu@nndkp.ro
Employment:
1 partner; 6 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 n Assistance to Bechtel Inc. in collective redundancies affecting around 1,000 employees and successful representation in all related labour litigations
Key Clients: Bechtel, ING Bucharest Branch, Microsoft, Nokia, Radisson Blu Contact Email:Luminita.Dima@nndkp.ro
Energy:
3 partners; 7 fee-earners
• Assistance to Roman Copper Corp. in relation to the ongoing privatisation process of Cupru Min, the most important Romanian copper mine (concentrating 60% of Romania's copper reserves)
• Assistance to the Intermediation Consortium (BCR, Intercapital Invest and Swiss Capital) with the successful privatisation through Secondary public offering of 15% in Transelectrica, the national electricity TSO Key Clients: Edison Trading, Gamesa Energy, GDF Suez, Innovative Wind Concepts, Lime Rock, OMV Petrom, Roman CopperCorp., Zeta Romania Contact 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 in day to day permitting, groundwater and waste management matters n Assistance to EGGER related to litigations against a EUR3,425,400 penalty applied under the emission trading scheme regulations
KeyClients: Deva Gold, EGGER Group, Ford, Monsanto, Smithfield Group Contact Email:Roxana.Ionescu@nndkp.ro
Infrastructure & Public Procurement:
2 partners; 8 fee-earners
• Assistance to consortia led by FCC Construccion in all aspects and phases of the public procurement procedures organised by the Romanian National Railways Company for Pan-European Corridor IV, having a cumulated value exceeding EUR700 million
• Assistance to Azvi regarding its participation to the procurement process for a national road rehabilitation project organised by the Romanian National Company forNational Roads and Motorways
KeyClients: Aldesa Construcciones, Alpine Bau, Augusta Westland, Azvi, Bechtel, Copasa, FCC Construccion, FrieslandCampina,Hochtief,KapschCarrier Com,Ludwig Pfeifer,Moody’s, Selex Gallileo, Straco Contact Emails:Adriana.Gaspar@nnkdp.ro, Adina.Chilim-Dumitriu@nndkp.ro
Intellectual Property:
1 partner; 7 fee-earners n Successful assistance and representation of Bitdefender IPR Management in the worldwide re-branding process worth over EUR1 million n Successful representation of the Romanian distributor of Lumar waffles in the trademark infringement claim initiated by the producer of Rafaello pralines
Key Clients: Condenast, Heineken,Herbalife, Philip Morris, Softwin Group / BitDefender Group, Unilever, Zentiva Contact Email:Ana-Maria.Baciu@nndkp.ro
Pharmaceutical & Healthcare:
1 partner; 3 fee-earners n Regular assistance provided to all our 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: Allergan, Amgen, Covidien, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Romastru Trading, Zentiva Contact Email: Ana-Maria.Baciu@nndkp.ro
Real Estate:
1 partner; 8 fee-earners
• Assistance in the sale to the investment fund New Property Europe Investments of the companies owning City Business Center located in Timisoara
• Assistance to De’Longhi, as part of the group’s international expansion on the Romanian market. De’Longhi purchased the Nokia plant located in Jucu, Cluj County
Key Clients: Avrig 35, Bluehouse Capital, Cascade Group, Charlemagne Capital, De’Longhi, Decathlon, Deutsche Bank, Globe Trade Centre (GTC), ING Real Estate, Sonae Sierra, Willbrook Contact Email: Ioana.Niculeasa@nndkp.ro
Taxation:
4 partners; 26 tax lawyers and tax advisors
• Successful tax assistance to Ford Group in Romania and to CRM (Romextera Bank cash collecting support company) in VAT reimbursement-related audits, having as object over EUR2.5 million and respectively over EUR10 million reimbursable VAT n 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) and to Ford Group in Romania
KeyClients: 3M, Cummins Germany, Enel, GDF Suez, Heineken, Key Safety Systems, Monsanto, OMV Petrom, Romastru Trading, Rosia Montana Gold Corporation, Smithfield Group Contact Emails: Ana-Maria.Miron@nndkp.ro, Alina.Timofti@nndkp.ro, Marius.Ionescu@nndkp.ro, Dragos.Doros@nndkp.ro