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• We assisted Dell Corporation international hardware company in relation to the implementation under Romanian law of its system of first and second tier distribution agreements and hosting agreements, including with respect to a monetary incentive scheme under the second tier distribution model.
• We provided legal assistance to Freshfield in connection with the transaction developed by the BS Royal Bank of Scotland Plc., through its subsidiaries, for the purpose of acquiring from the Romanian distributor of a major car dealer several hundreds armored vehicles and further two tier lease of the respective vehicles to a local lessee, including with respect to the implementation of the insurance and security package created for the lessor’s benefit.
• We assisted Elcen Electrocentrale Bucuresti, the largest national thermal energy provider, in preparing the defense and relevant counterclaims to the claims raised by the contractor engaged for the construction of a new thermal energy unit.
• We assisted Ford Romania in revising the Global terms for production of the American car manufacturer from the perspective of their validity and enforceability under the Romanian law.
• We provided Freshfields with legal assistance to the trust created by DB Equipment Leasing, Inc. for the purpose of leasing to a Romanian aircraft operator two Boeing Aircrafts under two separate transactions.
• We advised the Romanian subsidiary of Microsoft with respect to the revision from the perspective of compliance with Romanian law of the various commercial agreements envisaged to be concluded with the chosen suppliers.
• We assisted ABB Group by analyzing and preparing legal comments on issues regarding: (i) third party liability for damage arising from a nuclear incident; (ii) supplier liability for nuclear damage to the nuclear installation itself as well as property itself; (iii) liability arising from nuclear incidents occurring outside Romania.
• We provided legal assistance to Allen & Overy with respect to specific compliance matters of the key mandatory standards, principle 2 (Balance Risk & Reward) and principle 3 (Protect Intellectual Property), applied by Accenture representatives negotiating outsourcing and other long term IT agreements.
• We provided legal assistance to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd. with respect to the issues of "negligence" and "gross negligence" regarding civil liability under Romanian law.
• We provided legal assistance to Shell International Limited in relation to the revision of a Macro Distributor agreement for the appointment of a "macro distributor" of Shell branded lubricants.
• We provided legal assistance to Warner Bros with respect to the revision of its standard license and confidentiality agreements from the perspective of compliance with the mandatory provisions of the local law.
• We provided legal assistance to the client in relation to the revision of SAS GmbH license agreements from the perspective of their validity and enforceability under Romanian law and assisted the client in negotiations for the execution of the respective agreements.
• We advised the national oil company in connection with its acquisition of two refinery service companies, Rafiserv Arpechim S.A. and Rafiserv Petrobrazi S.A.

Public Procurement

• We provided legal assistance to SICPA on the applicable procedure under the public procurement legislation with respect to the printing activity of banknotes and alcohol and tobacco stamps.
• We provided legal assistance to McGuire Woods with respect to the revision of a public procurement contract to be entered into between DRM Institute and the Ministry of Environment.
• We provided legal assistance to ETG on various local public procurement law issues related to the construction of a terminal in Constanta port for the storage of liquefied petroleum gas.
• We provided legal assistance to ABB Romania in the context of the public procurement procedures in which it participated as a tenderer.
• We provided legal assistance to DRS/TSI with respect to the preparation of the client’s offer in the context of a public procurement tender organized by the Ministry of Defense for the acquisition of optical equipment.
• We provided legal assistance to Misys with respect to various issues as regulated in the tender documentation provided by the National Bank of Romanian in the context of an open tender for the acquisition of an IT system.
• We provided legal assistance to Space Syntax with respect to the preparation of the offers and conclusion of the relevant public procurement agreements in the context of three open tender procedures organized by the Romanian Ministry of Development, Public Works and Housing, the Bucharest First District City Hall and the Bucharest Second District City.
• We provided legal assistance to SofMedica with respect to the revision of a number of public procurement agreements concluded by IHS for the provision of dialysis services.
• We provided legal assistance to Idexx Laboratories with respect to the preparation of the client’s offer in the context of a tender procedure organized by the Ministry of Economy and Finances.
• We provided legal assistance to Softwin with respect to the regulation under the local public procurement legislation of various issues contained in the tender documentation provided by the Ministry of Education in the context of an open tender procedure.
• We provided legal assistance to General Electric International (GEI) with respect to the regulation under the local law and conclusion of a novation agreement regarding GEI’s local part under a public procurement agreement concluded with Transelectrica regarding Cernavoda project.
• We provided legal assistance to Schlumberger/RomGaz on various public procurement issues regarding a contractual arrangement between Schlumberger and RomGaz from the perspective of the applicable local public procurement law.
• We provided legal assistance to Veolia in relation to a tender procedure undergone by the client as organized by a municipal authority.
• We provided legal assistance to BBH Skoda regarding a subcontracting arrangement in the context of a public procurement procedure undergone by the client.
• We provided legal assistance to Petrom/OMV on the amendments brought to the newly issued public procurement legislation (i.e. the amendments to the EGO 34/2006 regarding public procurement as brought by EGO 94/2007).
• On behalf of Nabucco Company Pipeline Study and Transgaz S.A., we provided legal assistance in local public procurement related matters in connection with a five-nation project to construct and operate a natural gas pipeline linking production areas in the Caspian Sea and Middle East regions to Central and Western Europe.
• We provided AGBAR with legal assistance from the perspective of the local law regulating the delegation of water management services by the Craiova Municipality.

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