Andreea Lupsa
Associate
Andreea specializes in labor matters and environmental law. Her work has included assisting Romanian and international clients with labor disputes as well as advising on day-to-day employment issues and problems. Recent assignments include advising on disciplinary investigations and harassment claims, conducting internal investigations of malfeasance and drafting and updating internal regulations and policies.
Andreea’s recent experience includes: 1) advising a large Romanian distributor of agricultural machinery with the dismissal of various high-ranking personnel; 2) advising an international bank with entering into and negotiating a collective bargaining agreement with 1,000s of employees; 3) assisting a large pharmaceutical company regarding various employment matters, such as updating and modernizing their internal regulations and policies and implementing teleworking systems; and 4) advising a leading Romanian Bank with their disciplinary proceedings and related litigation (such as challenges to dismissal decisions, claims for damages, denials of harassment and so on).
In addition, Andreea has extensive knowledge on environmental related matters. Recent work included assisting a large Romanian Organization Implementing the Extended Producer Responsibility with their day-to-day related issues, including revising their client contracts. She also advised on the specific requirements under the Waste Shipment Regulation for waste shipments as well as advising clients challenging in court the decisions of public authorities.
- Assisted a Romanian iron powder producer (part of a large US group) with a complex dispute against the environmental authorities. This is a leading case with regard environmental regulations.
- Represented a UK food supplier in a claim against Romanian’s biggest chicken meat company for damages caused by a recall of the products delivered by the Romanian company. This is one Romania’s leading food safety cases.
- Represented a leading Spanish tech company in relation to the use of innovative technology solutions for sustainability in the energy and water infrastructure projects. The case involves numerous claims and court filings with regard to use of such technology, with a case value of over Euro 10 million.
- Assisted Romania’s largest mining operation with several disputes against Romanian public authorities (cases were valued in the Euro 10’s of millions).
- Advised one of Romania’s largest breweries in several commercial litigation cases (value in the 10’s of millions).
- Represented an UK insurance company with an insurance fraud case involving Romanian’s largest energy distribution company.
- Assisted a Romanian gold mine in a complex equipment and property dispute.
- Represented an Italian multinational cement producer in a complex dispute regarding the building a clinker grinding plant in Romanian and for the production, sale and distribution of cement.
- Represented a client in one of the largest insolvency cases in recent Romanian history. The case involved a state company and one of the most important chemical producers in the Central and Eastern Europe and included numerous claims and files.
- Assisted a leading Romanian supplier of plastic bottles with regard to the collection of millions of Euros of receivables, including advising on several large insolvencies and bankruptcies as well as on matters involving “pre-insolvency” collection strategies.
- Represented one of the top 5 agricultural businesses in Romania in an insolvency claim filed against it.
- Represented a leading Romanian bank in the insolvency and restructuring of one of Romania’s leading oil equipment manufacturers.
Education:
- M.A., University of Bucharest, Romania – Private Law – 2017
- LL.B, University of Bucharest, Romania – Faculty of Law – 2016
Qualified:
- 2017 – Bucharest Bar Association
Languages:
Romanian, English