Carina Vermesan
Litigation & Regulatory, Partner
Bucharest
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Partner, Litigation & Regulatory
Andronic and Partners
01.2023 - Current
- coordinated assistance and representation in approx. 35+ case files in corporate litigation regarding a shareholders' dispute in a high - profile public utility company.
- coordinated day - to - day assistance in corporate strategy in view of maintaining current management in control of company, including general shareholders meetings advice and assistance (all general assembly meetings in past 2-3 years).
- coordinated day - to - day assistance and strategy in approx. 2-3 public tenders for the same public utility company, including extensive background searches on competitors, correspondence with authority and assistance in challenges.
- assistance and representation for one leading FMCG client in fish products against a leading oil producer in defending from a 1,5 mil EUR claim implying complex competition law and civil liability matters.
- assistance and representation for FMCG player in dairy industry against consumer protection sanctions - successfully winning challenges against sanction decisions and obtaining a break-through clarification from National Consumer Protection Authority allowing to put the products back on shelf. Extensive negotiations with retailers in the process.
- assistance and representation in complaints before Competition Council (together with Competition team) for relevant key - clients and coordinating these procedures in the broader context of their corporate or commercial disputes.
- assistance and representation in IP cases on potential breach of trademark and design between two competitors from the FMCG market.
- court assistance in disputes on press defamation cases against Realitatea Plus trust.
- assistance and representation in IP case defending a trademark for annulment on bad - faith registration between two healthcare professionals.
- assistance in strategy and court claim based on a Business Transfer Agreement related to one of the highest - profile private hospitals in Bucharest, in light of BIAC arbitral clause being rendered ineffective.
- assistance and representation for one of the main energy traders, producers and suppliers in a commercial dispute with one of their main industrial clients. Successfully obtained swift recovery of approx. EUR 600,000 as we continue to provide assistance and representation in all files related to the enforcement proceedings (approx. 10+).
- assistance and representation in public tender challenges for a healthcare company. Successfully obtained annulment of procedure.
- assistance in day - to - day relationship with public authority related to tense unfolding of contractual relationship for waste management at the level of the 1st District.
- assistance in coordinating the commercial and contractual implications deriving from an IP potential breach in relation to the unfolding of contract signed with a public authority for one of the top security firms in Romania.
- providing regulatory insights on OTC commercialization in Romania, NISS2 application, etc for key - clients.
- day - to - day assistance to clients in pre-litigious IP and commercial cases.
- advising World Bank on Innovation, Digitalization and Technology Matters.
Attorney-at-Law
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
06.2018 - 02.2023
- lead lawyer on the mandates related to two South Korean conglomerates in complex renewable energy matters with overall exposure of approx 250 million EUR (including court representation and constant strategy input). Coordinated day - to day operational assistance for 8 photovoltaic plants, while ensuring the recovery of our clients' investments through both enforcement (50+ cases) and insolvency proceedings (50+ cases).
- day - to - day assistance in complex corporate dispute matters, involving injunctions and annulment of shareholders' decisions claims in high-profile shareholders' dispute case for a public utility waste management Romanian company.
- representing pharmaceutical/ home-hygiene leader RB in several litigation cases for defending a marketing claim.
- court representation and assistance in negotiations on behalf of two fin-tech and software companies in IP rights dispute.
- assistance and court representation on several employment and discrimination matters.
Junior Associate
Peli Filip SCA
09.2016 - 06.2018
- mandates on ICC construction arbitrations against Romanian authority.
- mandates in international high - profile sports arbitration (the case of Mr Ilie Nastase v. ITF) and several other disputes related to the tennis industry. The matters involved close collaboration with Blackstone Chambers QCs.
- several IP related litigation cases regarding the extensive disputes unfolded between one of Romania's most influential media trusts and a leading ISP.
- assistance and court representation in breakthrough litigation aimed at blocking the use of Pirate Bay in Romania.
- assistance and court representation in high-profile energy dispute aimed at dismantling the energy distribution monopoly in Romania.
Education
PhD Student - Competition, IP And Tech
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
Bucharest 05.2026 - Current
Masters in Law - Arbitration, Construction
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
Bucharest 09.2016 - 06.2017
Bachelor of Law -
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
Bucharest 10.2012 - 06.2016
High School -
"Emil Racovita" National College
Cluj - Napoca 09.2008 - 2012.06
Extra-curricular activities
External Collaborator - coordinating seminars on Civil Law. Special Contracts and Intellectual Property (2019 - up to date; currently on maternity leave)
Conferences And Publishing
- Séminaire international du GRERCA, Lyon, 10/01/21, Participating at Séminaire international du GRERCA : La responsabilité civile et l'intelligence artificielle (octombrie 2021). Drafting the report on the state of affairs in Romania in what concerns the AI methods to valuate damages.
- Intellectual Property Conference organized by the Faculties of Law of the University of Bucharest and the University of Timișoara, 5th Edition, online, 11/01/21, Presentation: 'Elements concerning the legal regime of the annulment of a trademark'.
- Intellectual Property Conference organized by the Faculties of Law of the University of Bucharest and the University of Timișoara, 4th Edition, online, 11/01/20, Presentation: 'The Legal Protection of Algorithms through Trade Secrets'.
- The National Conference for Bachelor, Master and Doctoral Law students organized by the Faculty of Law, 'Lucian Blaga' University, online, 06/01/21, Presentation & publishing; 'Brevetabilitatea software-ului'.
- The National Conference 'Răspunderea pentru malpraxisul medical', online, 11/01/21, Presentation & publishing: 'Răspunderea în cazul prejudiciului cauzat de inteligență artificială, în materie medicală'.
- 'The Alleged Protection of Software through Copyright', 2021, Published in 'In Honorem Flavius Antonius Baias. Aparența în drept/ The appearance in law/ L'apparence en droit', Editura Hamangiu, pages 527 - 553.
Timeline
PhD Student - Competition, IP And Tech
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
05.2026 - Current
Partner, Litigation & Regulatory
Andronic and Partners
01.2023 - Current
Attorney-at-Law
DLA Piper Dinu SCA
06.2018 - 02.2023
Masters in Law - Arbitration, Construction
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
09.2016 - 06.2017
Junior Associate
Peli Filip SCA
09.2016 - 06.2018
Bachelor of Law -
Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest
10.2012 - 06.2016
High School -
"Emil Racovita" National College
09.2008 - 2012.06
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