Bondoc & Asociatii Hires Disputes Partner

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Bondoc & Asociatii, the former White & Case Bucharest Office has hired Viorel Dinu as a Partner and Head of Litigation.

Joining from Musat & Asociatii, where he was a partner within the dispute resolution team, Dinu has over 16 years of practice in litigation and arbitration. He has significant experience in corporate, commercial and civil disputes, administrative and tax litigation, including public procurement cases, debt recovery and insolvency matters. As a litigation counsel, he pleaded in competition and intellectual property cases and was also involved in complex ICC and ICSID arbitration cases. 

Lucian Bondoc, Managing Partner of the firm,said: "Viorel is part of a select group of litigators in Romania. By co-opting Viorel, we continue to expand and strengthen our litigation team with a recognized professional. With his care for high quality services, Viorel identifies himself with our performance-fostering culture, and I am convinced that we will continue to significantly develop our firm’s strong litigation practice."

Viorel Dinu added: "I am glad to join the team of Bondoc si Asociatii, a team of highly trained legal practitioners. The extremely solid and high profile client portfolio, the experience of the litigation team both at a local and at an international level, as well as my experience with Lucian represent excellent premises for outstanding results in working together. Also, the alliance of the firm with White & Case LLP offers us the opportunity to be connected with one of the most developed dispute resolution practices in the world, to the benefit of our clients."

Viorel Dinu graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in 1997 and holds an LL.M in General law from the George Washington University (Fulbright scholar, 2002 – 2003). He is a member of the Bucharest Bar and of the New York State Bar.  

This is the second Partner to be hired by the firm, following the addition of Mihaela Bondoc (reported by CEE Legal Matters on March 21, 2014), and the second hire of the firm from Musat & Associatii within a month's time, as Horatiu Dan Dumitru joined as a Managing Counsel in April.