Romania's Botezatu Estrade Partners has joined the Act Legal law firm alliance, becoming act | Botezatu Estrade Partners.
According to an Act Legal press release, "this decision reflects the drive to provide the firm’s clients with top caliber, cross-border legal services. With 16 offices in most of the largest European business centers and combined forces of around 425 attorneys, act legal is a one-stop shop for excellent legal support in Europe."
The now-Act | Botezatu Estrade Partners was founded in 2016 by former Gide and Kinstellar Partner Stefan Botezatu and former Gide Associate and Kinstellar Counsel Laura Estrade.
“We believe that Act Legal offers the best mix of international expertise, partner involvement, and local market intelligence," stated Stefan Botezatu, Managing Partner and co-founder of Act | Botezatu Estrade Partners. "We are confident that our joining to Act legal will add value to our services and we are proud to put Romania on the Act Legal map.”
According to Sven Tischendorf, Managing Partner at AC Tischendorf Rechtsanwalte and member of Act Legal‘s steering committee, “we are very pleased to welcome Act | Botezatu Estrade Partners, a strong and relevant player on the Romanian business legal services’ arena, to Act Legal! The expertise and working methods of our new office fit in seamlessly with those of the other Act Legal offices and we thus further strengthen our position as renowned legal advisor to a demanding corporate clientele!"
According to Act Legal, the alliance plans to expand into other continental European countries in the coming years."