Firm Name: Vernon | David
Jurisdiction: Romania
Practice Area: M&A Law
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Professional Biography:
Leaders in Law endorses Charles Vernon as our exclusively recommended M&A Law expert in Romania. If you wish to get in touch with Charles please use the contact information provided above.
Charles specializes in mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions and corporate finance. He has extensive experience in M&A matters and during the last several years has completed billions of dollars in such transactions in Eastern Europe. He has represented major oil companies, retail firms, port operators, hotel and telecommunication companies in relation to a series of mergers and divestiture projects including acquisitions, project financings, competition matters, privatizations, concession agreements, deal structuring, litigation, and post-acquisition operations and activities.
Charles has also advised a variety of borrowers and banks in lending transactions including syndications and bonds. He has represented some of world’s largest banks and financial institutions in lending and investing matters in Romania, Slovakia and the Middle East.
A Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP-I), Charles has worked on numerous compliance matters as well as on fraud and employee malfeasance cases, including investigations of possible violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and matters before the Romanian anti-corruption authority (the DNA). He regularly advises companies and investors on corporate best practices and the “do’s and don’ts” of good corporate governance and behavior.
Education & Certifications
- J.D., Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
- M.A. (Honours), St. Andrews University, St. Andrews, Scotland
- Accounting (non-degree professional studies), University of Oklahoma, USA
- Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP-I)
Qualified
- 1991 (Virginia)
- 2008 (Register Foreign Lawyer, Bucharest Bar)
Firm Description:
Vernon | David is a boutique law firm specializing in complex commercial transactions and disputes, regulatory matters and compliance issues. We provide high-end bespoke legal advice to a wide array of domestic and international clients ranging from start-ups to large multinational companies and foreign governments. Currently, we have offices in Bucharest, Romania and in Chisinau, Republic of Moldova.
Our law firm is structured to provide comprehensive, high-quality legal services to serve the domestic and international needs of our clients drawing on the combined resources and varied expertise of our lawyers. Our goal is to accomplish the client’s objectives in a succinct and efficient manner.
The law firm has worked on some of the largest deals and transactions in Romanian history, including advising TMK with its acquisition of Resita Steel (currently the largest steel producer in Romania), assisting Iulius Mall with the Palas Mall (one of the Romania’s largest retail centers) as well as representing Xannat (former Anglo-American group company and Romania’s largest aggregates mining company) with its management buy-out.
Our Chisinau-based team of American and Moldovan attorneys works closely with our Bucharest office in advising clients on a range of investment-related matters, including financings, mergers and acquisitions, real estate issues, labor matters, tax, IP, environmental regulations and general commercial transactions. We also have a dynamic commercial litigation practice.
As active members of the local and foreign business community, we have been involved in a variety of business and legislative initiatives, including drafting the leasing laws of Moldova and taking a leading role in the reform of the Moldovan labor legislation. In addition, members of our firm act on various local boards and charities, including being board members of the American Chamber of Commerce and the European Business Association (EBA).
Vernon│David today has 5 partners (Charles Vernon, Daniela David, Maria Nica, Corina Tiganas and Diana Neagu) and over 25 associates and staff in both Bucharest and Chisinau.
Our Vision
Honesty, integrity, hard work. Many say it, few live it.
We are a boutique law firm that provides our clients with close one-on-one attention, in a collaborative and business-focused setting. This allows us to offer highly skilled representation on a broad range of legal topics. To deliver high quality cost effective services, we place a premium on common sense, creativity and experience.
We bring enthusiasm, passion, innovation, entrepreneurial zeal, and commitment to advancing the interest of our clients. We are results oriented and goal focused. Honesty, integrity and hard work are core values; not just a line on a website.
We will strive to maintain a firm culture that reflects our shared, and sometimes colorful, personalities and styles. Our goal is to create a collegial environment in which our team members can flourish and enjoy the practice of law, while managing our clients’ matters in an efficient, caring and proactive manner. We believe that the client’s success is our success.
We want to continue to enhance our image as informal, collegial, hardworking and principled lawyers.
Our Evolution
With over 19 years on the Romanian market, Vernon | David has grown to be become a leading international commercial law firm with offices in Bucharest, Romania and Chisinau, Moldova.
Originally established to be the associated law firm of Ernst & Young, the firm became independent in 2004. Daniela David, a founding partner of the firm in 2001, was joined by Charles Vernon (an American lawyer working in Romania since 1997) in 2008 to form Vernon | David.
Although active in Moldova since 2001, Vernon | David opened a full-fledged office in Chisinau in 2009. Since then, we have become one of Moldova’s leading commercial law firms, and in 2010 we had the honor to be recognized in the Legal 500 directory as one of Moldova’s 1st tier law practices.
Our logo suggests our strong values. With a Scottish legacy by his mother, Charles learned from his childhood the legend of the family’s crest, a lion holding a sword with the words “fide et fortitudine” (Latin for “faith and fortitude”). The story inspired the logo of the company as well as the firm’s ideals: honesty, integrity and hard work.
