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Sorin Susnea

Partner
Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency group

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Sorin is a dispute resolution partner, representing clients in commercial litigation, insolvency proceedings and international arbitration.  

A litigation partner with Eversheds Sutherland’s Bucharest office, Sorin also heads the dispute resolution and insolvency practice. Sorin has an impressive track record in representing both local companies and multinationals, as well as entrepreneurs, in corporate and commercial disputes, insolvency proceedings, as well as in international arbitration.

Sorin is known for efficiently litigating and successfully representing clients in complex, high-stake litigation and arbitration cases.

In the area of insolvency, Sorin assists both companies that are restructuring their activity and many creditors, dealing with complex insolvency proceedings, and pleading before syndic judges throughout the country.

A large part of Sorin’s work includes international arbitration. He acted as counsel for several high-profile clients in arbitrations conducted under various laws and arbitration rules, including ICC, ICSID, UNCITRAL, FOSFA and CICA.

Sorin regularly represents high-calibre clients in industries such as automotive, banking and finance, real estate and construction, telecommunications, aviation, retail, FMCG, infrastructure, media and entertainment, insurance, pharmaceuticals.

Sorin has successfully represented clients in a variety of sectors and files and the most significant disputes he coordinated include:

  • representing a leading automotive company in a damage claim in excess of EUR 30 million, initiated by one of its local dealers
  • assisting the Romanian Insurance and Financial Supervising authority in all court proceedings related to the bankruptcy of the largest vehicle insurance company in Romania
  • representing one of the leading railroad design companies in the world in a EUR multi-million ICC arbitration against the local railway authority
  • representing a leading telecommunication player in a high-stake real estate dispute related to the termination of a build-to-suit lease agreement containing a large termination penalty clause against the largest office space developer in Romania
  • defending major players in the fields of telecommunications, gaming and FMCG in several labour disputes
  • representing the Romanian subsidiary of a global cereal producer in a EUR 4 million dispute against a local grain producer
  • assisting an international paints producer in a contractual and copyright infringement dispute against a former business partner
  • representing a major Romanian bank in a high-stake consumer litigation

Sorin regularly contributes with articles and legal opinions on dispute resolution and arbitration matters in international magazines.

 

  • LLB, Titu Maiorescu University Law School, Bucharest, Romania, 1998 - 2002
Sorin Susnea

Partner

Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency group

Sorin Susnea

Partner

Head of the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency group

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