Matthieu Grollemund, Dechert Bernhard Gemmel, Bird & Bird One of Europe's biggest stories of the month was the hire by Romanian firm TUCA ZBARCEA & ASOCIATII of Musat & Asociatii co-managing partner Catalin Baiculescu. The move is surprising given Baiculescu spent 15 years at his former firm, and considering high-level partner hires in Romania are rare. In Italy the big news was WHITE & CASE'S further expansion of its debt capital markets offering with the hires of partner Paola Leocani, counsel Elena Radicella Chiaramonte, and their team from Allen & Overy. Since reopening its office in 2011, the firm has been making headway in the capital markets area having already picked up notable mandates including from the Italian state. The US firm was also active in Brussels, hiring Linklaters counsel Matthieu Duplat.
July 09, 2013