Jinga si Asociatii

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Mircea Jinga

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Managing Partner Language fluency Romanian, English and German
Education LL.M, Private Law, Bucharest University Law School (2002)
LL.B, Romanian-American University Law School (2000)
Memberships Bucharest Bar Association (Admitted 2000)
National Union of Insolvency Practitioners (Admitted 2009)
Mircea Jinga has been an attorney of choice for major clients for over 14 years, having founded Jinga & Asociaţii since 2005, following previous senior positions with top tier Romanian law firms. He is also a founding member of PONTES, the legal network of reputed law firms for the CEE region, with offices in Bucharest, Bratislava, Budapest, Prague, Sofia and Vienna. Clients have acknowledged Mircea as a proven result oriented analyst, always thinking outside the box in order to identify the ideal solutions for the interests concerned. His legal expertise includes a wide range of team-leading practice in projects of a high degree of complexity, in particular as regards tax & customs matters, energy projects, real estate developments and mergers & acquisitions. Mircea co-heads Jinga's taxation practice, having advised world leading companies in connection with numerous fiscal law matters, including fiscal planning and optimization as well as successfully settled litigations concerning VAT recovery, annulment of tax decisions and customs matters.

He is also highly experienced in energy projects, having acted as a lead counsel in the development, operation, acquisition and sale of a large number of high value and innovative investments in the field, some of which represented a premiere for Central and Eastern Europe. Mircea's substantial expertise equally covers real estate developments, in respect of which he has advised significant clients on all stages of major greenfield and brownfield real estate projects, as well as on the related mergers and acquisitions deals. In addition, Mircea is a certified insolvency practitioner, his expertise in the field translating into valuable input as regards the whole range of matters involving distressed undertakings.

Highlights of Mircea's credentials include advice and representation to:

A leading automotive supplier, with regard to a complex fiscal litigation on annulment of administrative deeds establishing financial obligations related to custom duties applications, as well as in connection with tax exemptions concerning certain categories of employees and related representation in front of relevant authorities.

A global manufacturer of structural components, in connection with legal actions regarding custom duties and VAT following an inspection performed by the customs authorities, as well as a fiscal inspection regarding VAT resulting from intra-community transactions and import/export transaction.

Various Romanian businesses, real estate investors and subsidiaries of multinational companies, in connection with VAT recovery as well as the annulment of various tax decisions establishing retroactive payment obligations and excessive penalties and interests.

A global manufacturer of solar panels, in connection with the development of the largest photovoltaic park in Romania and related tax & customs aspects.

A major Romanian group of companies in cooperation with a world leading advanced technology systems group, in relation to the development of the first photovoltaic project to serve a major industrial park and the implementation of the smart grid concept for the first time in Eastern Europe.

A major European utilities company, in connection with the accession to a major cross-border utilities transportation infrastructure project.

A world leading renewable energy asset company, with regard to the acquisition of two important wind projects and several photovoltaic projects.

An international investment fund, with regard to the development of two hotels under the Hilton Hampton brand.

The largest real estate investor and developer listed on the Vienna Stock Exchange and one of the five leading real estate companies in Europe, in connection with complex real estate investments in Romania.

A group of private equity holders, regarding the sale to a major investment fund of a large company active in the food and beverage industry.

A large pharmaceutical network, during the merger process with a pharma distributor.

A private investors consortium, in the acquisition process of the mineral water division of a world leader in the beverage industry.

A major group of companies, during the acquisition process of a publicly held company.