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Dolea & Co is ranked by the 2025 edition of the Legal 500

We are happy to announce that our firm was ranked by the 2025 edition of the Legal 500.

The guide says that our firm has a strong focus on litigation mandates, owing to the expertise of Sorin Dolea, who has a wealth of experience in domestic and international arbitration proceedings. Cornelia Furculita is an expert in international trade law and has experience in matters concerning EU commercial policy, international investment and environmental law. Igor Dolea and Ion Graur are also key contacts. Clients describe the firm’s managing partner as being “an amazing local counsel helping us navigate through anything we need and understand local particulars. With his prior Freshfields experience, he delivers high-quality work in a way clients are used to from major international firms.”

Also, the clients characterize our team “by professionalism, maximum responsibility and diligence, punctuality and cooperation between team members. It is appreciable that the team includes lawyers with expertise in various fields: arbitration and litigation, fintech, electronic commerce, white collar crimes, financing and capital markets, cybersecurity, intellectual property, which means that the team will find suitable solutions for any legal problem.'

31.03.2025

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Collection of Personal Data

We may collect or obtain Personal Data about you: (i) directly from you (e.g., where you contact us); (ii) in the course of our relationship with you (e.g., if we provide legal advice to you); (iii) when you make your Personal Data public (e.g., if you make a public post on social media); (iv) when you download, install, or use any of our Apps; (v) when you visit our website; (vi) when you register to use any of our services; or (vii) when you interact with any third party content or advertising on a website. We may also receive Personal Data about you from third parties (e.g., law enforcement authorities).

We may collect Personal Data about you from the following sources:

Data you provide: We may obtain your Personal Data when you provide it to us (e.g., where you contact us via email or telephone).
Relationship data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data in the ordinary course of our relationship with you (e.g., in the course of corresponding with you).
Data you make public: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data that you choose to make public, including via social media.
Website data: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data when you visit any of our website or use any features or resources available on or through a website.
Registration details: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data when you use, or register to use, any of our website or services.
Content and advertising information: If you choose to interact with any third party content or advertising on a website, we may receive Personal Data about you from the relevant third party.
Third party information: We may collect or obtain your Personal Data from third parties who provide it to us (e.g., credit reference agencies; law enforcement authorities; etc.).

Process of the Personal Data

Regardless of which personal data we process or how we process this personal data, we will always respect the following principles:

The personal data is always processed fairly and in accordance with the law;
The personal data is only processed for specific purposes and for nothing else;
The processing of personal data is sufficient, relevant and not excessive;
The personal data is kept as accurate and up-to-date as possible;
The personal data is not kept longer than strictly necessary;
The personal data is processed in accordance with individual rights;
The personal data is kept secure; and
The personal data is not transferred to other countries without sufficient protection.

Most of the personal data we process is necessary in the context of the performance of an agreement. This personal data is often provided to us by the person concerned for this purpose. More specifically, we process personal data in the following manner.

If you are a client, an employee of a client, a supplier or an employee of a supplier:
The Personal Data is processed because you are a contact person. The Personal Data data is processed for the organization of our services to our clients. The Personal Data data can also be used to inform you about current legal events or current events within our company.
When you visit our website: The Personal Data may be used to improve your browsing experience and for the creation of anonymous statistics regarding the quality of the website.
In certain cases, we are legally obliged to process your personal data and/or communicate it to competent authorities or bodies determined by law.

We may also receive information from third parties that relates to you. We may use this information to contact you for prospecting purposes. In addition, we may also use data from external partners to improve, supplement or keep your personal data up to date or to draw up a prospecting profile.

Categories of Personal Data we may process

We may Process: (i) your personal details (e.g., your name); (ii) demographic data (e.g., your age); (iii) your contact details (e.g., your address); (iv) matter details (e.g., your instructions to us); (v) records of your consents to our Processing of your Personal Data; (vi) payment details (e.g., your billing address); (vii) information about your use of our website (e.g., the type of device you are using); (viii) details of your current employer; (ix) information about your interactions with our content or advertising; and (x) any views or opinions you provide to us.

Creation of Personal Data

We may create Personal Data about you (e.g., records of your interactions with us). We may also create Personal Data about you, such as records of your communications and interactions with us, including attendance at events we hold or interviews in the course of applying for a job with us. We may record telephone calls, meetings, depositions, and other interactions in which you are involved, in accordance with applicable law.

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legal and regulatory authorities, upon request, or for the purposes of reporting any actual or suspected breach of applicable law or regulation;
accountants, auditors, lawyers and other outside professional advisors to Dolea & Co, subject to binding contractual obligations of confidentiality;
third party Processors (such as providers of data hosting services and document review services), located anywhere in the world, subject to the requirements noted below in this Section;
any relevant party, law enforcement agency or court, to the extent necessary for the establishment, exercise or defence of legal rights;
any relevant party for the purposes of prevention, investigation, detection or prosecution of criminal offences or the execution of criminal penalties, including safeguarding against and the prevention of threats to public security;
any relevant third party acquirer(s), in the event that we sell or transfer all or any portion of our business or assets (including in the event of a reorganization, dissolution or liquidation); and
any relevant third party provider, where our website use third party advertising, plugins or content. If you choose to interact with any such advertising, plugins or content, your Personal Data may be shared with the relevant third party provider. We recommend that you review that third party’s privacy policy before interacting with its advertising, plugins or content.

If we engage a third party Processor to Process your Personal Data, the Processor will be subject to binding contractual obligations to: (i) only Process the Personal Data in accordance with our prior written instructions; and (ii) use measures to protect the confidentiality and security of the Personal Data, together with any additional requirements under applicable law.