Former AVAS head joins law firm

Gabriel Zbarcea has joined the team led by Florentin Tuca, which consists of lawyers that left Musat & Asociatii last year. Gabriel Zbarcea, 33, has been a managing partner for Tuca & Asociatii as of January 1, where he shares management duties with Florentin Tuca, the founder of the law firm, and another eight partners. “I chose Tuca & Asociatii because most of my friends and former colleagues are here. I want to believe that my arrival here and the introduction of a new partner, Robert Rosu, who heads the litigation department, will strengthen the firm,” Zbarcea said. Zbarcea was chosen to be part of Prime Minister Calin Popescu Tariceanu”s team in the position of state advisor in December 2004. Zbarcea became head of the State Assets Resolution Authority (AVAS) in January 2005, where he began the necessary procedures for the privatisation of BCR. He resigned from this position in September last

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