ELLINT expands into eastern Europe with Romanian boutique Suciu

Doyle Clayton is delighted to announce that ELLINT, the international network of specialist employment and labour law firms, is expanding into Romania with the entry of new member, Suciu – The Employment Law Firm.

Based in Bucharest, the boutique multi-lingual firm (Romanian, English and German) recently featured in Romania’s leading legal guide Which Lawyer and is led by founder and Partner Andreea Suciu. The firm’s clients include multinationals and large and medium-sized family businesses, as well as international investors from various industries, such as real estate and construction, healthcare, pharma, retail, manufacturing, oil and gas and IT and outsourcing.

Before setting up Suciu, Andreea worked for one of Germany’s leading independent law firms managing its Bucharest Employment, Pensions and Data Protection team where The Legal 500 recommended her for her work advising on sensitive litigation and senior level departures.

Doyle Clayton was a founder member of ELLINT in 2013. ELLINT’s team now comprises more than 150 specialist Employment lawyers in 12 countries covering Europe’s leading economies and legal hubs and China. ELLINT’s team provides an integrated and professional cross-border service to clients covering the full range of employment and labour law matters. Advice includes HR strategy, management issues, employee transfers and litigation.

Andreea Suciu, the Managing Partner of Suciu – The Employment Law Firm, said:

“We are very excited to have joined ELLINT. This step is in line with our aim to strengthen our position in the international market. The network will not only enable the exchange of valuable know-how with expert peers but also facilitate the collaboration on joint cross-border projects. Furthermore, it provides our associates with the opportunity to gather international experience through secondments to ELLINT’s member law firms.”

Darren Clayton, ELLINT Chairman and Doyle Clayton’s Senior Partner, said:

“ELLINT has a well-established base of members in western Europe. We’ve been looking to expand our footprint into eastern Europe for some time given the importance of that market. Andreea Suciu is a dynamic and enterprising lawyer and her firm’s ethos and approach is a very good fit for ELLINT. We are delighted to welcome Suciu – The Employment Law Firm into the organisation.”