Alexandru Măglaș — Law Office, Bucharest

What this law office does, in practical terms

A good law-office homepage should not speak in generalities such as “full legal services” or “tailored solutions” and leave the visitor guessing. It should tell people, in ordinary language, what types of problems are actually handled, what kind of legal work is usually involved, and what the next page is if they want more detail. That is the logic of this English version as well.

The website already contains a substantial body of content in English: a contact page, an about page, a services overview, dedicated pages for criminal law, tax law, administrative law and urban planning, copyright, industrial property, fees, blog articles, and additional English content in related areas such as inheritance and property. This homepage brings those sections together so that the visitor does not land on an isolated presentation page, but on a usable map of the wider site.

If you want a shorter route through the site, the essential pages are these: About, Services, Legal fees, Lawyer blog, Cross-border coordination and international network, and Contact.

Who usually contacts this law office

The office is generally a good fit for people who do not need abstract legal theory but careful reading of documents, realistic advice on procedural options, and disciplined work on a file that may already be under pressure. In many cases, the issue is not just “what the law says”, but when something must be filed, which document matters most, and how several areas of law intersect in practice.

Not every case is a fit, and not every problem requires immediate litigation. Sometimes the most useful first step is preventive advice, a better internal document trail, a properly structured challenge, or a short consultation that helps the client avoid a procedural mistake. The point of the first contact is to determine that quickly and honestly.

Main practice areas in more detail

Criminal defence in Bucharest and throughout Romania

Criminal defence work often begins before the client fully understands what procedural position they are in. Sometimes there is a summons. Sometimes there has been a search. Sometimes the person is called as a witness while the real risk is that their status may change later. In that context, the first task is to establish the procedural reality of the file, identify what the authorities already have, understand the immediate deadlines, and avoid mistakes that become difficult to reverse later.

The work may include assistance during hearings before the police or prosecutor’s office, review of case documents, analysis of digital evidence, challenges against preventive measures, defence strategy during trial, appeals, and representation in matters involving seizure, confiscation, victim representation or cross-border elements. The office also handles criminal files with economic, tax, business, cyber or evidence-management dimensions, where procedural rigour and document control are especially important.

Economic, tax & business crime · Cybercrime & digital evidence · Business property offences

Tax law, ANAF disputes and tax-related litigation

Tax disputes are rarely just about arithmetic. They are usually about documentation, classification, evidence, deadlines, administrative procedure and the way a factual pattern is framed by the authorities. Individuals and companies may need help during inspections, after receiving an assessment decision, when answering anti-fraud allegations, or when preparing the next procedural step before the matter reaches court. A calm, file-based approach matters because tax disputes can escalate quickly into enforcement pressure, liquidity problems or broader litigation exposure.

The office assists with reading the file, identifying the relevant documents, testing the legal basis of the tax position, drafting challenges, communicating with authorities, and litigating before the competent administrative courts. This is particularly relevant where tax law overlaps with business reality, evidentiary issues, administrative law or criminal risk. For many clients, the real value is not only contesting a document, but understanding where the case can realistically go and what evidence should be prioritised from the start.

Tax-criminal overlap: strategy when an ANAF case may turn criminal

Administrative law and urban planning disputes

Administrative law matters affect both private lives and business activity in very concrete ways: permits are refused or delayed, sanctions are issued, planning documents are challenged, administrative acts create uncertainty, and local-authority decisions interfere with property, investment or day-to-day operations. Urban planning adds another layer of complexity because decisions often involve a long chain of approvals, technical documents, zoning rules and overlapping authority.

The office provides advice, assistance and representation for administrative challenges, pre-litigation steps, court claims, requests for suspension where the legal conditions are met, and broader strategy in permit and planning disputes. This includes matters where the immediate objective is not just to “fight” an administrative act, but to preserve a project timeline, prevent irreversible harm, or reorganise the client’s options in a legally coherent way.

Property, title and inheritance problems

Property and inheritance disputes often look “civil” on paper but become complicated because they involve historical documents, land-book inconsistencies, administrative acts, family conflict, foreign heirs or parallel issues relating to tax and enforcement. The office works on matters involving inheritance, co-ownership, partition, title problems, land-book rectification and related disputes where the legal solution must also work in practical terms, including registration, enforceability and long-term risk control.

For foreign nationals and Romanians living abroad, these matters can be especially difficult because the legal issue is in Romania while the client is not physically present. In that situation, an English-speaking lawyer in Bucharest can help organise the documents, explain the procedural path clearly and coordinate the Romanian side of the case in a way that is easier to manage from abroad.

Succession planning for diaspora and multi-country assets

• Succession and inheritance in Romania: step-by-step guide
• Correcting land-book errors and title problems for foreign owners

Intellectual property, copyright and industrial property

Intellectual-property work is not only for large corporations. Authors, creators, agencies, software businesses, online publishers, designers and growing companies often need practical advice about ownership, licensing, enforcement and evidence long before a dispute reaches court. In many situations, the problem is a contract that was not drafted with enough clarity, a brand that was not protected in time, or a digital infringement that needs a fast and well-documented response.

The office’s English pages distinguish between copyright-related work and industrial-property work, which helps visitors find the more relevant entry point depending on whether they are dealing with authors’ rights, digital content, trademarks, designs or patent-related positioning. Where necessary, strategy also takes into account unfair competition, business reputation and long-term commercial use of the intellectual asset.

Beyond these core areas, the wider English site also contains pages and service clusters relevant for cross-border coordination, contraventions, energy law, transport matters and commercial disputes. The point of this homepage is not to repeat every subpage, but to make clear that a visitor can move deeper into the site depending on the legal problem they are trying to solve.

Why clients usually choose this law office

People usually do not look for a lawyer only because they want a legal opinion. They look for someone who can bring order to a situation that may already be urgent, confusing, adversarial or expensive. The decision to work with a particular law office is often based on whether the approach feels clear, disciplined and realistic from the first interaction.

• Focused workload and file attention. The objective is not to take as many matters as possible, but to maintain enough time for reading, analysis, drafting and preparation.
• Strategy before noise. The work starts with what is procedurally real: documents, deadlines, status, risks, evidence and available options.
• Communication in English or Romanian. Clients should understand what is happening in their case, what the next steps are and what the risks actually mean in practice.
• Documentation-based work. Submissions, advice and tactical decisions are built on the file and on applicable law, not on generic reassurance.
• Long-term perspective. A legal move may solve an immediate problem but create another one later. The office’s approach aims to reduce future procedural and business risk, not merely score a short-lived tactical point.

If you want more context on the office’s working style, background and general professional orientation, the best companion page is About Măglaș Alexandru – Law Office.

How the collaboration usually works

Clients often ask what happens after the first message. The practical answer is straightforward: the early phase is about bringing order to facts, documents and urgency. The later phase is about choosing and executing the most useful legal route.

1. Initial contact. You send an e-mail, call or message with a short factual summary, your contact details and the key dates that matter: hearing dates, tax deadlines, search dates, expiry dates, limitation concerns or deadlines for challenges and appeals.
2. Preliminary review. The office looks at whether the matter fits the main practice areas, whether there is immediate urgency, and what additional information is needed for a meaningful first reply.
3. First consultation. If appropriate, a consultation is scheduled in person in Bucharest or online. The goal is not just to “discuss the case”, but to establish the factual map, the procedural posture, the realistic options and the immediate priorities.
4. Mandate and fees. If the collaboration starts, the scope of work and fee structure are agreed clearly. You should know what is included, what is not, what documents are still needed and what comes next.
5. Ongoing work and updates. Important procedural acts, filings, hearings, decisions and next steps are communicated as the file evolves, with updates calibrated to what actually matters for the client’s decision-making.

For many visitors, the right place to continue after reading this section is either the Contact page, if they are ready to reach out, or the Legal fees page, if they first want to understand how fee structures are usually handled in practice.

Practical pages and guides worth reading before you get in touch

Not every visitor is ready to instruct a lawyer after reading a homepage. Some people need to understand the context first: how Romanian procedure works, what typical costs and timelines look like, how to choose the right lawyer, or what a particular type of dispute really involves. That is why the English site also includes a growing body of detailed articles and evergreen service pages.

The main entry point for those materials is the Lawyer Blog. A few useful examples are listed below.

• How long does a civil or criminal trial really take in Romania, and how much does it actually cost?
• How to hire a criminal defence lawyer in Bucharest
• How to find a lawyer in Bucharest: practical guide
• Computer searches in Romania: protecting your digital data
• The criminal offence of fraud: law and case-law analysis

These guides do not replace legal advice for a concrete file, but they do make a future consultation more productive because the client comes in with a clearer sense of the procedure, the terminology and the practical stakes.

Quick routes through the website, depending on your problem

Some visitors know exactly what they need from the first minute. Others know the problem, but not yet the best legal entry point. If your issue is mainly criminal, start with the criminal-law services page and then move to the dedicated criminal subpage that matches the file type: economic, tax & business crime, cybercrime & digital evidence, or business property offences.

If the issue concerns ANAF, a tax inspection or a fiscal decision, go first to the tax-law services page, then to tax-criminal overlap if there is complaint risk, and then to the fees page if you want to understand how a tax file may be structured from a billing perspective.

If your problem comes from a city hall, prefect, ministry, permit, zoning document, sanction or other public-authority decision, the administrative-law and urban-planning page is usually the best first stop. If your issue concerns content, authorship, licensing, software, trademarks, designs or brand misuse, use the copyright or industrial-property pages depending on the nature of the right involved.

For foreign clients or Romanians abroad, one useful route is this: first read the about page, then the contact page, then the succession-planning service page or one or two articles closely related to the legal issue. That sequence usually gives enough context to decide whether a first consultation makes sense. The website is built so that a visitor can move from overview to detail without getting lost in generic presentation language.

Frequently asked questions

Can you help me if I do not live in Bucharest?

Yes. The office is based in Bucharest, but many files involve courts, authorities, documents and clients from other parts of Romania or from abroad. A large part of the work can be organised remotely, including consultations, document review and strategy discussions. Where physical presence is required, that is discussed transparently as part of the case plan.

Do you work in English?

Yes. Communication can take place in English or Romanian, including consultations, document review, preparation for hearings and general strategic discussions. This is particularly useful for foreign nationals, investors and Romanians living abroad who need a local Romanian lawyer but prefer to discuss the case in English.

What kinds of matters are usually a good fit for this office?

The main focus is on criminal defence, tax disputes, administrative and urban planning litigation, copyright and industrial property, and related real-estate, inheritance and business disputes where the office’s document-driven and strategy-based approach is useful. Some matters also involve a cross-border dimension, especially where foreign clients, foreign assets or international procedural coordination are involved.

How are legal fees handled?

Fees depend on the type of matter, the stage of the proceedings, the urgency, the volume of documents and the amount of work reasonably required. Fee arrangements are discussed with each client individually. For a fuller explanation of fee structures and the principles used on the site, see the Legal fees page.

What should I include in my first message?

Your full name, a phone number, a short summary of the facts, the most important deadlines and the essential documents you already have. In many cases, a clear one-page factual summary plus the core documents is far more useful than sending a large unsorted archive from the beginning.

Contact — Law Office, Bucharest

Măglaș Alexandru – Law Office
Bucharest Bar – Romania
Address: Str. Emil Gârleanu, nr. 4, Sector 3, 031143, Bucharest, Romania
Tel: +40 756 248 777
E-mail: alexandru@maglas.ro

Consultations are held by appointment only. In your first message, it helps to include your name, contact details, a short description of the situation, and any urgent deadlines or upcoming procedural steps. If you already have the core documents, send those first.

The information on this page is general in nature and does not represent legal advice. Each matter must be analysed individually, based on the documents, the facts and the legislation applicable at the time of assessment.