Overview
Ana Popa is a Partner in the Litigation and Arbitration practice at Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații, recognized for her extensive experience in complex, high-value public procurement and construction disputes.
A Certified Public Procurement Expert, Ana advises leading international contractors and investors on strategically significant infrastructure projects, providing end-to-end legal support across all phases of procurement and execution. She is frequently entrusted with the coordination of large, multidisciplinary legal teams in disputes involving major national and cross-border infrastructure developments.
Ana has played a central role in some of the most prominent public procurement litigations in Romania, acting for top-tier European construction and transportation groups in disputes relating to highway, express road, railway, and large public works projects, with an aggregate value reaching billions of euros.
Her practice is distinguished by a sophisticated understanding of regulatory frameworks, construction contracts (including Government Decision No. 1/2018 and FIDIC), and administrative litigation, combined with a pragmatic, outcome-oriented approach.
She is fluent in English and German.
Relevant Matters:
- Coordinator of the team of lawyers selected by a renowned Italian construction company for legal assistance and representation in a series of complex public procurement litigations having as object the award of several contracts for the design and build of sections from the Sibiu-Pitești Highway and Express Road Brăila-Galați, worth over EUR 100,000,000.
- Coordinator of the team of lawyers retained by an Italian construction company for legal assistance and representation in a series of complex public procurement litigations having as object the award of a contract for the design and execution of Lia Manoliu Sports Hall, worth EUR 66,000,000.
- Coordinator of the team of lawyers retained by a renowned French global lider in the transportation sector in a series of complex public procurement litigations having as object the award of a contract for execution of the Safety and Automatization Traffic System of Thoroughfare 5, worth approximately EUR 29,000,000.
- Coordinator of the team of lawyers selected by an Italian construction company for legal assistance and representation in a litigation having as object the setting of a new maturity date for the obligation to complete the works related to a public procurement contract, as well as the payment of additional amounts by the beneficiary, estimated to around EUR 40,000,000.
- Senior member of the team of lawyers retained by an Austrian construction company for legal assistance and representation in a public procurement litigation concerning the award by CFR of a contract for the execution of installation and building works Section 3: Coșlariu – Simeria: Segment: Vinţu de Jos – Simeria, worth EUR 280,000,000.