Mihaela Mocanu

I was born in Transylvania, in Cluj-Napoca.

This is where, in 2001, I have graduated the Law Faculty of Babes-Bolyai University, where I completed my Master studies in law and where I got my PhD with the thesis ”The Franchise Contract” – published by C.H. Beck Publishing House – in the autumn of 2007.

I joined The Bar Association in 2004 and since June, 2006 I live and work in Bucharest where I first came to co-ordinate the team of Piperea și Asociații law firm which edited/ approved the legislative documents representing the accessory legislation needed for the implementation of Law 95/2006 on Health Reform inside the Ministry of Health project „Technical Assistance for The Revision of The Legislation on Health”.

I joined The Bar Association in 2004 and I first moved to Bucharest – where I currently live and work – in June, 2006 to co-ordinate the team of Piperea & Asociții Law Firm which drafted/ approved the legal documents representing the secondary legislation needed for the implementation of Law no. 95/2006 on Health Reform inside the Ministry of Health project „Technical Assistance for The Revision of The Legislation on Health”.

I reshaped my knowledge about franchise in a writing primarily dedicated to the entrepreneur – „Franciza, francizarea. Ghid practic” (Franchise, Franchising. A practical Guide) – which was written in an understandable language for the public. It was published in 2013 by Universul Juridic publishing house with a foreword signed by Mr. Bogdan Chirițoiu, the President of The Competition Council. I also published articles due to explain franchise clearly and simply to anyone interested – legal advisors, entrepreneurs, business reporters, business consultants – and I answered to all the questions asked by journalists eager to understand franchise.

I constantly work with franchisors and potential franchisees, whom I not only advise on the legal aspects of the franchise, but also provide them with detailed information about franchise operations, which can generate delicate situations for both the franchisor and the potential franchisee.

While being a freelancer, I am grateful to Professor Gheorghe Piperea for his guidance and collaboration over the years – including during the writing of my PhD thesis – as well as to the lawyers of Țuca, Zbârcea și Asociații law firm who acknowledged me and shared their expertise.

Lately, I became specialized in the art market law, another niche and pioneering domain. Counselling the cultural actors is a virgin domain and a fragile one, while understanding the cultural product, appeasing the passions born by the circulation of cultural goods are interconnected with the compliance with the law.

I put together the answers I gave over the last years in analysis of the incident legal texts and I pointed-out some jurisprudential solutions, all in the light of a richer demarche – that of establishing the basis of the Romanian Art Law doctrine.

I am inspired by all and every feedback I receive – directly or indirectly – to my writings which have proven their utility for the respective beneficiaries.