The Kazakhs controlling Rompetrol group maintain the state had an aggressive attitude in its move to recoup the 570m-euro debts from Rompetrol Rafinare (Petromidia) and that they are ready to defend themselves in case the matter reaches court.
Rompetrol representatives also hinted that because of this unfriendly environment, the heads of the Astana group were also mulling the option of closing the refinery.
Rompetrol yesterday organised a press conference during which the group's CFO, Dmitri Grigoriev, flanked by three of the most powerful business lawyers in Romania (Gheorghe Muşat, a partner with Muşat şi Asociaţii, Ana Diculescu-Şova, head of the litigation department of NNDKP, and Ştefan Damian, a partner with Ţuca, Zbârcea şi Asociaţii law firm), tried to explain why Rompetrol group is a victim of state abuse, that it wanted to reach an amiable agreement with the Finance Ministry regarding bond repurchase, but also that it was ready to defend itself in court and even "defend its economic interests" by closing the refinery.
The Kazakhs controlling Rompetrol group maintain the state had an aggressive attitude in its move to recoup the 570m-euro debts from Rompetrol Rafinare (Petromidia) and that they are ready to defend themselves in case the matter reaches court.
Rompetrol representatives also hinted that because of this unfriendly environment, the heads of the Astana group were also mulling the option of closing the refinery.
Rompetrol yesterday organised a press conference during which the group's CFO, Dmitri Grigoriev, flanked by three of the most powerful business lawyers in Romania (Gheorghe Muşat, a partner with Muşat şi Asociaţii, Ana Diculescu-Şova, head of the litigation department of NNDKP, and Ştefan Damian, a partner with Ţuca, Zbârcea şi Asociaţii law firm), tried to explain why Rompetrol group is a victim of
