Located in Holland and Romania our firm is sensitive to the importance of preserving the confidentiality of client information as well as to the need for effective cost management and we are acknowledged as being one of the top Romanian law firms in advisory and dispute-related projects.

We are a full-service law firm, advising a vast range of local and international clients, including corporations, financial institutions, governmental bodies and individuals. We are particularly skilled in representing investors in Romania, actively engaged in various fields of business, assisting them in their acquisitions and establishment of their business, and providing them with advice on day-to-day activities across complementary practice areas. We are dedicated to the principle of providing client with unsophisticated but comprehensive and business oriented legal services while keeping at all time close and personal contact with our clients.

APIA is structured in accordance with three principal areas in which intellectual property is divided: New Creations (patents, models, drawings and industrial models, integrated circuits and plant varieties), Distinctive Signs (trademarks, denominations of origin and name and commercial slogans) and Copyrights. A department is dedicated, exclusively to each one of these aspects, as is a Licensing Department and another for Litigation. We have also incorporated into the firm an area dedicated to Corporate Law that offers a number of services including, incorporation of companies, restructuring, mergers and all types of contracts related to their operation. Because of these elements we are able to offer an integral service to our clients.

APIA has a qualified staff of patent and trademark attorneys and highly trained administrative personnel. They have many years of extensive practical experience in handling numerous intellectual property cases of prosecution or litigation. .Our patent attorneys have substantial expertise in such technical fields as mechanics, chemistry, biotechnics, pharmaceuticals, metallurgy, electronics and electrical circuitry, telecommunication, semiconductor, computer hardware and software, and Internet.
Advanced quality management system is the foundation for APIA's high-efficient service to the clients. Our company implements system of quality guarantee through which each document is double or even triple checked before it is submitted to the official organizations or reported to the clients. To monitor the time limit, APIA not only applies advanced computer software but manually checks as well. We also undertakes inner training and summing-up meeting once a week.

APIA provides intellectual property services for government agencies; banks and other financial institutions; P&I Clubs, shipping, freight forwarding, and courier companies; airlines and travel-related companies; the construction and engineering industries; environmental services and equipment suppliers; electrical, electronics, communications, computer, and hi-tech manufacturers; software developers; information technology services; pharmaceutical and chemical companies; cosmetics firms; garment manufacturers, fashion houses, and retailers; food and beverage companies; toy, jewelry, farm equipment, business equipment, and other types of manufacturers, marketers, and distributors; insurance brokers; petroleum drilling and service companies; commercial and trading houses; advertising and other service firms; collection agencies; religious groups; news bureaus; and private social clubs and foundations.