Our mission

The mission of the WOLEP - "World Online Lawyers with Excellent Practice" International Lawyer Network is:

• To increase and strengthen the professional prestige of the Lawyers who have joined the WOLEP Network, but also that of the Network;
• To facilitate the access of the consumers of legal services to Lawyers who have chosen to exercise their legal profession with Professionalism and Honesty;
• To facilitate Professional Collaboration between Lawyers in the WOLEP Network;
• To increase the income from the legal activity for the members of the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers.

The achievement of these objectives:

Increasing and Strengthening the Professional Prestige – The affiliation of Lawyers to Organisations that enjoy adequate credibility leads to an increase in the Prestige for Lawyers because Clients perceive this as a validation of their professionalism. The WOLEP International Network of Lawyers implements a branding strategy with the following key messages:

• The WOLEP International Network of Lawyers brings together Lawyers from all over the world having a high standard of legal practice;
• The WOLEP International Network of Lawyers comprises Lawyers specialising in all areas of legal practice;
• Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers focus on the Client's need;
• The WOLEP International Network of Lawyers provides Clients with access to the Lawyers’ services in a modern and easy manner.

Facilitating Clients' access to Lawyers' services – Internet access tends to become a fundamental right for the entire population of the planet, and frequent internet users are people in the target group for legal services. Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers are not only presented on the internet, but they actually work online. The goal of the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers is for WOLEP.COM to become the first option, the reflex gesture that a Client has when in need of a Lawyer’s services.

Facilitating Professional Collaboration between Lawyers in the WOLEP Network – By joining the WOLEP International Network, a Lawyer or a law firm increases their professional capacity. Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers can offer their Clients legal services that are not found in their practice area or that involve activities in other countries or regions. By subcontracting activities or by sharing Clients, Lawyers actually increase their professional capacity, they can do more for their Clients.

Increasing the income from the activity performed as a Lawyer for the members of the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers – The purpose of all these objectives is, in the end, to increase the income for Lawyers or law firms in the WOLEP International Network. It is natural to pursue this goal; this is how professional satisfaction and recognition are translated.

Our values

What unites Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network is shared values:

These values are:

Professionalism – Lawyers have and are committed to maintaining a high standard of legal practice so that their Clients are fully satisfied with collaborating with the selected Lawyer.

Respect – Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network respect the work, professionalism, prestige and values of Lawyers.

Prestige - Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network are aware of the importance of professional prestige for the career of a Lawyer and are committed to actively contribute to increasing and consolidating the professional prestige of Lawyers in the WOLEP Network.

Prestige of the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers – As an associative entity, the WOLEP Network also enjoys Prestige. Every Lawyer in the Network shall contribute to increasing the prestige of the Network and shall refrain from any action that could affect its good reputation.

Professional Collaboration - Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers are willing to enter into Professional Collaborations with other Lawyers in the Network, in a way that these Collaborations do not affect their professional independence and the commitments made to other forms of exercising the profession.

Loyalty - Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers undertake to show loyalty to the Network and to act in its interest at least in situations where they want to recommend a Client who needs a Lawyer specialising in a different practice area, from another country or from another region. At least in this situation, Lawyers in the WOLEP Network shall be recommended.

Honesty - In the Collaboration relationships established between the members of the Network, the Lawyers shall follow the rule: "What a colleague ought to know is my duty to let them know, and what ought to be paid to a colleague is my duty to pay them".

Professional secrecy - Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers undertake to fully respect the professional secrecy regarding any Lawyer in the WOLEP Network. To this end, they shall not request confidential information, shall not share confidential information and shall not disclose such information, regardless of the context or regardless of how they came to know confidential information.

Own Clients – Clients of a Lawyer or Law Firm in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyer belong to that Lawyer or to that Law firm. No Lawyer or Law Firm in the WOLEP Network shall hire, make an offer or enter into a collaboration of any kind with a Client of another Lawyer in the WOLEP Network, except in the case of a Professional Collaboration when the conditions of the established Collaboration shall be exactly observed.

Professional Independence - Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers are and remain fully independent in the exercise of their professional activities. The WOLEP International Network of Lawyers does not exercise control or authority, of any kind, over the professional activity of the Lawyers in the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers.

The WOLEP International Network of Lawyers is suitable for those Lawyers who have the following career priorities:

1. High professional standard;
2. They want to increase their professional relevance and to access the international market of legal services;
3. They appreciate the Cooperation with Lawyers who have different practice areas or who practice in different regions;
4. They want to offer their services to the Clients through the specific means of the internet;

You are an internationally relevant Lawyer

Business is global, people are looking for opportunities in other countries or regions and they need the services of Lawyers.

Lawyers from the WOLEP International Network are promoted globally, through specific means of the Internet, and their services are accessible to Clients "at a click away". WOLEP website is currently translated into English, French, Spanish, Italian and Romanian. In the next 2 months it will also be translated into German, Polish and Dutch. Clients who speak these languages can use the website in their native language and can benefit from Live or Written Legal Consultations from the Lawyers registered on the website, regardless of the country or region where they practice law regularly.

You belong to an International Organization

Lawyers who have joined the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers may perform various specific activities for the Clients of other Network Lawyers or may entrust the performance of certain activities to other Network Lawyers, for their own Clients. Each Lawyer is paid for his/her work. Lawyers can share one or more Clients. Lawyers can work together on one or more Projects.

You can offer your Clients legal services in all countries where the WOLEP Network has Lawyers and from all the practice areas of the Lawyers in the Network.

The resources of the Network can be used by any Lawyer or Law Firm that has joined the Network.

Online Legal Consultations, video-audio or Drafting legal documents

People want to buy anything on the internet. It's more convenient. The rules imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic have led to an increase in the habit of buying goods or services on the Internet.

Lawyers who have joined the WOLEP International Network of Lawyers can provide Online Legal Consultations, video-audio or Drafting legal documents and can collect fees for these activities.

The WOLEP website holds the necessary infrastructure to offer Online Legal Consultations and to collect fees in conditions of confidentiality and full security.

Clients attracted by WOLEP website are your Clients and if they want to hire you for a case or a project, you don’t have to pay any commission. You pay a commission only for the fee related to the Online Consultation provided, for the fee collected through the platform, and such commission covers the cost of bank fees, the payment processor and the computer support used.

Frequently Asked Questions

1. What is the WOLEP Network?

The WOLEP Network - “World Online Lawyers with Excellent Practice” is an international community of lawyers who have adhered to the Vision, Mission and Values of the Network as they are presented publicly. Only lawyers who have the right to practice law according to the law of the country where they normally practice law can join the Network.

2. What are my obligations if I join the WOLEP?

As a member of the WOLEP Network you undertake to observe the Values of the network, to contribute to the success of the Mission of the network and you agree with its Vision.

The WOLEP Network is a community of lawyers who have a high standard of legal practice, who appreciate professional cooperation and who want to access the market for legal services on the Internet. Obligations of lawyers who have joined the WOLEP Network are in the category of those who define the professionalism of lawyers and their ethical collegial conduct.

3. What are my rights if I join the WOLEP Network?

Any member of the WOLEP Network has the right to make full use of the infrastructure and tools made available to the Network by the WOLEP website.

4. Do I have to pay a fee to be a member of the WOLEP Network or to use the WOLEP platform?

Members of the WOLEP Network do not have to pay an annual fee just to join the network and have a Profile Page on WOLEP.

At this time, lawyers who have joined the WOLEP Network do not pay an “annual membership fee” or “usage fee” for the WOLEP platform, as there are no monthly expenses to be borne by the Network for the benefit of these members. The network is in the process of being set up.

From the perspective of the internet law services market, the network's Mission is to be relevant, a real option for Clients who need law services and who are looking for such services on the internet.

We appreciate that in order to be relevant, to represent a real option in choosing a lawyer, Clients looking for lawyer services on the internet should find on the WOLEP platform at least 20 lawyers from a country.

Only after at least 20 lawyers from one country are registered on the WOLEP platform, we will be able to start the promotion campaigns on Google Ads and Facebook, etc. in order to attract Clients for the benefit of those lawyers and only then will there be expenses. That is the time when lawyers who have joined the Network should pay a membership fee.

Until then, it is not necessary for Lawyers joining the WOLEP Network to pay a "membership fee" or a "platform usage fee".

The value of the "membership fee" or the "platform usage fee" for a lawyer is 1000 Euro / year. In the case of law firms, the amount of the fee is reduced depending on the number of lawyers.

Lawyers who will get involved and join the Network, since the establishment of the network, will benefit from a 50% discount on the "user fee - membership fee" for the first year.

5. Can joining the WOLEP Network attract incompatibilities or situations specific to the "conflict of interest" for lawyers who are part of the Network?

Lawyers joining the WOLEP Network do not share data or information related to professional secrecy. In fact, maintaining professional secrecy is a Value for lawyers in the WOLEP Network.

This is why joining the WOLEP Network cannot lead to incompatibilities or “conflict of interest” situations for lawyers in the Network.

ROMEO COSMA, COORDINATOR, WOLEP NETWORK

Romeo Cosma is a lawyer with over 26 years of professional experience, of which 22 years at the head of his own law firm, with offices in Bucharest, Galați and Constanța.

Romeo confesses that the WOLEP project was born, for him, as part of a natural process of professional evolution, thanks to his work experiences, the environment in which he has been working for a long time and the realization that professional collaboration between lawyers is a fundamental value.

With a proven pedigree in the legal business, confirmed by the success of the legal portal Avocatura.com, one of the pioneers of the market in Romania since the 90s, Romeo believes in lawyers working with each other, but also in their professionalism and honesty in dealing with clients.

His passions outside the office include spending time with his family, travelling, psychology and quantum physics.

SONIA PASQUALI - ENGLISH - ITALIAN TRANSLATOR

Sonia Pasquali is an Italian Lawyer with a passion for the world of translation.

She joined WOLEP as a member of the network, seeking an opportunity to improve professionally.

After a few months, she also joined the WOLEP team as a translator: she fell so in love with the project and environment, she couldn't help but be willing to bring her translating skills; localizing the Italian WOLEP website at its best.

Sonia also translates on a volunteer basis for the Italian start-up Novelle Leggere.

Curious by nature, Sonia's always willing to learn something new: a new recipe, a new language, or a new subject matter (right now she's studying accounting, and translating from Romanian into Italian a book of the WOLEP teammate Teodor Burnar).

She loves cooking, swimming, her cat Miss Grey, and being out in the beauty of nature.

ADELINA ZAPIS - HEAD OF NETWORK DEVELOPMENT AT WOLEP

Adelina Zapis is Head of Network Development at WOLEP, with 8 years of previous experience in marketing for real estate projects.

She is a graduate of the Faculty of Economic Sciences, majoring in Marketing and of the Master's degree, majoring in International Business Administration, from the University "Dunărea de Jos" Galați. She is currently enrolled in the Faculty of Law at "Danubius" University of Galați.

After graduation, she worked for a Spanish real estate company where she carried out specific real estate marketing activities. During this collaboration, Adelina discovered her passion for foreign languages, a passion that she has put to good use by obtaining a translator's license for Spanish and English. Becoming a translator is one of her greatest achievements.

Among the values she believes in are professional commitment, passion for the profession and respect for the work of others.

INA NEAGU - HEAD OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT AT WOLEP

She is a sociologist, communication and public relations specialist, trainer and personal development advisor.

She draws on her extensive experience of over 10 years in various fields such as sales, customer support and personal development.

Ina strongly believes that social evolution lies in personal evolution and the latter is enhanced by continuous learning. She is a promoter of respect, loyalty, honesty and professionalism.

Passionate about human nature and everything that can encompass the field of personal development, Ina is involved in projects related to psychology, NLP, emotional intelligence, communication, mindfulness.

TEODOR BURNAR - CHIEF OF CONTENT AT WOLEP

Teodor Burnar is Chief of Content at WOLEP, a position in which he uses his more than 15 years of experience in publishing and online and print media. Throughout his career, Teodor has coordinated several successful publications and projects, one of the most important being the legal portal Avocatura.com, with which he has been recognized in the legal press in Romania.

For Teodor, the WOLEP project is an opportunity to develop his outstanding interpersonal skills on an international stage and to broaden his linguistic and cultural horizons. In fact, what made him join the project was precisely its scope and eminently generous goals.

When he's not talking to lawyers and partners all over the world, Teodor maintains his passion for writing - a field in which he has already published two books of poetry and as many books of prose, travel, football and technology. As Teodor Burnar holds a PhD in History from the University of Bucharest, his motto is "Aut caesar aut nihil" ("Either Caesar or nothing").

ȘTEFANIA BICHER - UI/UX & GRAPHIC DESIGNER

In the course of your professional life, you may discover many things you are passionate about, but only a few will bring you true satisfaction and keep you motivated. This principle also applies to Ștefania's career path.

Her career in communication and marketing started at 19, with her first role as a copywriter, while studying at SNSPA - Communication and Public Relations. A year later, she also discovered her passion for graphic design, which proved to be defining for the projects she has been involved in so far. Today, after 8 years experimenting in the fields of copywriting, performance, photography, graphic design and UI/UX, Ștefania can say that she has gained a broad perspective on the activities that contribute to the growth of a business, from startup to successful company.

COSTINEL MANOLE - ADMINISTRATOR, WOLEP.COM

Costinel Manole is the manager of Avocatura COM SRL, which created and manages Wolep.com. Licensed in programming, Costinel has been working since 2003 in the online services industry dedicated to lawyers.

His previous projects include web portals that have registered up to 500,000 visitors per month, such as Executari.com and Avocatura.com. He is motivated by innovative and complex projects but also by simple problems for which others are yet to find a solution.

Costinel is passionate about the latest technologies but at the same time spends most of his free time in nature. A week without any contact with nature is in his opinion a week spent in vain.