Energy and environment
I assist investors and developers across the full life-cycle of energy projects, with a focus on renewables (wind and photovoltaic): from land rights and permitting to grid connection, financing and transaction.
Typical work
- ANRE set-up authorisations and licences
- bankable project due diligence for wind and photovoltaic parks
- land rights: superficies, easements, access, use
- grid connection and relations with distribution and transmission operators
- prosumers and support schemes
- environmental obligations in permitting and operation
Real estate development and construction
I have worked with developers, contractors and investors for over a decade: land due diligence before acquisition, transaction structuring, permitting assistance and the contracts that keep a site moving, with particular care for the contractual balance between employer and contractor.
Typical work
- real estate due diligence and land book verification
- pre-sale agreements, sales, exchanges, plot divisions and mergers
- works and subcontracting agreements: drafting, negotiation, payment mechanisms and guarantees
- building permits and relations with local authorities
- acceptance procedures, performance guarantees, remedying of defects
- neighbouring properties: easements, access roads, boundaries, co-ownership
Corporate law. Foreign investors
I assist Romanian entrepreneurs and foreign investors, particularly from France, Italy and the Netherlands, entering and operating on the Romanian market: the right structure, documents done properly from the outset, and a frictionless relationship with the Trade Registry and the tax administration.
Typical work
- incorporation of companies, branches and secondary offices
- articles of association, shareholders' agreements, governance
- share transfers and internal restructurings
- domestic and cross-border mergers [Directive (EU) 2019/2121]
- withdrawal and exclusion of shareholders; valuation of rights
- ongoing bilingual assistance for foreign groups present in Romania
Public procurement, concessions, PPP
A field in which I also hold a dedicated academic specialisation (LL.M. in Public Procurement, Concessions and PPP, University of Bucharest): I assist economic operators and contracting authorities in procedures, in remedies and throughout the life of the contract, where the real stakes are decided.
Typical work
- bid strategy, clarifications, tender documentation
- challenges before the CNSC and appeals before the court of appeal
- performance of public contracts: amendments, price adjustment, penalties, termination
- works and services concessions
- public-private partnership structures
Civil and commercial litigation
I run disputes from the initial merits assessment through to enforcement: an honest evaluation of the risks, methodically built evidence, and advocacy at first instance, on appeal and in second appeal. Construction disputes and shareholder conflicts form a significant part of the practice. Administrative litigation also belongs here: I represent companies, individuals and public-sector professionals in their dealings with the authorities, from the mandatory preliminary complaint through to second appeal, including applications to suspend enforcement of administrative acts.
Typical work
- contractual and tort liability claims
- construction disputes: delay penalties, performance guarantees, defects, acceptance procedures
- ownership claims, boundary actions, easements, access roads and judicial partitions (inheritance or co-ownership)
- shareholder disputes, withdrawal from the company and valuation of shares
- enforcement challenges and defence at the enforcement stage
- annulment and suspension of administrative acts; damages for losses caused by public authorities
- civil service and higher education matters: appointments, dismissals, competitions, salary rights
- permits and approvals: urban planning, environment, operation
Outsourced legal department
For companies whose activity does not justify an in-house legal department: a monthly retainer covering day-to-day advice, contracts and sensitive correspondence, with agreed response times and a single point of contact who comes to know the business from the inside.
Typical work
- drafting and reviewing day-to-day contracts
- ad-hoc written and telephone advice
- pre-litigation correspondence: notices, demands, responses
- assistance in negotiations
- alerts on legislative changes relevant to the client's activity