His multidisciplinary expertise in the corporate governance and energy sectors alike, alongside with his problem solving and result oriented approach have enabled Andrei to expediently carve-out a path amongst the already seasoned practitioners.
In addition to his transactional work, Andrei is also constantly advising international and domestic clients on a full range of matters related to various commercial agreements and general corporate/organizational matters pertaining to the day to day operation of the Romanian entities such as shareholders agreements, corporate restructurings, management/boards related reorganizations, as well as on other sensitive corporate aspects in a variety of contexts.
His diverse practice also focuses on aviation deals, preponderantly the sale/purchase of executive jets and “dry lease” of commercial airliners.
A US company in the oil field services industry, in connection with a USD 400 million worldwide transaction (in over 25 jurisdictions), which involves the exploitation of businesses as a global provider of tubular profile services for drilling, cables for pipeline works, equipment and accessories rentals and Recovery and Repair services for drilling, operations and abandonment in the oil services industry. The mandate involved an extensive due diligence, structuring and implementation of the transaction at local level, authorizations and registration, transfer of employees, transfer of assets and key commercial contracts, including the transfer of the Recovery and Repair activities / DRILCO.
A major European energy company, with respect to the acquisition, development and construction of a wind power plant in Romania with an installed capacity of 50 MW, including aspects related to structuring and negotiating the acquisition of relevant equipment, sale-purchase agreements, EPC and O&M contracts.
The Romanian branch of a global player in the area of electrical energy and utilities operator from key areas of electrical energy and natural gases, in connection to restructuring the portfolio of sale-purchase agreements of electrical energy and green certificates, in view of optimizing them.
A major green energy company, during the full-scope acquisition of a green energy project in the field of wind generation, Salbatica 2, with an installed capacity of 72 MW.
An important Spanish developer of renewable energy projects, with respect to the development and sale of a wind farm with an installed capacity of approximately 250 MW, located in Dobrogea.
A leading German retailer in the field of FMCG in various energy related projects, such as installation of its own electricity production units on the rooftops of its retail stores, installation of electrical stations for recharge of electric vehicles, securing of various endorsements for the purpose of operating such, as well as for related operations for ensuring predictable energy supply on their entire retail network in Romania caused by the recent energy crisis as well as the conflict near Romanian borders, such as interactions with energy regulators and multiple rounds of negotiation with energy suppliers to secure stability of network supply.
The global leading online retailer, in connection with a wide array of corporate and compliance legal matters, including the set up and expansion of its software development center in Iasi, reorganization and partial transfer of operations to a new Romanian entity within the same group, as well as the strategic reorganization of the company.
A global manager of alternative investment products, for private and institutional clients, founded in Bahrain in 1982, with offices in United States, United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, India, China and Singapore and a 34.2 billion USD value of assets under management, in connection with the takeover of the 100% stake in one of the Europe’s leading centres of excellence in the field of software development, continuously active on the Romanian market since 1998, with over 400 employees.
A leading German multinational wholesale (cash & carry) group, in connection with a business transfer for IT outsourcing purposes (including IT infrastructure, employees, etc.) to a specialist IT service provider. The mandate included an insightful assessment on the best option to implement the transfer of assets and employees in the context of a multinational transaction.
A leading Romanian pharmaceutical distributor, in connection with the acquisition of the 100% of the shares of one of the largest and most esteemed pharma products distributor in Romania. The process involved a full due diligence exercise on all areas of practice as well as a tight coordination with purchaser’s tax counsel retained for this acquisition. Aside from the above, considering the particularities of the project and the cross-border impact of such, the process further involved coordinating various legal and tax counsels abroad in order to effect and implement the procedural steps.
A global leader in technology and engineering in connection with its spinoff of its business, as well as the restructuring of its portfolio, including several of its assets located in Romania, followed by their transfer under a multi-jurisdictional transaction for the amount of approximately USD 1.2 billion.
One of the largest Romanian electricity producer, distributor and supplier on several highly confidential strategic development projects, including performing a comprehensive legal due diligence in respect to a group of companies which includes an important player on the Romanian energy market and assisting the client in the subsequent transactional negotiations.
A global leader in the parcel distribution in connection with the implementation, in Romania, of its worldwide acquisition of one of its global competitors and its integration into the local business and post-closing matters, including the merger by absorption (with a cross border element), shareholding transfers, share capital increases, management changes, rebranding, regulatory support triggered by the change of control matters and group restructuring.