Ms Ileana Glodeanu > Wolf Theiss > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Wolf Theiss‘ practice ‘combines in-depth local knowledge with international reach’, assisting clients with proceedings at competition authorities, telecom and consumer protection offices, and data protection matters. Particular areas of strength include IT outsourcing, cloud computing, and e-commerce, with an emphasis on commercial and M&A matters. Ileana Glodeanu co-ordinates both the corporate M&A and TMT practices; ‘agile and dedicated‘ Flavius Florea heads the TMT, IP and data protection team. Florea has experience of both Romanian and wider European data privacy laws, advising both high-profile, international companies and tech start-ups.

The ‘very experienced and knowledgeable’ energy and natural resources team at Wolf Theiss provides an integrated service across the CEE region, with longstanding experience of the sector and a number of specialist practitioners. It advises across the entire lifecycle of large-scale energy projects, with expertise in the relevant political, legislative and regulatory factors. Renewable energy is a particular focus for the team, with a sub-group in the area co-ordinated by practice head Bryan Jardine. Ileana Glodeanu is also recommended in this area.

The ‘innovative and proactive’ employment team at Wolf Theiss is experienced in all areas of labour and employment law, providing advice on sensitive matters including restructuring, transactions, data privacy and recurring advice to HR departments. Partners Ileana Glodeanu and Adelina Iftime-Blagean co-head the team; the latter, who was made partner in June 2023, combines employment law experience with knowledge of compliance and personal data protection for clients both domestic and international. Andreea Stan, described ‘an excellent lawyer both in knowledge and client communication’ has additional experience in litigation and M&A.

The Bucharest office of Wolf Theiss fields a team with robust experience in restructuring and insolvency matters. Key areas of instruction for the group include insolvency litigation, administration procedures and matters pertaining to the personal liability of directors. Ileana Glodeanu heads up the practice, in which Andreea Zvâc, Cornelia Postelnicu, Smaranda Văcaru and litigation expert Ligia Popescu are key practitioners.

Wolf Theiss‘ corporate and M&A offering in Romania includes assisting prominent international entities, private equity clients and software developers with a range of transactional matters. The team has been kept busy acting for private equity funds, and advising multinational clients on group restructurings. Practice head Ileana Glodeanu is ‘very inspiring’, and is highly regarded for her expertise in assisting TMT, energy and pharmaceutical companies with transactional matters. Managing partner of the Bucharest office Bryan Jardine is a key name in the team. Counsels Mihai Coadă and George Ghitu and senior associate Cornelia Postelnicu, who provides ‘excellent advice on issues associated with M&A matters’, are also recommended. The group was bolstered by the arrival of Andreea Cărare in February 2023.