Perry V. Zizzi > Dentons > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile
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Perry V. Zizzi
Work Department
Private Equity, Mergers and Acquisitions, Real Estate, Securities and Corporate Finance
Position
Perry V. Zizzi is Managing Partner of the Bucharest office and head of the Corporate practice group in Romania. He has over a quarter century of experience advising on M&A in the emerging markets of Central and Eastern Europe, Western Europe, the US and elsewhere. He has particular expertise advising private equity clients and he is recognized as a market leader in real estate M&A.
Career
Managing Partner – Dentons, Bucharest (2018-present); Partner – Dentons, Bucharest (2014-2018); Partner – Clifford Chance, Bucharest and Kyiv (2007-2014); Partner – Salans, Bucharest (2007); Counsel – Altheimer & Gray and Salans, Bucharest and Prague (2003-2007); Associate – Skadden, Arps, Paris (2000-2003); Associate – Debevoise & Plimpton, New York and London (1995-2000); Assistant to Assemblyman Ralph Eannace, Utica and Albany (1992); Volunteer – US Peace Corps, Republic of Palau (1989-1991)
Languages
English, Romanian, French, Italian, Spanish
Memberships
Admitted to the Bar, New York, 1995;
Registered foreign attorney at the Bar, Bucharest, 2004
Education
Columbia University School of Law, 1995, JD;
Georgetown University, 1989, AB, Government
Lawyer Rankings
Romania > TMT
Praised for its ‘international experience and expertise together with detailed local knowledge‘, the TMT team at Dentons advises ‘big tech’ telecoms and media companies, private equity, venture capital funds, and start-ups alike, with a client list which includes a number of high-profile media companies. Cristina Daianu leads the firm’s venture tech practice. Daianu ‘has extensive know-how on advising start-ups in the tech sector‘ and focuses her practice on tech investment transactions. Perry Zizzi, managing partner, has experience with significant cross border acquisitions in the sector, while ‘epic’ senior associate Andrei Vartires has a history representing clients before the Romanian parliament.
Romania > Real estate and construction
(Leading individuals)The ‘dedicated, professional, proactive‘ real estate team at Dentons in Bucharest handles a range of matters across M&A and investments, financing, leasing, litigation and development. A particular area of expertise for the team is title insurance matters, spanning the office, retail, data centre, logistics, hotels and leisure, and residential sectors, alongside work in the renewable energy space. Team head Bogdan Papandopol is described as ‘very flexible, hardworking and pragmatic’. Perry Zizzi is also recommended as ‘the standout practitioner in the market’, with a practice focused on cross-border real estate M&A work.
Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A
Dentons‘ Bucharest team has a significant presence on major cross-border transactions, with recognised strength in handling real estate, tech, and agribusiness sector work. Joint ventures and M&A deals involving green energy have been key drivers of work for the group. Practice head Perry Zizzi, who is managing partner of the firm’s Romania office, is lauded for his ‘outstanding expertise in M&A and transactions‘, and regularly acts for private equity clients in mandates. Real estate M&A is another area of focus for Zizzi. Cristina Daianu is active in tech-focused M&A transactions, and Cristian Popescu is well-versed in advising on agribusiness, energy and IT matters. Counsels Cristina Marcu and Doru Postelnicu are further names to note.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Romania > Real estate and construction
- Commercial, corporate and M&A Romania
- Real estate and construction Romania
- TMT Romania