Mr Mihai Ristici > RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA
CHARLES DE GAULLE PLAZA, 5TH FLOOR
15 CHARLES DE GAULLE SQUARE
011857 BUCHAREST 1
Romania

Work Department

Mergers and acquisitions and mainstream corporate transactions, Capital Markets, Energy/Natural Resources.

Position

Partner

Career

Mihai Ristici is a Partner of RTPR (Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA). Mihai focuses primarily on M&A, mainstream corporate and capital markets matters, having advised on a number of significant transactions on the Romanian market. He has more than 20 years of experience and a broad practice covering mergers and acquisitions, auctions and other private sale and purchase transactions, private equity, funds formation, corporate governance, joint ventures, NPLs acquisitions and disposals, and the full range of equity and debt capital markets transactions (including IPOs, rights issues, bond issues, listings, placings and accelerated book-builds) and regulatory advice.

Throughout his carrier he has done deals or projects in many business sectors such as energy, telecom, financial institutions, real estate, manufacturing, IT, consumer goods. He is consistently ranked as market leader or leading individual by the legal directories.

Among his clients, Sarmis Capital, Romcim, Tenaris/Silcotub, Meridiam, Wood & Co, BRD, BNP, Engie, EDP, UniCredit, Allianz Capital Partners, Asahi Group, RBS Bank, Banco Comercial Português, Electrica, Facebook, DHL stand out for landmark transactions.

In the capital markets field, Mihai frequently advises issuers and intermediaries on high profile deals on the Romanian market. Romania’s first MTN programme, Autonom’s MTN programme, UniCredit Bank S.A.’s series of bond issues, Electrica’s IPO or Purcari’s IPO, Agricover’s attempted IPO and admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange stand out for significant transactions.

Languages

Mihai Ristici is fluent in English.

Memberships

Mihai Ristici is a qualified Romanian lawyer, registered with the Bucharest Bar. He is a member of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations.

Education

Mihai Ristici graduated from the University of Bucharest Law Faculty, in 2001. He was admitted to the Romanian Bar in 2001 and he was the first in the country out of more than 2,000 candidates of which only 22 passed the Bar exam.

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > TMT

With established strength in assisting international clients, network suppliers and prominent tech companies, the TMT group at  RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA has extensive experience in handling technology transfer agreements and distribution agreements. Broadcasting, data protection, cloud computing and cybersecurity are also all areas of expertise for the team, which works in tandem with the firm’s dispute resolution, finance, and IP departments to support clients in a wide spectrum of matters. The practice is co-led by Costin Tărăcilă, who advises private equity funds on investments in the TMT space, and Mihai Ristici, who handles M&A transactions in the tech sector.

Romania > Energy and natural resources

With established expertise in handling oil and gas, hydropower, and electricity sector matters, the energy and natural resources team at RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA is active in renewable energy project development cases and large-scale M&A transactions in the energy sector. The client base includes global investment funds and banks. Practice co-head Victor Pădurari assists financial institutions with large-scale energy financing matters, and co-head Mihai Ristici acts for energy companies on various projects. Regulatory issues are prominent in Bogdan Cordos‘ workload.

Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA is well-equipped to handle the full suite of corporate law matters at the highest level in the Romanian market, including significant M&A transactions, restructurings, joint ventures, and commercial and contractual issues. The sizeable team is managed jointly by Costin Tărăcilă, who assists various private equity funds on acquisitions and add-on acquisitions, restructurings, and the sale of companies; and Mihai Ristici, a reliable choice across M&A, mainstream corporate, energy-related, and capital markets matters. Alina Stăvaru comes with client recommendation and is also head of the firm’s employment team. For M&A and particularly competition aspects, Roxana Ionescu is a further important contact.

Romania > Capital markets

(Hall of Fame)

Mihai RisticiRTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA

With strength in handling both debt and equity transactions, the team at RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA has been counsel to parties in a number of high-profile IPOs. The group is also well regarded for its regulatory advice in relation to capital markets matters. ‘Exceptionally experienced lawyer … for capital markets transactions’ Mihai Ristici co-leads the capital markets group with Victor Pădurari, who has expertise across banking and finance, capital markets and projects transactions. Support to the practice heads comes from Andreea Burtoiu and Vlad Stamatescu.