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Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners

Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners

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Romania

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Banking and finance

Zamfirescu Racoti Vasile & Partners is one of the firms to note when it comes to Romania’s green financing market, acting for a number of banks and financial institutions in such deals and holding ESG aspects at the core of its banking and finance offering. Co-leader of the group Ioana Racoti is a corporate finance expert with extensive experience and a diverse portfolio of clients. Racoti's co-lead, Elena Iacob, assists numerous banks and non-banking financial institutions with statutory and regulatory matters.
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Accolades

Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge

Testimonials

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  • ‘Ioana Racoti is one of the founding partners and a hands-on partner, one of the most loyal attorneys that I have met in my career, very hands on, very accurate, very dedicated to her job.'
  • ‘The team distinguishes itself through the hands-on involvement of senior lawyers who combine pragmatism with deep expertise and a strong understanding of clients’ business needs.’
  • 'Elena Iacob is a partner with extensive experience in banking and finance, former internal counsel of a major bank, with an inside view of every transaction and with a pragmatic and efficient approach.’
  • ‘ZRVP is one of the most seasoned and experienced Romanian law firms, with cross-domain exposure and also with cross-border activity in all legal fields. A one stop shop for the most complex clients.’
  • ‘In particular, partner Ioana Racoti is an exceptional lawyer and individual – resourceful, constructive, and consistently able to identify solutions that lead to the successful closing of transactions.’
  • ‘I think the firm is a very good law firm, as it does meet the main criteria of assessment: reputation, capabilities, adaptability to changing circumstances, quality of staff and management. I think “business savvy” is a great term to describe this team.’

Key clients

  • Garanti BankS.A. DHB Bank S.A. Intesa Sanpaolo Romania ALRO S.A. First Bank Iliotomi Group

Work highlights

Advised Alro SA, in its capacity as borrower, on a $40m facility for investment purposes.
Advised DHB Bank on a loan for financing the construction of a photovoltaic panel project.
Assisted Iliotomi Group with a restructuring and settlement transaction with Eurobank regarding the financing granted to a real estate developer for a prime location office building in Bucharest.
Practice head

Ioana Racoti; Elena Iacob

Other key lawyers

Adina Rotaru; Denisa Neamtiu

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