‘Excellent across the board’, the corporate and M&A team at Volciuc-Ionescu makes for a strong choice in M&A and private equity transactions, regularly acting in sectors ranging from energy and construction, to technology and automotive. Clients of practice co-head Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu appreciate her ’vast knowledge of the market’. Her fellow department head is Ana Sandu, specialist advisor in this field to corporate clients, PE funds, and investment banks. Sabin Volciuc-Ionescu is a further name to note in this area and receives client praise for his pragmatism.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction
Testimonials
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‘I enjoy working with their corporate/M&A team, they are very smart, pragmatic and super helpful. They are experienced and responsive and always stick to budgets.’
‘Ana Sandu is very pragmatic and efficient and has good understanding of legal issues. Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu is very quick thinking and very valuable in negotiations. She has vast knowledge of the market and solid legal knowledge.’
‘Their lawyers are excellent across the board – very business-minded, committed, creative and focused. They prepare really well for the deals and are two steps ahead. We feel very protected with them by our side. They really understand the commercial challenges we face and focus on identifying solutions, providing practical and reasonable advice.’
‘Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu is a top-notch lawyer and a very good strategist. She is the lawyer you want to have on your side.'
- 'Ana Sandu is experienced, very hard working, attentive to details, with good commercial and tactical sense.'
- 'Sabin Volciuc-Ionescu has an excellent ability to execute deals and is very pragmatic. He is very service-oriented and commercial.’
‘Very competent and diverse team led by Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu. Highly skilled in their field and very responsive. ’
‘Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu is an outstanding corporate lawyer with deep expertise in the energy sector.’
Key clients
- Schmid Industrieholding Group
- Mytilineos Group
- Varroc Group
- Energia de Portugal Group
- Delivery Hero Group
- Electrica Group
- Xperi Group
- Montana Energy
- Lumina Renewables
- Western Union
Work highlights
Advised Autransa on the sale of 100% of its share capital to ESP Solutions Holdings, controlled by the funds Avior Capital and Blantyre Capital.
Advised Metlen group on the sale of a portfolio of four photovoltaic projects with a capacity of 211 MW to HELLENiQ Energy Holdings.
Advised a Greek entrepreneur on the sale of a group of companies active in the agribusiness in Romania to Holde Agri Invest.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu; Ana Sandu
Other key lawyers
Sabin Volciuc-Ionescu