Wolf Theiss is regularly instructed on complex real estate mandates, covering acquisitions, disposals, development, construction, financing, and associated security arrangements. The team is led by Roxana Roman, widely recognised by major banks for high-value financing and refinancing projects. Dana Toma focuses on M&A, commercial, and environmental law, while Antonia Nica is frequently instructed on legal titles, urban planning, and construction due diligence.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘The team was consistently responsive, structured in their communication, and precise in their legal assessments. Their written outputs were of high quality, tailored to our needs, and they coordinated efficiently across different legal areas involved in the projects.’
  • ‘Wolf Theiss Romania stands out for its depth of expertise, particularly in handling complex cross-border transactions and ensuring legal certainty at every stage. Their methodical, risk-aware approach makes them a reliable partner when clarity and compliance are key priorities.’
  • ‘The lawyers we worked with were highly competent, responsive, and well-organised. They quickly grasped the project specifics and provided clear, concise, and well-reasoned legal opinions. Their attention to detail, professionalism, and direct communication style enhanced the client experience throughout the engagement.’
  • ‘We worked with Wolf Theiss Romania on several occasions, primarily on due diligence exercises and the preparation of transaction documentation (SPA and related activities) for project acquisitions. The team demonstrated a high level of professionalism, strong technical competence, and a clear understanding of Romanian regulatory and transactional frameworks.’
  • Roxana Roman is a highly educated, very experienced professional, constantly updating, resourceful, intuitive, commercially oriented, and mentally structured, rapidly adjusting to changes, always solution-focused, and a great leader. Antonia, Parmina, and Anca are great team players with a good background, wide experience, high availability, and a good understanding of clients' necessities.
  • Great leadership, strong general knowledge of the team, with different abilities and focuses, capacity and availability of jumping in, based on clients' necessities. Covering almost all fields (fiscal, competition, litigation, M&A, etc.) with good professionals comforts the client in entering into complex deals.

Key clients

  • Promontoria (Cerberus Global Investments);
  • Commerzbank;
  • Erste Group Bank;
  • Apex Alliance;
  • Genesis College;
  • AFI Group;
  • DRI Energy (formerly DTEK);
  • Metso Oyj;

Work highlights

Advising Promontoria Holding 252 B.V. in the share sale of The Landmark, a 23,700 GLA premium office complex located in Bucharest’s Central Business District.
Advising Genesis College with the negotiation of a 15 years lease for their new premises of 10,000 sq.m within OMV Petrom City building to be used as private school.
Advising Metso with the ongoing acquisition of a production facility of 27,000 sq m in Oradea, Romania, to be used for a future investment.
Practice head

Roxana Roman

Other key lawyers

Dana Toma; Antonia Nica