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A big week for CMS Cameron McKenna in Romania. The firm has announced that it has promoted two lawyers to Partner in Bucharest, and added another team of lawyers from RVR Energy, a Romanian energy-focused boutique.

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CMS New Partners Team: (from left) Varinia Radu, Gabriel Sidere, Loredana Mihailescu, Simona Marin

The two promoted lawyers, Simona Marin and Loredana Mihailescu, were promoted as part of the appointment of 31 new CMS partners across Europe, initially reported by CEE Legal Matters on April 29. Gabriel Sidere, the Managing Partner of CMS in Romania, comments: "This is an exciting time for CMS in Romania – we are building for the future. With the creation of these new partners, we are establishing the ‘next generation’ of colleagues who will continue to take CMS forward.”

Mihailescu is Head of Energy at CMS in Romania. She specializes in energy and environmental law, with a particular focus on renewable energy and oil & gas, and will lead the newly expanded Bucharest Energy team moving forward.

Marin is a dual-qualified (UK and US) senior lawyer, with a focus on project finance, real estate finance and other financing structures, syndicated and bilateral, secured and unsecured. 

Varinia Radu, who brings a team with her from RVR Energy, founded that firm in 2004. She has over 12 years’ experience in the oil & gas, electricity and mineral resources sectors. She advises a clients on Energy-related issues such as licensing, trading, privatizations, public acquisitions, turn-key projects for energy production facilities for conventional and renewable energy, joint-ventures, petroleum concessions, development of mature oil and gas assets in Romania, farm-out agreements, M&A and financing transactions, and has been involved in the drafting of several important legislative initiatives in the sector in Romania. She joins CMS as a Partner and will assume the regional role of Head of Oil & Gas in CEE, as well as Deputy Coordinator of the CEE Energy group. "We are delighted to join CMS. CMS has an excellent reputation in the Energy sector – in Romania and globally – and is the perfect platform for our growing practice in terms of depth of industry expertise and global footprint," she said. "We can now leverage our success as a boutique law firm with the deeper resources and geographical reach that CMS can offer our clients.” 

Sidere was equally enthusiastic, saying: "The CMS Bucharest team works on projects and transactions all over the region – indeed the world. Developing our regional and global offering is what drives our growth strategy for CMS in Romania. We are there for our clients – be that knowing their industry inside-out or providing services wherever they need them in the world. The combination of CMS and RVR not only enhances our commitment to serving energy clients in Romania, but also strengthens our regional energy offering.” He continued that : "We have been able to attract a top-notch partner with outstanding legal and commercial expertise and experience in the energy sector. The addition of Varinia and her team will deepen and expand the service offering available to our energy clients, and is a another important milestone in our growth strategy for CMS in Romania – and the wider region.”

 

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Țuca Zbârcea & Asociații is a full-service independent law firm, employing cross-disciplinary teams of lawyers, insolvency practitioners, tax consultants, IP counsellors, economists and staff members. It also operates a secondary law office in Cluj-Napoca (Romania), and has a ‘best-friend’ agreement with a leading law firm in the Republic of Moldova. In addition, thanks to the firm’s dedicated Foreign Desks, the team provides the full range of services to international investors seeking to gain a foothold or expand their existing operations in Romania. Since 2019, the firm and its tax arm are collaborating with Andersen Global in Romania.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii is providing legal services in every aspect of business, covering all major areas of practice: corporate and M&A; litigation and international arbitration; corporate tax; public procurement; TMT; employment; insurance; banking and finance; capital markets; competition; healthcare and pharmaceutical; energy and natural resources; environmental; intellectual property; real estate; regulatory legal services.

Țuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii is a First-Tier law firm in all international legal directories and a multiple award-winning law firm both locally and internationally. It received the CEE Deal of the Year Award (DOTY Awards 2021) and the Law Firm of the Year Award: Romania (IFLR Europe Awards 2021). 

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