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Cătălin is a co-founder and managing partner of the firm and leads its corporate transactions and TMT practices.

His work is primarily transactional, advising international and domestic clients on corporate and M&A transactions and on corporate financing, with particular expertise in corporate reorganisations, where legal, tax, and commercial reasoning have to be held in a single view. 

He advises global digital and industrial technology companies, alongside high-growth and early-stage businesses, on VC and M&A transactions and on commercial and regulatory matters in Romania and across the region. His industry experience spans digital and industrial technology, financial services, manufacturing, and energy and utilities.

He built the firm's technology practice into one of Romania's top-tier technology practices, and it now anchors the firm's strategic focus on technology across every sector it serves, from pure technology companies to traditional businesses navigating digital change.

Cătălin began his career in competition law, holds a Master's degree in European competition law, and has authored publications on the subject in Romania and abroad. Over the years, he has held non-executive and supervisory board roles in listed companies and non-profit organisations.

Membership
Bucharest Bar Association
International Bar Association
National Insolvency Practitioners Association of Romania
Turnaround Management Association
Languages
Romanian, English, German
Qualifications
IE Business School, Madrid and London

IE’s Lawyers Management Program

University of Bremen (Germany)

Master of European Law (LL.M.Eur)

University of Bucharest

Bachelor of Law degree

Recent work
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Advising the sellers in USD100M sale of the defence manufacturing company Automecanica to Otokar
Advising multiple parties USD 20M series A financing of data structuring company Veridion
Advising leading mobility company Autonom in acquiring a participation in insurance company Eazy Asigurari
Advising SER Ranking in the USD 30M acquisition of Planable inc. in Romania and Moldova
Advising SmartID and its shareholder in connection with investment by private equity firm Sarmis Capital
Advising Creatopy and its founders on a USD 10M series A financing round
Advising the founders of Innoship in the sale of a majority participation in the company to private equity firm Arbis Capital.
Advising the management of corporate travel agency HappyTour in a MBO transaction
Advising multiple parties in relation to the USD 60M series B financing of FintechOS
Advising BSF Fund on the acquisition of majority participation in games manufacturer D-Toys
Advising the sellers in the USD 25M sale of software developer Softelligence to Encora group
Advising Nordic Capital in the acquisition of leading WMS and logistics software company

Publications