Mr Mihai Ristici > RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA
CHARLES DE GAULLE PLAZA, 5TH FLOOR
15 CHARLES DE GAULLE SQUARE
011857 BUCHAREST 1
Romania

Work Department

Mergers and acquisitions and mainstream corporate transactions, Capital Markets, Energy/Natural Resources.

Position

Partner

Career

Mihai Ristici is a Partner of RTPR (Radu Tărăcilă Pădurari Retevoescu SCA). Mihai focuses primarily on M&A, mainstream corporate and capital markets matters, having advised on a number of significant transactions on the Romanian market. He has more than 20 years of experience and a broad practice covering mergers and acquisitions, auctions and other private sale and purchase transactions, private equity, funds formation, corporate governance, joint ventures, NPLs acquisitions and disposals, and the full range of equity and debt capital markets transactions (including IPOs, rights issues, bond issues, listings, placings and accelerated book-builds) and regulatory advice.

Throughout his carrier he has done deals or projects in many business sectors such as energy, telecom, financial institutions, real estate, manufacturing, IT, consumer goods. He is consistently ranked as market leader or leading individual by the legal directories.

Among his clients, Sarmis Capital, Romcim, Tenaris/Silcotub, Meridiam, Wood & Co, BRD, BNP, Engie, EDP, UniCredit, Allianz Capital Partners, Asahi Group, RBS Bank, Banco Comercial Português, Electrica, Facebook, DHL stand out for landmark transactions.

In the capital markets field, Mihai frequently advises issuers and intermediaries on high profile deals on the Romanian market. Romania’s first MTN programme, Autonom’s MTN programme, UniCredit Bank S.A.’s series of bond issues, Electrica’s IPO or Purcari’s IPO, Agricover’s attempted IPO and admission to trading on the Bucharest Stock Exchange stand out for significant transactions.

Languages

Mihai Ristici is fluent in English.

Memberships

Mihai Ristici is a qualified Romanian lawyer, registered with the Bucharest Bar. He is a member of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations.

Education

Mihai Ristici graduated from the University of Bucharest Law Faculty, in 2001. He was admitted to the Romanian Bar in 2001 and he was the first in the country out of more than 2,000 candidates of which only 22 passed the Bar exam.

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > Energy and natural resources

Harnessing the firm’s wider M&A and corporate capabilities, the RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA energy team has standout experience advising on energy-sector transactions. Its focus is on the development of electricity distribution and renewables projects, alongside regulatory and reporting requirements. A recent area of growth for the team is in providing regulatory assistance for the development of greenfield projects. Victor Pădurari, team co-head, has a notable track record acting for international financial institutions in their project financing matters; co-head Mihai Ristici delivers ‘creative solutions’ to crossover M&A matters.

Romania > Capital markets

(Hall of Fame)

Mihai RisticiRTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA‘s capital markets team has strength in handling both debt and equity transactions, and has a solid track record in handling a number of high-profile IPOs. The practice continues to be instructed in IPOs and debt work. Practice co-heads Mihai Ristici and Victor Pădurari regularly represent major international banks and investment companies in mandates. The ‘very skilled and very dedicatedMarina Fecheta-Giurgica and rising star Vlad Stamatescu ably support the duo.

Romania > Commercial, corporate and M&A

The corporate and commercial practice at RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA has ‘one of the most experienced teams in M&A deals in Romania’; private equity acquisitions have been a key driver of work for the group. The large department is jointly led by Mihai Ristici, who brings over 20 years of experience in advising on M&A, private equity, fund formation and corporate governance, to name a few areas, and the ‘highly experienced, skilled and commercialCostin Tărăcilă. Other key practitioners include Alina Stăvaru, Roxana Ionescu, who has expertise in acting for clients in heavily regulated sectors, and managing associates Cezara Urzica and Andrei Tosa.

Romania > TMT

RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA‘s TMT team offers expertise across licensing agreements, technology transfer agreements and distribution agreements in addition to M&A transactions in the TMT sector. It has longstanding experience working with communications and cable operators, equipment and network suppliers, and technology companies, leveraging its partnership with A&O Shearman to support a number of international clients. A number of team members also have experience with data protection matters. Managing partner Costin Tărăcilă regularly acts for private equity funds in regard to their investments in the sector, and co-leads the team alongside Mihai Ristici.