About

With over 14 years of experience in both private practice services and in-house legal counselling, Adina Calfa Dudoiu has experience of handling legal matters in the mining, telecommunication, media, audio-visual and technology as well as the chemical and mining sectors. Growing professionally as a senior lawyer within law firm CMS, whom Calfa joined in 2003, the first transaction she worked on involved the acquisition of a large electronics retailer by an international investment fund. ‘This deal introduced me to the captivating M&A world, it was the stepping stone of my beautiful ten M&A years and made me want to work on the business side’, Calfa explains. After ten years of working in private practice, Calfa decided it was time to move to the in-house field in 2013, firstly in the telecoms industry and later in the mining industry, giving her a wide range of experience and ‘a better flavour of the business world’. Between 2013 and 2016 she served as the legal director for the Romanian branch of the world’s largest international TV and broadband company, Liberty Group. In that role, Calfa was responsible for reconstructing the legal team and rebuilding its image within the company. She accomplished this by re-designing the tasks of some members of the team, tailoring it to their skills, as well as hiring other skilled professionals to strengthen the team. ‘I am proud to say that after these changes, the legal team has become the business partner our colleagues in business have always wanted’, she says. After a successful three years at Liberty, in 2017 Calfa joined mining company Rosia Montana Gold Corporation – a subsidiary company of Gabriel Resources, a listed Canadian company. Amongst her career highlights Calfa reveals that being part of the business decisions and key projects as well as the creator of certain documents that significantly improved client’s experience is ‘extremely rewarding’, adding: ‘Working with very talented professionals and knowing the insights of the key projects made me better understand that being a trustworthy and helpful business partner is key’.