Filip & Company is a highly regarded firm in the financial space in Romania, and is recognised for its solid track record in representing major domestic banks and investment companies. Multijurisdictional matters are a core area of strength for the team. Practice head Alina Stancu Bîrsan has extensive experience handling transactions, refinancing matters, and regulatory issues for banks. Founding partner Alexandru Bîrsan focuses on capital markets-related matters. Alexandra Manciulea stands out as ‘one of the foremost structured finance professionals on the market’. Rebecca Marina and Camelia Iantuc are key names in the group.
Testimonials
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‘Substantial and consistent partner time allocation. High availability, excellent service level and timely deliverables.’
‘Alexandra Manciulea is one of the foremost structured finance professionals on the market, with exemplary reputation within the lending environment. She has impeccable technical skillset, also doubled by strong negotiation capabilities.’
‘A very well skilled professional team with a wide exposure to different transactions. Plus a lot of flexibility to customer's needs.’
‘Alina Stancu Birsan and Rebecca Marina - very good theoretical preparation doubled by an excellent practical exposure to different cases. A remarkable understanding of the customer's needs and an ongoing readiness to ever changing demands from customers. Also, an incredible anticipation of the expectations from customers and, thus, there are always available well tailored contingency scenarios.’
‘Filip & Company is one of the best-known consulting teams in the Romanian banking and finance consulting market. They have always proven to be an honest, experienced and results-oriented partner, regardless of which side of the table they are.’
‘Alina Stancu, Rebecca Marina, Alexandra Manciulea and Camelia Iantuc consistently demonstrated to us that a lawyer is more than a consultant, they are a deal maker, if you choose your lawyers wisely.’
‘Very knowledgeable of the banking sector.'
‘A team of professionals always prepared with the best counsel.’
Key clients
- RCS&RDS S.A./ DIGI Communications N.V.
- Romanian Ministry of Public Finance
- One United Properties
- Banca Transilvania S.A.
- Banca Comerciala Romana
- Raiffeisen Bank S.A.
- Raiffeisen Digital Bank AG
- Raiffeisen Bank International AG
- Holde Agri Invest
- UniCredit Bank S.A.
- Oresa Limited
- Magnet Developments
- Alpha Bank
- Credit Europe Bank S.A.
- Abris Capital Partners
- eMAG/ Dante International
- Romanian Business Consult
- Coöperatieve Rabobank U.A.
- Piraeus Bank SA
- Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB
- ING Bank NV Amsterdam, Bucharest Branch
- Victoriabank S.A.
Work highlights
- Assisted Digi Group with four international financings.
- Advised Holde Agri Invest on a club loan granted by Banca Transilvania and OTP Bank worth over €33m.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Alina Stancu Birsan