CEE/CIS - Romania

Bondoc si Asociatii SCA

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The banking and finance department at Bondoc si Asociatii SCA has a solid track record in handling transactional and regulatory matters. The team’s workload includes acquisition, corporate and aviation finance, green financing and financial regulatory issues. The ‘seasoned professional’ Simona Petrișor heads up the practice, and combines regulatory expertise with strength in advising on high-end finance transactions. Diana Ispas’ broad practice takes in banking, finance and capital markets matters. At managing associate level, Alexandru Achim and Florin Sandu stand out.

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Testimonials

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  • ‘Very deep understanding of the internal, EU and international regulations in the field. Excellent capability to adapt to the customer's needs and to the actual situation.’

  • ‘Simona Petrisor is a seasoned professional, who always proves excellence in the quality of the works and advices.'

  • 'Florin Sandu is a great professional in the field and also very responsive and attentive with deadlines.’

  • ‘Simona Petrisor - High professional standards, integrity and high-quality legal advice.’

  • ‘This team gathers lawyers with excellent legal knowledge and expertise and a high level of business understanding. Extremely diligent and detail oriented, but focused and dedicated to getting deals done in the best conditions for their clients. It is very well balanced in terms of the profile and professional experience of the team’s key members, with great professional and personal synergies that allow them to provide quick and spot-on solutions.’

  • ‘Simona Petrișor’s outstanding legal knowledge (on various complementary areas of the law), commitment and attention to details. She is always aware of every single detail of the transaction and works side by side with the team on delivering best legal solutions and surpassing any obstacles that may appear along the way.'

  • 'Alexandru Achim - key member of the team, resourceful and efficient with good ability to cover efficiently a broad range of transactional and regulatory topics.’

  • ‘The team is very knowledgeable about the subject matter related to payment institutions and how they are authorized by central banks, in particular the National Bank of Romania. The process is quite tricky from a legal and bureaucratic perspective, and they knew just how to navigate it perfectly.’

Key clients

  • A&M Capital Advisors Europe LLP
  • Air Lease Corporation
  • Altor Fund
  • Cargus
  • CMU Regina Maria
  • Commerzbank Group
  • Dante International
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Garanti Bank Romania S.A.
  • Johnson & Johnson
  • JS Hamilton Poland
  • Oney Bank / Oney Finances S.R.L. (Auchan Group)
  • PPF Group
  • Profi Rom Food
  • Raiffeisen Leasing IFN S.A.
  • Restart Energy One
  • Returo Sistem Garantie Returnare S.A.
  • Sanofi
  • Stabilus SE
  • TBI Bank
  • Token Payment Services SRL
  • Toyota
  • UniCredit Bank

Work highlights

  • Assisted RetuRO Sistem Garanție Returnare with obtaining a RON426m green financing.
  • Assisted a syndicate of 14 banks with the €940m refinancing of the existing debt of Dr. Max Group.
  • Advised Stabilus SE and its subsidiaries on a €450m financing.

Lawyers

Leading individuals

Simona Petrișor

Bondoc si Asociatii SCA

Simona Petrisor is a Partner qualified in the areas of banking & finance, capital markets, insurance and M&A. Simona has extensive experience acting for arrangers, borrowers and sponsors on a wide range of transactions with an emphasis on corporate, acquisition and project finance. She has advised both domestic and international clients on various cutting-edge transactions in capital markets, derivatives, repos and securitization.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Simona Petrișor

Other key lawyers

Diana Ispas, Alexandru Achim, Florin Sandu