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‘Exceptional professional’ Loredana Chitu takes leadership of the capital markets practice at Dentons in Bucharest, which is regularly sought after by banks and issuers requiring assistance with domestic and international equity and debt transactions. Chitu herself is an expert in the field and led the international team of counsel from Dentons that advised Hidroelectrica on its EUR 1.9bn IPO and subsequent listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Other names to note in the team are Alin Roca and Stefi Ionescu.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Very good team.’

  • ‘Loredana Chitu is an exceptional professional, very involved in projects, good knowledge of the market and its participants. She was involved in very difficult projects that she managed exceptionally.’

  • ‘Well balanced teams of professionals handling the projects. Agile, customer oriented, giving tailored solutions, keen on handling difficult and impossible tasks and challenges, always maintaining a positive and ethical attitude towards peers/competitors/any other parties. A visible cohesion inside the team that makes transpire the pleasure of working and learning from each other (even among cross-boarder offices), and also with the customers, which adds a significant plus to their involvement in projects.’

  • ‘A mix of individualities that work very well together and complete each other in a harmonious manner; smart, passionate, willing to share knowledge, positive, solutions-oriented, charismatic and with good sense of humour.’

  • ‘Highly knowledgeable team and really leading multiple streams with a hands-on approach .’

  • ‘The core Romania Dentons team is really good, particularly Loredana Chitu and Alin Roca.’

Key clients

  • Hidroelectrica
  • CEC Bank
  • Raiffeisen Bank S.A.
  • BRD-Group Societe Generale S.A.
  • Banca Comerciala Romana S.A.
  • Citigroup Global Markets Europe
  • Wood & Company Financial Services
  • Unicredit Bank Gmbh, Milan Branch
  • EBRD

Work highlights

  • Advised Hidroelectrica S.A. on the EUR 1.9bn Rule 144A/Regulation S initial public offering and listing on the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
  • Advised the bookrunners on the 144A IPO of Premier Energy PLC followed by admission to trading on the regulated market operated by the Bucharest Stock Exchange.
  • Advised CEC Bank on the establishment of its EUR 600m Euro Medium Term Note Programme and in the subsequent issuance of notes under this program, which totalled over EUR 410m.

Lawyers

Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Loredana Chitu

Other key lawyers

Alin Roca, Stefi Ionescu