Ramona heads the corporate / M&A and energy teams. She is recommended by legal directories such as Chambers for her M&A experience: ”[Ramona is] an accomplished practitioner, praised for her very good commercial understanding. She is receptive, supportive and always delivers on time.”, and Legal500 for her energy expertise: ”[Ramona] is very sharp”.
Ramona specialises in mergers and acquisitions, with a particular emphasis on the energy and natural resources sector, in Central and Eastern Europe. She dealt with numerous multi-jurisdictional transactions acting on all sides and gained in-depth experience in mergers, domestic and cross-border acquisitions, restructuring and reorganizations, joint ventures, strategic alliances and private equity transactions, as well as regulatory matters.
Recent relevant experience includes advising some of the world largest oil&gas companies in relation to petroleum agreements, including concessions, joint operating agreements, farm-in and farm-out agreements, services agreements, licensing and other regulatory requirements for their operations in Romania, advising a world leading utility on the acquisition of several wind farms, photovoltaic
plants and biomass projects in Romania, advising a world leading energy group on electricity regulatory and commercial issues, advising a leading regional bank on energy related matters in connection with granting of financing for construction of renewable projects in Romania.
Prior to founding Volciuc-Ionescu, Ramona headed the energy team of an international law firm in Bucharest, worked for a leading Austrian law firm in Bucharest and Vienna, and for Lehman Brothers in London.
PUBLICATIONS
Ramona is a regular contributor to legal magazines regarding energy and M&A topic and frequently provides insights as a speaker at international conferences and seminars.
Praised for its ‘up-to-date knowledge of the ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape in Romania’, the energy and natural resources team at Volciuc-Ionescu advises local and international corporates on greenfield and brownfield projects in the energy sector, including forward-looking work in the renewables market. Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu, a ‘go-to person for all energy related advice in Romania’, provides comprehensive support relating to oil and gas, electricity lines, and mining. Sabin Volciuc-Ionescu provides project financing expertise; Diana Tudor is also recommended. The team has both M&A and advisory capabilities.
Legal 500 Editorial commentary
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Volciuc-Ionescu is a boutique law firm that has up-to-date knowledge of the ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape in Romania. On several sometimes crucial occasions, Ramona Volciuc has proven herself to be a highly qualified lawyer.’
‘Ramona Volciuc is highly skilled in her field as proven by the quality guidance that we received from her on various occasions.'
‘The team is very strong in the energy sector. My business is involved in the renewable energy sector and I have full confidence in the regulatory advice that they provide. They are aware of changes in the energy sector and the practical implications for developers of power projects and this is very valuable.’
‘Ramona Volciuc leads the team and is a real expert in the sector. She is my go-to person for all energy-related advice in Romania. She is assisted by a very competent team, but I would single out Diana Tudor for her responsiveness and her professional manner.’
‘ A major strength is client management.’
Key clients
- Societe Generale
- Schmid Industrieholding
- Prospex Oil & Gas plc
- OMV Gas Marketing & Trading
- Mercuria
- Subsolar
- Mytilineos
- Banca Comerciala Romana S.A.
- EDPR
- Electrica
Work highlights
- Advising EDPR on various transactions in the renewable sector, regulatory matters and day-to-day operations.
- Advising Lumina Renewables on a pipeline of renewable energy projects, from securing title to land, permitting and commercial aspects, to sale of projects.
- Advising Mytilineos on the sale of operational renewable projects.
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Ramona Volciuc-Ionescu