Energy and natural resources boutique Ijdelea & Associates is made up of ‘responsive specialists with experience and expertise in their fields’, experienced acting in first-to-market mandates in the field. Notably, the team has advised on the high-profile Midia Gas Development project. Oana Ijdelea heads the team, an ‘astonishing practitioner’, praised as ‘the first choice for everyone who wants to make an Energy project come to fruition’. ‘Excellent strategist’ Ancuta Pop is recommended, alongside Luiza Catalinescu.
Testimonials
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'Oana Ijdelea is the founder of this law firm, which should be the first choice for everyone who wants to make an Energy project come to fruition.'
‘Responsive specialists with experience and expertise in their fields cooperating well together in order to provide legal assistance for a wide range of legal issues. Good understanding of companies/clients needs allowing to find shared solutions. Wide knowledge of legal matters related to the energy sector with a particular focus on the hydrocarbon whole value chain.’
‘There isn't anyone I would go to for Romanian law support on an oil and gas or other energy sector matter than Oana Ijdelea. She is knowledgeable as to the law, well connected and informed as to commercial and regulatory dynamics, and incredibly hard working and tenacious.’
‘An excellent team, fully dedicated and focused to serve the Client’s interests and overcome any obstacles. We have recently met them in a transaction where they proved an impressive level of involvement and creativity in solving each issue that has occurred. They are always very efficient and prompt.’
‘My collaboration with Oana Ijdelea has been exceptional – she is a positive thinker, an excellent legal expert in the energy field, with a solution-oriented mindset. I was quite impressed about the prompt and pragmatic approach she always takes and her focus upon getting things done.’
- 'Siranus Hahamian is a smart and has a very integrated approach. She is diligent, responds quickly and thoroughly and is composed when things are under pressure. Siranus is always a pleasure to work with.'
- 'Ancuta Pop is an excellent strategist and an impressive litigator with tremendous experience. Ancuta has remarkable analysis capacity and masters excellently the dispute, no matter how difficult or challenging the other parties are.'
‘Oana Ijdelea is an astonishing practitioner. Oana has infinite knowledge, she is exceptionally strong from a technical perspective, her anticipative ability is amazing and she manifests wonderful people skills. Out of the younger lawyers in the firm Luiza Catalinescu is noteworthy for being very thorough and with an extremely strong commercial awareness.’
Key clients
- Black Sea Oil & Gas (owned by Carlyle International Energy Partners and EBRD)
- Renovatio Group
- Electrocentrale Borzesti (part of the Renovatio Group)
- Petro Ventures (owned by Abbotswood)
- Gas Plus Dacia (part of the Gas Plus Group)
- Green Genius (part of the Modus Group)
- Raffles Energy
- Solveo Energies
- Svea Solar
- Nano Energies
- Mazarine Energy
- SGTech
- Eiffel Investment Group
- Heliopolis Ro
- Aukera Energy
- Rawicom
- RecomTech
- Solar Lightyear (part of the Catena/Fildas Group)
Work highlights
- Advising Black Sea Oil & Gas on its offshore oil & gas operations and offshore wind development in Romania.
- Advising Eiffel Investment Group on its joint-venture with RPower on the development of a portfolio of 1 GW solar energy projects in Romania.
- Advising Green Genius on development of a portfolio of 500 MW solar energy projects in Romania.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Oana Ijdelea