Dana Rădulescu

Language fluency

• Romanian, English and French

Education

• LL.B., European Law (Maîtrise en Droit Européen), Universite Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne (2001);
• LL.B, Bucharest University Law School (2000).

Memberships

• Romanian Mediation Council (Admitted 2013);
• Turnaround Management Association (Founding member since 2011);
• Romanian Insolvency and Bankruptcy Practitioners Association (Admitted 2006);
• Bucharest Bar Association (Admitted 2001).

Awards & Recognition

• Presented with 'Certificate of Appreciation' for the contribution to The Global Indicators Group, published by World Bank (2022);
• Presented with 'Certificate of Appreciation' for the contribution to 'Doing Business Guides', published by World Bank (2021);
• Recognized by The Legal 500 for Restructuring and Insolvency, Commercial, corporate & M&A, Real estate and construction (2020, 2019 and 2018 editions);
• Recognized by IFLR 1000 – Financial and corporate (2019 and 2018 editions);
• "Top Lawyer - M&A" - Source: Award received from FinMedia during the Expert Lawyers Gala (2018);
• Presented with ‘Certificate of Appreciation’ for the contribution to ‘Doing Business 2020’, published by World Bank Group (2020);
• "Top Lawyer - M&A" - Source: Award received from FinMedia during the Expert Lawyers Gala (2018).

Client Feedback

• "Thank you very much for all the hard work that you and other members of your Team have put into this project. From my side I felt that the project was very well taken care of, and I appreciate it a lot, really. I will be looking forward to working with you on our next projects." - Source: Senior M&A Lawyer of a major Polish renewable energy group (2023);
• "Anca [Băițan] and Dana [Rădulescu] have handled our [debt recovery in insolvency] matter perfectly." - Source: President of a large US marine technology company (2021);
• "Co-head Dana Rădulescu has wide-ranging expertise in M&A/privatisations & banking & finance." - Source: Researchers of Chambers and Partners – Corporate/M&A (2021);
• "Gelu Maravela & Dana Rădulescu have substantial expertise in restructuring and insolvency, having advised on complex and sensitive restructuring strategies in numerous insolvency cases in Romania." - Source: Researchers of Chambers and Partners (2021);
• “This acquisition is important for the (...) Group, thank you all for the professionalism, involvement and support in this project. Congratulations!” - Source: Manager of the Romanian subsidiary of a global sports equipment manufacturing group (2020);
• "Thanks for your support and engagement to make this happen (...). Very much appreciated, knowing that this was not easy with all the last minute & partial arrival of information." - Source: Vice President Operation of a major European sports equipment manufacturer (2020);
• "[The companies] reached this outcome equally due to the professional legal assistance received. (...) I would therefore like to thank you [Dana Rădulescu] and your colleagues at MPR Partners for this achievement." - Source: Chief Executive Officer of a major Investment Group of Companies (2020);
• "[The firm] handles complex, large-scale insolvency and restructuring mandates on behalf of creditors, debtors and investors. In recent work, it represented investors buying distressed assets from two major Romanian insolvencies. Dana Rădulescu and managing partner Gelu Maravela are both highly active in this area, and clients also receive strong support (...) on disputes and Felix Tapai [advises] on related tax issues." – Restructuring and insolvency - Source: Researchers of The Legal 500 (2020);
• "[The firm] is a popular choice for day-to-day commercial advice, and the firm's corporate lawyers are increasingly involved in major M&A, such as the Oltchim asset buyout. The team has particularly strong expertise advising clients in the pharmaceutical, healthcare and energy sectors. Gelu Maravela, Alina Popescu and Dana Rădulescu have established good reputations in the market." – Commercial, corporate and M&A - Source: Researchers of The Legal 500 (2020);
• "Founding partners Gelu Maravela and Alina Popescu are excellent team leaders, very skilled and with a hands-on approach, whilst Dana Rădulescu has a wealth of knowledge and a sound business approach." - Source: Clients quoted by The Legal 500 (Corporate, commercial and M&A) (2020);
• "[The firm] has a strong commercial real estate service that works closely with the corporate team. Recently, it has provided strong real estate due diligence support on several landmark corporate deals. Standalone work includes several significant construction disputes, and non-contentious advice to developers, car park operators and healthcare companies. Alexandra Rîmbu and Dana Rădulescu are well regarded." – Real estate and construction - Source: Researchers of The Legal 500 (2020);
• "Alexandra Rîmbu and Dana Rădulescu head the practice at MPR Partners, which is recommended for transactions, developments and disputes. Highlights from the recent caseload include assisting a German medical and pharmaceutical device company with the cross-border acquisition of several dialysis centres and advising Betty Ice on the real estate considerations of its acquisition by Unilever.” - Real estate and construction - Source: Clients quoted by The Legal 500 (2019);
• "MPR Partners' 'client-oriented' and 'business-focused' team is noted for its 'proactive attitude and availability'. [...] partner Dana Rădulescu heads the practice jointly with Gelu Titus Maravela." - Restructuring and insolvency - Source: Clients quoted by The Legal 500 (2019);
• “[...] thank you very much for the red flag report and the supplement regarding competition. It was a great pleasure to read your comprehensive report.” - Source: M&A specialised attorney with reputed Dutch law firm (2019);
• "Thank you very much for […] your continued help throughout the entire project. You and your team were an invaluable resource!" - Source: Associate in the New York Office of a major global law firm (2019);
• "Very professional and responsive." - Source: Clients quoted by IFLR 1000 (2019);
• "I was very impressed with you and your team, and I will certainly be recommending you to my colleagues. I would like to thank all of your for your extremely hard work on this; the client is very happy with the team and how the deal was handled […] my thanks to everyone for a job most excellently done. […] I look forward to working with you all again very soon." - Source: Partner of a reputed UK based law firm (2018);
• “Dana Rădulescu (is) ‘very knowledgeable’” - Source: Restructuring and Insolvency - Source: Clients quoted by The Legal 500 (2018);
• "I've worked with Dana in various firms over the last decade and it speaks volumes that we have sought her out time and time again. One of the stand out lawyers in her generation in Romania she is undoubtedly one of the most experienced and competent restructuring practitioners I have ever worked with anywhere. She has pulled back firms that we ourselves thought were beyond saving. Pragmatic and tough she is an encyclopaedia of local legislation. Her intuition and grasp of complex situations and causalities is superb. She gets in one minute what it can take a week to explain to others." - Source: Clients quoted by IFLR 1000 (2018).

Publications

• Will the end of Covid support 'fuel insolvencies'? article published in Reports Legal, November 2021;
• Changes impacting the leasing legislation, article, co-author, May 2021;
• Romania: Compostable waste regulation, article, co-author, September 2020;
• Insolvency – recent amendments, article, co-author, August 2020;
• New legal updates: Environmental Authorisation Visa, article, co-author, July 2020;
• European Green Deal Investment Plan, article, co-author, July 2020;
• Latest environmental studies provisions, article, co-author, June 2020;
• The implications of the measures related to the state of emergency in the insolvency procedure, article, co-author, 2020;
• Restructuring & Insolvency in Romania, Lexology Navigator 2018;
• "M&A transactions – a continuous challenge", article published in Expert Attorneys (Avocați Experți) magazine, 2018;
• Romanian Insolvency Navigator – co-author, Lexology 2017;
• "Successful reorganizations: between companies’ identity and reinvention", article published in the Economy’s biggest players 2017 e-paper, edited by Ziarul Financiar;
• Chapters of the Doing Business guide, edited by the World Bank;
• Various sections of the Doing Business in… guides, edited by Thomson Reuters;
• Various issues of Emergency Legal Kit for Business and Legal Prompts, specialized business law publications and legal update bulletins, edited by MPR Partners.

Highlights of Dana’s credentials throughout her practice include legal advice and representation to:

• The leading Romanian chemicals producer in relation to the acquisition of the business of Oltchim S.A., one of the CEE’s leading chemicals producers undergoing insolvency;
• Major frozen goods manufacturer in its takeover by Unilever, leading European group, with complex real estate matters, including carve out – transfer of several of the ice cream shops;
• Important German investment group, regarding the acquisition of a Romanian textile producer with global presence (60 countries) undergoing insolvency proceedings;
• One of the most important system integrators in the region, with expertise in UAV, Emergency, Cloud and SCADA, IT products producer and developer for major infrastructure and public impact projects in Romania, currently undergoing insolvency proceedings;
• An important local energy distributor undergoing insolvency proceedings, in view of reorganization of its business;
• The Romanian branch of the second largest Austrian construction company involved in major infrastructure projects in Romania, undergoing a secondary insolvency procedure (cross border insolvency);
• An important construction company in the infrastructure area (highways, gas, telecom, energy public networks, etc.), undergoing insolvency for reorganization purposes;
• An investment firm focused on the energy and defence sectors, in the purported acquisition of a local company, active in the extractive industry, currently undergoing insolvency proceedings;
• The most important Romanian steel pipe producer for infrastructure projects, currently under a reorganization plan;
• A major company involved in the collection and neutralization of dangerous waste currently undergoing insolvency proceedings;
• The largest aggregates and concrete producer active at European level and exploiting one of the largest granite quarries in Romania, in the coordination and supervision of its business activity;
• A leading Romanian steel manufacturer, with respect to its debt restructuring;
• One of the leading European car park operators, operating in nine countries and 360 cities, on the acquisition of a car park in Timișoara;
• An important Israeli company, in buying a group of companies operating in the field of the collection, transport, storage and recycling of waste into green energy;
• A leading local supermarket chain, in the corporate reorganisation of the entire business and preparation thereof in view of sale;
• Sound domestic and international companies, in connection with various business restructuring projects, transfers of business and assets as part of complex reorganization plans, complex renegotiation and settlements in high profile insolvency cases in Romania;
• A Russian/German steel/tube manufacturer, in connection with the selling of its hydro-energy business in one of the most important energy transactions in Romania;
• Clients from pharmaceutical, energy, real estate & construction, hotels, IT, steel and oil field equipment industries, in various complex share and asset deals, from the due diligence and negotiation stages until completion of the transaction documents;
• Spain’s largest developer of parking lots, in relation to a large construction project, including assisting with its concession agreement with the Bucharest City Hall and assistance in relation to various aspects for the implementation of the project such as design and construction agreements;
• A Belgium developer, on a large hotel/convention centre joint-venture project, including issues related to bid and public procurement issues, concessions matters and a possible dispute in relation to its contract with the Romanian State;
• One of the largest Romanian banks, in the restructuring of a real estate financing, being involved as part of the assignment in the judicial reorganization of the borrower’s group of companies;
• The foreign subsidiary of a leading financial institution, in the proposed restructuring and sale of distressed assets in the insolvency proceedings opened against a Romanian oil equipment manufacturer.