Professionals With Diverse Yet Complementary Experience
We built our firm on the premise that clients are best served by highly flexible professionals with diverse backgrounds and broad transactional experience. As a result, the talented and multi-functional team we have put together is able to analyze complex and sensitive issues and deliver the best possible results.Luiza Catalinescu
Senior Associate
Luiza Catalinescu
Senior AssociateExpertise
Luiza is part of Ijdelea & Associates’ Corporate and Commercial, M&A, Real Estate and Construction, Asset Management, and Project Finance practices, assisting clients with a wide variety of transactional matters, including acquisitions and disposals of real estate, commercial-leasing and property-management matters, investments in and development of real estate and infrastructure projects, real estate finance matters, and corporate acquisitions and sales (and related financing issues). She also assists the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources practice group.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: lcatalinescu@ijdelea.ro
Ioana Chiriță
Associate
Ioana Chiriță
AssociateExpertise
Ioana is part of the Ijdelea & Associates team assisting clients with – and, where necessary, representing them in – IP/patent, employment, general corporate, administrative, and public law matters.
She is particularly experienced in intellectual property law – with a specific focus on trademarks – and regularly works on essential projects involving intellectual-property rights and running in-depth due diligence projects in both corporate and litigation matters.
Ioana also assists the firm’s Energy and Natural Resources practice group.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: ichirita@ijdelea.ro
Cristina Gore
Associate
Cristina Gore
AssociateExpertise
Cristina is a young and enthusiastic lawyer part of the firm’s team handling a wide array of legal projects with a special focus on mergers & acquisitions, corporate and commercial matters and real estate. Her practice also focuses on regulatory and permitting matters, including environmental issues.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: cgore@ijdelea.ro
Siranuș Hahamian
Partner
Siranuș Hahamian
PartnerExpertise
Siranuș has significant expertise in corporate and M&A, domestic and cross-border investment, and project finance, with a particular focus on real estate and construction matters. She has successfully assisted a large number of credit institutions, global corporations, and some of the largest companies present in Romania in connection with joint ventures; domestic and cross-border reorganizations; divestments; share & asset deals; debt, equity, and complex-project financing; post-acquisition and post-financing restructuring matters; and security structures for the development of in-country projects. Siranuș is highly skilled in the carrying-out of due-diligence exercises and the drafting of due-diligence reports and transaction-substantiating documents. In addition, Siranuș has extensive knowledge of the banking and finance field and experience with the negotiations of various types of credit facilities and reserve-based landing, including related security- package and enforcement matters. Prior to joining us, Siranus worked for Musat & Associates and for Popovici, Nitu, Stoica & Associates. She also regularly advises on FIDIC-based contracts.Accolades
“Siranus Hahamian delivers excellent legal advice, is commercial savvy and particularly nice to work with.” Legal500, 2023 “Siranus Hahamian is very good.” Legal500, 2022- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: shahamian@ijdelea.ro
Emilian Ijdelea
In memoriam
Emilian Ijdelea
In memoriamExpertise
With over 40 years of experience in the Romanian oil and gas industry and 27 years promoting inward investment, Emilian was one of top advisers on complex Romanian energy and natural resources matters.
Emilian contributed to several major privatizations and energy projects, successfully closing deals for major corporations and private investors. He participated in the specialist team drafting the first major Romanian law regulating foreign investment, investments in petroleum exploration and production, and private-sector development in the country.
He was also involved in the promotion of significant amendments to the initial draft of the Petroleum Law prepared by the Romanian Government designed to align Romanian law with international standards. Emilian was the drafter of the Model Petroleum Exploration and Production Sharing Agreement in Romania, a significant part of which is still used today by Romania’s National Agency for Mineral Resources.
He is sorely missed.
- Phone: 1951-2020
Oana Ijdelea
Managing Partner
Oana Ijdelea
Managing PartnerExpertise
With over 17 years of experience as a business lawyer, Oana is one of the most experienced energy & natural resources and M&A practitioners in Romania. She is renowned for successfully steering some of the largest and most complex projects in the country, often in the most highly-regulated sectors, where compliance with the law and applicable regulations is most critical, most closely-monitored, and most strictly enforced, from initiation to completion, and for her significant contributions to the drafting of Romanian legislation regulating a broad range of industries. She also advises on all aspects of ESG requirements and related law.
Oana routinely advises clients on complicated and strategic matters involving C-suite decision making and is recognized by clients and peers alike for the quality and practicality of her advice.
Oana has assisted clients with an array of green and brown field projects and has advised many foreign and local investors on matters related to their business in Romania, assisting them both on day-to-day corporate matters and on complex issues related to business development and investment.
Due to her exceptional legal and advocacy expertise, Oana has been the Chairman of the General Legislation Subject Matter Experts Group of The Romanian Black Sea Titleholders Association (RBSTA) since 2012 and until RBSTA’s dissolution in 2021 and has been acting since early 2022 as Chairman of the Offshore Committee of The Oil & Gas Employers Association (FPPG).
In June 2023, Oana has been elected as Member of the Council of The Association of Romanian Bars (UNBR) for a mandate of 4 years.
Accolades

Leading Individual, Energy and Natural Resources Legal500, 2023
“Oana Ijdelea has one of the finest and most complex legal minds you can come across on everything related to the energy industry.” Legal500, 2023
“Oana is truly a lawyer at the top of her game. She is an incredibly astute and learned lawyer with a great sense of business and incredible dedication to her clients.” Legal500, 2022
“Oana Ijdelea is exceptionally smart and gives impeccable advice.” Legal500, 2021
“Ijdelea is ‘unique, she understands the technicalities and translates them in legal language’ and ‘her advice can be applied and renders the expected results’.” Legal500, 2020
“Ijdelea is recommended for her ‘great industry knowledge’ and ability to find ‘practical and proactive solutions’.” Legal500, 2019
- Phone: +40 721 936 235
- Email: oijdelea@ijdelea.ro
Alexandra Laza
Managing Associate
Alexandra Laza
Managing AssociateExpertise
Alexandra Ciambur-Laza is a well-versed dispute resolution lawyer with over nine years of experience in civil, commercial, real estate, and administrative litigation, as well as employment law disputes and TUPE cases. She has also successfully assisted clients in complex enforcement and debt-recovery cases.
Alexandra is also a member of Ijdelea & Associates’ Arbitration, Corporate & Commercial Law, and Real Estate & Construction teams, providing tailored advice to clients on potential dispute-resolution strategies and related preventive measures.
Prior to joining our firm, Alexandra worked for Popovici, Nitu, Stoica & Associates.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: alaza@ijdelea.ro
Victor Mitcov
Associate
Victor Mitcov
AssociateExpertise
Victor specializes in corporate and commercial matters, EU law and administrative and public-law issues and related disputes, and data-privacy issues. He is skilled at conducting intricate research and providing legal assessments on extremely sensitive matters.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: vmitcov@ijdelea.ro
Bogdan Mihai
Associate
Bogdan Mihai
AssociateExpertise
Bogdan is a highly pragmatic and analytic lawyer advising our top-notch domestic and international clients on various high-stake commercial, civil and contentious-administrative cases, as well as on labour-related matters and insolvency proceedings. He has gathered significant expertise on forestry-related proceedings.
Displaying a keen attention to details, Bogdan is also part of our firm’s team assisting clients on a wide array of issues related to energy, real estate & construction, regulatory and compliance matters. He is also providing support in complex international arbitration disputes.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: bmihai@ijdelea.ro
Vlad Nițu
Associate
Vlad Nițu
AssociateExpertise
Vlad is a talented young lawyer whose practice mainly covers regulatory, real estate and mergers & acquisitions matters. Vlad is also part of the team in charge of the banking & finance activity of the firm, being actively involved in negotiations of various types of credit facilities and related security-packages.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: vnitu@ijdelea.ro
Ana Pârvu
Managing Associate
Ana Pârvu
Managing AssociateExpertise
Ana is specialized in civil law, administrative law and public procurement, having advised clients in complex matters from urban planning and contractual arrangements to the right to image. Ana has also gained significant expertise and in-depth knowledge on corporate and commercial matters an M&A deals by assisting local and international prominent clients in transactions across a wide array of industries including real estate, farming and agriculture. Ana holds an LLM in European Law form the University of Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom. Prior to joining the firm, Ana was an associate for more than 10 years with Tuca, Zbarcea & Associates.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: aparvu@ijdelea.ro
Alexandra Petrescu
Associate
Alexandra Petrescu
AssociateExpertise
Alexandra is involved in a variety of dispute resolution matters, covering both litigation and arbitration and enforcement procedures. She is part of the Ijdelea & Associates team advising various clients in complex and high-profile administrative litigation as well as in commercial disputes arising from contractual and tort liabilities, forced execution and debt recovery measures.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: apetrescu@ijdelea.ro
Ancuța Pop
Partner
Ancuța Pop
PartnerExpertise
Ancuța is an effective and persuasive litigator, with over 12 years of experience in civil and commercial litigation and arbitration involving complex administrative, public law, and employment disputes, as well as real estate and construction matters. When advising clients, she works to form a thorough understanding of their businesses and operations in order to develop an effective and clear-cut strategy, keeping her focus on each step of the litigation process without losing sight of her client’s interests and goals.
Ancuța’s impressive client portfolio includes leading domestic and global companies active in the retail, energy, telecom, banking, and steel-production industries, among many others.
Prior to joining Ijdelea & Associates, Ancuta built her career working for 10 years at Tuca, Zbarcea & Associates.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: apop@ijdelea.ro
Alexandru Popescu
Senior Associate
Alexandru Popescu
Senior AssociateExpertise
Alexandru specializes in the entire spectrum of regulatory, compliance, and licensing matters related to energy and natural resources, as well as ESG policies and compliance. A creative and reliable problem-solver, Alexandru has contributed to a large number of successful first-to-market permitting, regulatory, and licensing procedures.
In addition, Alexandru assists the firm’s Corporate and Commercial team, and his practice addresses sensitive environmental law issues. He also has significant experience in the entire spectrum of transactional work, including corporate reorganizations, joint ventures and minority investments, contract negotiations, distressed assets, and insolvency and insurance.
Accolades
“Alexandru Popescu is very good.” Legal500, 2022
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: apopescu@ijdelea.ro
Cristian Săndulescu
Associate
Cristian Săndulescu
AssociateExpertise
Cristian is a young and passionate lawyer involved in various legal projects as a member of Ijdelea & Associates’ Corporate & Commercial team. He deals with a wide range of corporate and commercial legal work, including advising and assisting clients on daily corporate-governance matters, reorganization procedures, and employment matters. He also works on data-protection and data-privacy matters.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: csandulescu@ijdelea.ro
Cătălina Șerban
Associate
Cătălina Șerban
AssociateExpertise
Catalina has extensive experience in corporate and M&A matters and routinely assists clients with a wide variety of matters related to corporate-governance and ethics, shareholders- and management-structuring, and ESG. She also provides support to Ijdelea & Associates’ Competition and EU Law practices and assists clients on employment matters ranging from hiring and dismissal procedures to compensation, and on matters relating to benefits, immigration, local and cross-border secondment, collective-bargaining agreements, and data protection.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: cserban@ijdelea.ro
Andreea Tudor
Senior Associate
Andreea Tudor
Senior AssociateExpertise
Andreea is a bright and spirited lawyer who advises clients on a broad spectrum corporate, commercial, and M&A matters, as well as on competition and EU law issues. She routinely works on all types of corporate transactions and corporate-governance matters, shares and business transfers, asset deals, joint-venture deals, side commercial agreements, corporate reorganizations, spin-offs, and dissolution and liquidation operations, as well as on complex share-capital increases. In addition, she specializes in licensing and regulatory matters in the real estate/construction and energy/natural resources sectors.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: atudor@ijdelea.ro
Lorena Vasvari
Senior Associate
Lorena Vasvari
Senior AssociateExpertise
Lorena is a remarkably talented and driven lawyer who is part of Ijdelea & Associates’ Corporate and Commercial and M&A practices. She also provides valuable support to the firm’s Regulatory and Compliance and Real Estate & Construction Law practices, and has assisted well-known local and international clients, private-investment funds, strategic companies, and institutional investors. Lorena also has significant arbitration experience and has worked on numerous international arbitration cases pertaining to the energy and natural-resources industries and companies in the construction and infrastructure sector. Prior to joining our firm, Lorena developed her arbitration practice while working for SuciuPopa.- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: lvasvari@ijdelea.ro
Serenela Chivu
Finance Manager
Serenela Chivu
Finance Manager- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: schivu@ijdelea.ro
Larisa Stanciu
Head of Marketing & Communications
Larisa Stanciu
Head of Marketing & Communications- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: lstanciu@ijdelea.ro
Andreea Vieru
Administrative Manager
Andreea Vieru
Administrative Manager- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: avieru@ijdelea.ro
Ecaterina Vlasie
Paralegal
Ecaterina Vlasie
ParalegalExpertise
Ecaterina has exceptional research skills, providing support to the firm’s teams in relation to mandates requiring a deep dive into doctrine and jurisprudence as well as on the gathering of independent factual-evidence and document-production efforts.
Ecaterina is bright, dedicated and very pleasant to work with.
- Phone: +40 213 175 020
- Email: evlasie@ijdelea.ro
Accolades
“A firm with very agile and value-seeking approach.”
Legal500, 2023
“Ijdelea & Associates are a go-to law firm for energy and natural resources in Romania. They simply give every time the best and the most well-suited advice.”
Legal500, 2023
“Good network and fast delivery of projects. Perfect understanding of the client’s needs.” Legal500, 2023
“The firm gives excellent legal advice. They calibrate the efforts as needed and also recognize what matters for the business and prioritize that. As far as fees are concerned, they properly estimate the amount of the work and this is very helpful for budgeting.”
Legal500, 2022
“Their performance goes beyond expectations.”
Legal500, 2022
“They are also very meticulous and analyse all facets of the problem, always thinking ahead and never leave loose-ends, very approachable and always abreast with the most recent local and international developments.”
Legal500, 2022
“Very results orientated, and execution focused in addition to offering legal advice.”
Legal500, 2022
“Their advice always brought tremendous value to our operations and deals.”
Legal500, 2021
“The entire billing process is swift, transparent and most important, it reflects the already agreed discussion.”
Legal500, 2021
“They are an extremely hard-working and professional team.”
Legal500, 2020
“Although not a big firm they handle admirably and with ease large deals covering a multitude of issues and disciplines.”
Legal500, 2020
“The lawyers are nice, easy to communicate with and get involved all the way in the business.”
Legal500, 2020