Iulia Ferăstrău-Grigore

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Senior Associate Iulia Ferăstrău-Grigore

Language fluency Romanian, English, French

Education LL.B, Transilvania University Law School (2004)

Memberships Bucharest Bar Association (Admitted 2009)

Iulia Ferăstrău-Grigore has extensive corporate and commercial expertise, which she applies to construct efficient business structures, to successfully close, amend or terminate commercial agreements as best required by clients' interests as well as to ensure that our clients' day to day corporate and commercial matters are swiftly handled. Iulia has thus been involved in various projects and transactions entailing corporate structuring and restructuring, joint ventures establishment, equity and asset deals as well as complex contractual frameworks. In addition, Iulia is skilled in banking & finance regulatory matters, which combined with her intimate knowledge of corporate and contract law are put to good use for creating accurate financing and security frameworks as well as for providing bulletproof regulatory advice. Iulia is also often involved in arbitration & alternative dispute resolution matters, having represented numerous clients in intricate disputes involving corporate, commercial & contract law as well as banking & finance expertise.

Highlights of Iulia's most recent credentials include legal advice and representation to:

The world leader in gas struts and hydraulic vibration dampers, with regard to the implementation of their corporate structure in Romania and adjustment of the relevant corporate regulation to the Romanian laws, including day-to-day assistance during development of the business on the Romanian market, as well as with respect to during the financing process of a new industrial facility located in Bra?ov, Romania, including advice concerning the structuring of the transaction into a sale-and-lease-back operation, assistance during negations with the leasing company and implementation of the leasing agreement;

The world's leading manufacturer of specialized motors and control systems for retractable awnings, rolling shutters, interior shades and blinds, with regard to the adjustment of the corporate governance rules to the local legal regulations;

A leading producer of electronic and mechatronic systems, during the incorporation process of the Romanian subsidiary, adjustment to the local legal and business environment, including assistance in the implementation of the group's corporate governance rules in compliance with the local regulations;

A large pharmaceutical network, during the merger process with a pharma distributor;

An international investment fund, regarding the financing of the development of two hotels under the Hilton-Hampton brand, including the structuring of the financing transaction, negotiation of agreements with leasing companies and banks, implementation of the financing agreements, as well as the commercial agreements pertaining to said development;

One of the leading central-eastern European banks, in several disputes concerning consumer protection aspects pertaining to financing agreements;

A global manufacturer of solar panels, in connection with financing process of the largest photovoltaic project developed in Romania.