RTPR announces new promotions within its team of lawyers. Marina Fecheta-Giurgica, Ana Popa, Andrada Rusan and Cezara Urzica are promoted to Counsel, Andrei Tosa becomes Senior Associate, and Serban Halmagean is promoted to Managing Associate. Bianca Cojocaru, Ambra Lazar, David Mirea, Andrei Nicolae and Luka Perovic become Associates.
“At RTPR, excellence is not a goal, but our daily standard. This new series of promotions is a recognition of the remarkable performance achieved by our colleagues in highly complex mandates. We are proud to invest in professionals who succeed in translating legal challenges into strategic solutions, strengthening our firm’s position as a leader in Romania and providing our clients with the best services. The new promotions reflect RTPR’s ongoing commitment to performance and our ability to grow specialists in all our practice areas. Congratulations to all!”, said Costin Taracila, Managing Partner.
Marina Fecheta-Giurgica is specialised in guiding domestic and international companies through commercial transactions, with a particular focus on complex mergers and acquisitions, complemented by comprehensive support on corporate day-to-day and on capital markets matters. Recent highlights of Marina’s work include advising private equity fund MidEuropa on the sale of Regina Maria Group to Mehiläinen in the largest ever healthcare services transaction in Central Europe and advising Abris Capital Partners on the sale of Pehart Grup, one of the largest paper producers in South-Eastern Europe, to INVL Baltic Sea Growth Fund, the leading private equity fund in the Baltic States. The IFLR1000 legal guide recommends Marina as a Rising Star for the M&A practice, while Chambers guide includes her in the Associate to watch category for Corporate/M&A.
Ana Popa has over a decade of experience in litigation and arbitration, acting in complex and high value disputes across energy, insurance, technology, tax, IP and employment law. She regularly assists both multinational corporations and leading domestic companies in sensitive cases, from multimillion-euro commercial disputes to cross-border reorganisations and IP claims. She recently secured a EUR 5 million final award for Premier Energy SA (the former CEZ Vanzare SA) in a high-profile dispute over the failure to deliver electricity, where the counterparty raised the hardship theory in the context of the post COVID energy crisis and soaring prices. Ana was part of the team that successfully represented Zurich Insurance in a EUR 40 million claim directors’ liability insurance claim, arising from a sophisticated online fraud against the policyholder. Ana is mentioned in Legal 500 2025 for the Intellectual Property area and recommended as a Leading Associate for the Dispute Resolution section.
Andrada Rusan is focusing her dispute resolution practice mainly on competition, unfair competition and intellectual property cases. Andrada is a litigator with a robust corporate background: she provides full-path legal assistance in these fields, also representing clients in investigations of the competition authority and proceedings before the IP authority. She has prominent expertise in cases with an EU law dimension and particularly, involving referrals to the European Court of Justice. Andrada represented Zenith Media Communications in a competition dispute in which the RTPR team obtained a historic victory at the Court of Justice of the European Union, thus contributing to the creation of EU law through a win regarding the principles of how the fines applied by the competition authorities in all Member States are calculated. In another mandate, she successfully represented Groupama Asigurari in a series of antitrust litigations against the competition authority obtaining the reduction of a nearly EUR 8 million fine for an alleged concerted practice through information exchange to below EUR 500,000, upon dismissal of the last extraordinary appeal. Legal 500 2025 recommends Andrada as a Leading Associate in the Dispute Resolution and Intellectual Property areas.
Cezara Urzica has extensive experience in advising on commercial transactions, corporate law matters, mergers and acquisitions, as well as on employment mandates involving various aspects such as problematic dismissals, collective bargaining agreements, negotiations, management incentive plans. Among the recent transactions in which she has been involved is advising Evryo Group, owned by funds managed by Macquarie Asset Management, on the sale of its renewable energy portfolio to PPC Group. Cezara also provided legal advice to Oresa and the entrepreneur Cristian Amza on the sale of the entire stake in the La Fantana group to the strategic investor Axel Johnson. In the latest edition of the IFLR1000 legal guide, Cezara is recommended as a Rising Star for the M&A practice, while Legal 500 mentions her in the Employment section.
Andrei Tosa is specialised in advising domestic and international companies in various restructuring projects and commercial transactions, including national and cross-border mergers and spin-offs, acquisitions and day-to-day corporate matters. Recently, Andrei has advised Resource Partners on the acquisition of a majority stake in Ia Bilet SRL, the most important ticketing platform in Romania, as well as of the concert organiser BestMusic Concerts SRL, as well as AROBS Transilvania Software, an important Romanian company that provides software services and solutions in various industries and the largest tech company listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange, on the acquisition of SVT Electronics SRL. Andrei is recommended in the legal guide IFLR1000 2025 as a Rising Star for the M&A practice.
Serban Halmagean has experience in advising domestic and international companies in various commercial transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, as well as performing due diligence procedures and drafting various corporate documentation, but also in competition law matters assisting clients in merger clearance proceedings and authorisation of foreign direct investments. Serban has assisted OX2 on competition and FDI aspects related to the sale of a 96 MW onshore wind project located in Galati County, as well as Integral Capital Group on the acquisition of a majority stake in Embryos, a leading fertility and gynaecology clinic in Romania, specialised in assisted reproduction technology, offering an integrated suite of fertility treatments, including IVF.
Bianca-Lucia Cojocaru, Ambra Lazar, David Mirea, Andrei Nicolae and Luka Perovic were promoted as Associates at RTPR. This moment marks the end of their traineeship and passing of the Definitivat exam (the final qualification exam for lawyers), but also the appreciation received from their mentors who have coordinated their work to date. Bianca is a member of the Litigation & Investigations team, Ambra is part of the Banking & Finance team, and David, Andrei and Luka are part of the Corporate/M&A team. This stage opens up new horizons for their professional development, offering them the privilege of specialising under the guidance of some of the most experienced lawyers in Romania.
RTPR is one of the most experienced and highly regarded law firms in Romania. The team has unparalleled experience in various practice areas, being regularly involved in the largest and most sophisticated deals in Romania and in the region. The quality of the team and of the services they provide is recognised at international level, the most important legal directories Legal 500, Chambers & Partners and IFLR1000 rank the firm on the top tier every year, while RTPR lawyers are recommended as Leading Lawyers for various practice areas, such as Corporate/M&A, Banking & finance, Capital Markets, Dispute resolution, Competition, Energy and natural resources, Real estate and Construction, Employment, Intellectual Property and TMT (Technology, media and telecom).
