Over 50 professionals attended the seminar organised by Roberts Publishing in cooperation with RICS that was held on 18 February.

Title: "Feeling the Pinch: Legal Tips for Protecting Real Estate Owners and Landlords in Dealing with Pressures from Banks, Tenants and Other Creditors”.

The seminar is meant to address Romanian property owners and the various issues they face. Property owners can range from the distressed real estate borrower, facing imminent foreclosure from the bank, to the previously successful landlord, but who is now facing pressures from tenants seeking rent reductions or facing outright bankruptcy.  As lawyers advising on all of these aspects on numerous transactions, we have seen a number of these situations and ways where the owner could have better protected itself.  This seminar is designed for the real estate owner and its advisors and executive employees.  

About the Speakers: Raluca Năstase is a Romanian qualified partner of Biriş Goran, and co-heads the firm's real estate practice. She is widely recognized as one of the leading real estate lawyers in Romania, and is in high demand by clients seeking business-oriented and cost-effective advice.  She is an expert in real estate and M&A transactions, and is particularly appreciated for her negotiation and deal coordination skills. During her career, she has supervised the development of over 40 real estate projects. Raluca graduated from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, in 1998.  She speaks fluent English and is admitted to the Bucharest Bar.  

Victor Constantinescu is a founding partner of Biriş Goran, and co-heads the firm’s highly touted real estate practice. A native English speaker, Victor focuses on all aspects of real estate transactions in Romania, with a particular emphasis on joint ventures, having assembled several joint ventures for the development of logistics parks, shopping centres, residential complexes and office buildings. He routinely advises on the entire lifespan of a real estate project: from acquisitions to advising development managers on day-to-day matters to financing to the construction phase, office and retail leasing, and ultimate exit, as well as litigation. Victor holds a B.A. cum laude from the University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA), an M.A. from the Centre for Russian and East European Studies at the University of Toronto (Toronto, ON), and his common law (LL.B.) and Quebec civil law (B.C.L.) degrees with honours from McGill University (Montreal, QC).  He is admitted to the New York Bar and registered with the Bucharest Bar.  

A copy of their presentation is downloadable on the right hand side.