Corporate & M&A counsel · Bucharest · Cluj

Senior legal counsel for the deals and decisions that shape your business.

AMS Attorneys is a boutique corporate practice advising founders, investors and companies across Romania — pairing big-transaction experience with the focus and responsiveness of a boutique.

€190M+Financings advised
Cross-borderM&A & private equity
EN · ROCounsel in two languages
Bucharest BarAdmitted & regulated
Why AMS

The attention of a boutique, the reach of a network.

Complex mandates don't need a large firm — they need the right people and clear thinking. We give every matter senior, hands-on attention, and draw on a trusted network of lawyers in Bucharest and Cluj when a mandate calls for extra bench strength.

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Senior on every matter

Your mandate is handled by an experienced corporate lawyer from day one — not passed down a chain. Direct access, fast answers, no layers.

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A network when it counts

For multi-disciplinary or larger mandates, we bring in trusted colleagues across Bucharest and Cluj, so you get the right specialists without the overhead of a big firm.

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Business-minded counsel

We speak the language of deals and boards. Advice is practical, commercial and plain-spoken — built to help you decide and move, not to sit in a memo.

What we do

Practice areas

Focused on the corporate and commercial matters that drive value — with the flexibility to cover adjacent areas as your mandate requires.

M&A

Mergers & Acquisitions

Buy-side and sell-side transactions, deal structuring, due diligence, SPAs and shareholders' agreements, from term sheet to closing.

CORP

Corporate & Commercial

Governance, reorganizations, joint ventures, intra-group structuring and day-to-day corporate and Trade Registry matters.

CONT

Contracts

Drafting and negotiating the commercial agreements that run your business — clear, balanced and built to hold up.

EMPL

Employment

Restructurings, transfers of personnel, executive arrangements and the labour-law questions that come with growth and change.

FIN

Banking & Finance

Secured and syndicated facilities, refinancing and restructuring, project finance and regulatory matters for lenders and borrowers.

RE

Real Estate & Projects

Acquisitions, sale-and-leaseback, agricultural land and the financing and development of renewable-energy projects.

Track record

Selected mandates

A snapshot of the transactions our attorneys have advised on — including landmark and cross-border deals across the Romanian market.

Energy · M&A E.ON Romania on the sale of a minority stake to Allianz Infrastructure — the largest post-privatization deal in the Romanian energy sector. Landmark
Retail · M&A Louis Delhaize on the sale of its Romanian operations (Cora) to the Carrefour Group. Cross-border
Consumer · M&A EssilorLuxottica on the acquisition of Optical Investment Group from Innova Capital. Cross-border
Tech · M&A Sodexo on the acquisition — and subsequent sale — of the 7Card wellbeing platform to Gympass. Buy & sell
Fintech · VC BlackPeak Capital and Catalyst Romania Fund II on a Series B investment into Leanpay. €10M
Banking · Finance Lenders and borrowers on syndicated secured facilities, refinancing and project finance, including an 84MW wind farm. up to €190M
Real Estate Sale-and-leaseback of retail portfolios and the acquisition of 5,000 hectares of agricultural land and commercial offices. Portfolio
Sports · Commercial Legal lead on major sports events including the ATP 250 Bucharest — sponsorship, broadcasting rights and commercial partnerships. Events

// Representative matters advised on by our attorneys, including work carried out at prior firms.

Insights

Legal updates & commentary

Occasional notes on developments in Romanian corporate, M&A and employment law.

2026 · Corporate

Welcome to the AMS Attorneys Insights page

This is where we'll share short, practical notes on the legal developments that matter to companies and investors in Romania. New updates will appear here first.

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Employment

Theoretical and practical aspects of the cancellation of a job position

A closer look at the requirements and pitfalls Romanian employers face when eliminating a role — and how to structure a defensible restructuring.

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Employment

Employment relations of medical staff during the state of emergency

Commentary on how emergency-period rules reshaped the employment relationship for medical personnel, and the lessons that outlast the crisis.

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Let's talk about your mandate.

Whether it's a transaction, a contract or a question you'd rather get right the first time — reach out and we'll respond promptly.

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