About
Alexandra Manciulea heads the Banking & Finance department at Filip & Company, as well as the New & Emerging Technologies practice. With over 18 years of experience, Alexandra has advised on a broad range of complex domestic and multi-jurisdictional financing transactions, restructurings and banking regulatory matters. She has also been involved in several high-profile acquisitions in the financial sector and some of the most significant transactions on the Romanian market involving the sale of performing and non-performing loan portfolios.
Highlights of her activity include assisting:
- a syndicate of five leading Romanian and international banks in connection with a EUR 110 million sustainability-linked financing granted to a Romanian digital operational leasing platform;
- a leading energy company in connection with the structuring, negotiation and implementation of a financing of up to EUR 825 million for the acquisition of a major Romanian energy group, including one of the country’s leading electricity distribution operators;
- Romania’s largest independent mobility solutions company in connection with a EUR 300 million credit facility, with an option to increase the financing to EUR 350 million;
- the owner of a major Bucharest shopping centre in connection with a EUR 36 million financing provided by a Romanian credit institution;
- a leading Romanian fintech and digital factoring provider in connection with a EUR 30 million cross-border securitisation transaction carried out together with its Spanish affiliate under the EU securitisation regulatory framework;
- two leading banks in connection with a financing of up to EUR 115 million granted to a major regional luxury, premium and contemporary jewellery group;
- a syndicate of Romanian and international banks in connection with a EUR 70 million financing granted to a leading provider of hydration solutions and related services.
"She was our voice, making our lives easier. She understood our expectations and positions and the limits of the negotiation."
Chambers Europe | 2023
"She benefits from her analytical skills, accessibility and client focus. She has great communication skills and an impeccable ability to coordinate the processes."
Chambers Europe | 2023
"Professionalism, highest level of integrity, commitment and excellence in everything that they do are core values that best describe Alexandra and Andreea Banica."
Legal 500| 2022
Clients value her "knowledge and expertise" and describe her as "very attentive to detail."
Chambers Europe | 2022
"Alexandra Manciulea – good communicator both internally and externally, hard working, passionate, striving for excellence, flexible and friendly approach to fee structuring."
Legal 500 | 2021
“Quick and responsive, with huge experience in all the aspects of a banking transaction.”
Legal 500 | 2020
"The lawyers are commercial and always able to understand the key issues at stake."
Chambers Europe | 2020
The team is "very responsive and knowledgeable."
Chambers Europe | 2020
"Alexandra has great communication skills."
Chambers Europe | 2024
"Alexandra Manciulea is one of the foremost structured finance professionals on the market, with exemplary reputation within the lending environment. She has impeccable technical skillset, also doubled by strong negotiation capabilities."
Legal 500 | 2024
"Alexandra offers excellent collaboration and a strong sense of dedication. She is highly oriented towards quality client service."
Chambers Europe | 2025
"She is very passionate about her work."
Chambers Europe | 2025
"Alexandra Manciulea is always super helpful and focused on key issues."
Chambers Europe | 2025
"We see Alexandra's commitment to taking the project through the finish line. To that end, she is committed to pushing all involved to provide timely solutions."
Chambers Europe | 2025
"Alexandra Manciulea - great negotiation skills, provides support through out the entire process, she is solution oriented, conducts discussion easily."
Legal 500 | 2025
"Alexandra Manciulea is a reliable partner, with strong attention to detail and an open approach to address complex issues."
Chambers Europe | 2026
"Alexandra is very efficient, quick and proactive."
Chambers Europe | 2026
"Alexandra Manciulea combines crisp negotiation skills with exceptional project management and stakeholder coordination, ensuring that parallel workstreams progress seamlessly under tight deadlines. She plays a key role in driving the process and project forward, demonstrating both initiative and a clear understanding of how to make progress happen."
Legal 500 | 2026


