About
Alina heads the Corporate, M&A and Capital markets department and the Energy and Projects/PPP practices of Filip & Company. She has previously worked in the Bucharest and London offices of a Magic Circle firm and has been involved in projects in several jurisdictions.
Alina has advised on some of the most noteworthy deals in the energy, financial services and infrastructure sectors, including on M&A transactions, corporate restructurings, financing deals (including project finance) and regulatory matters.
Highlights of her activity include assisting:
- a global independent video game developer in securing a USD 20 million financing from an investment fund advised by Emona Capital LLP;
- a leading tech-driven shipping and delivery management platform owned by Abris Capital Partners (“Abris”), the ESG transformation specialist private equity investor, in the acquisition of a majority shareholding in Innoship, the leading Central European provider of advanced technology solutions that optimize last-mile management for E-Commerce merchants;
- an investment fund company in the sale of its entire shareholding in OMV Petrom S.A., consisting of 1,777,067,726 ordinary shares, through an accelerated private placement launched on Tuesday, 13 December;
- a privately held investment company in the acquisition of a minority stake in the company operating the UNTOLD group, the largest player in the Eastern European entertainment market;
- a leading sustainability-oriented European fund in several investments and potential investments across Europe and Asia;
- one of the largest steel manufacturers in the world in relation to its sale of the operations in a number of European jurisdictions, including its largest Romanian steel plants;
- a national bank in relation to the divestment to Eximbank of its 99.28% stake in its Romanian subsidiary Banca Romaneasca;
- a leading regional telecommunications operator in relation to (i) the acquisition of Invitel, one of the key operators on the Hungarian telecommunications market, from China CEE Investment Co-operation Fund; (ii) the sale of its Czech, Slovak and Croatian cable and DTH businesses;
- an international home improvement company in relation to the acquisition of the Romanian operations of (i) Bricostore, a leading regional operator and the number two DIY chain in Romania and of (ii) Praktiker România, one of the major home improvements and DIY retailers in the country;
- a leading European energy company on matters related to taxes applicable to revenues from gas trading activities in the context of certain gas sale and purchase agreements concluded by the client as a trader;
- a leading general contracting company in relation to the development and sale, via competitive processes of several renewable projects;
- one of the largest suppliers of photovoltaic equipment in relation to the development and acquisition of several renewable projects in Romania;
- a leading European fund in relation to the potential acquisition of several companies developing several wind farm projects with an envisaged installed capacity in excess of 850 MW.
