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Cristian Guia

Partner
Head of the Real Estate & Construction group

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Cristian is a real estate partner, advising international and local clients across the entire spectrum of real estate matters, including FIDIC agreements.

As real estate partner with Eversheds Sutherland’s Bucharest office, Cristian is the head of the real estate, construction and engineering practices. He has significant experience in corporate real estate, real estate development, real estate finance and investment, real estate planning, construction and engineering, advising international and local clients in many high-profile transactions. Cristian also advises in relation to negotiation of FIDIC agreements and acts as support to various DABs/ arbitrators in dispute proceedings.

Cristian frequently assists clients on the structuring, financing and management of real estate transactions. Whether an investor, developer, tenant or borrower, Cristian can help you in all aspects of real estate, advising you on a broad range of local and cross-border transactions, with focus on: real estate acquisitions, commercial lease agreements, construction law (including FIDIC regulated agreements), real estate finance and due diligence reviews. The portfolio of clients includes international retailers, owners and asset managers of shopping centres and other retail, industrial or office properties.

Cristian and his team have been involved in complex FIDIC contracts, involving advice, review and drafting of particular conditions, localisation of such agreements and tailoring them according to the specific construction framework. Moreover, he contributes significantly to consolidating the firm’s real estate client base in this practice area and also securing longstanding confidence from other major players across various industries and sectors (including shopping centres and retail sectors, automotive, telecommunications, sports, rent a car, IT, aviation, office, FMCG). 

The firm’s real estate practice is the preferred real estate legal advisor for various key players in commercial real estate business. Moreover, in the past five years, Cristian has coordinated a series of large-scale real estate transaction in Romania and CEE, including several direct acquisitions of approx. 530.000 sqm to be further developed into shopping centres in Romania.

Cristian coordinates the real estate assistance on all areas of real estate law, including: logistics and industrial; commercial/retail; residential; construction; real estate finance; real estate litigation; real estate insurances.

Cristian's wide-ranging experience includes diverse and sophisticated projects in the field of real estate transactions, among which:

  • advising an IT global company in the lease of 22,905 sqm and ancillary 500 parking spaces in office complex developed in Bucharest; continuous support in all post-closing activities and during the implementation of the construction works
  • assisting a leading truck manufacture company, in connection to various real estate projects (either freeholds or leaseholds), primarily related to the client’s trucks business spread throughout Romania
  • advising the largest owner of shopping centres in Romania and CEE, in the acquisition of approx. 530,000 sqm to be further developed into shopping centres in Romania
  • assisting a leading telecommunications company in relation to a very complex, multi-jurisdictional project related to their passive infrastructure in Romania and a future corporate scheme splitting their activities between telecommunication services provision and real estate business
  • involved in the network development of a major retail company in Romania, advising the client in the negotiation of the pre-sale-purchase agreements, sale purchase agreements and due diligence process
  • advising a well known international player in relation to their chain of restaurants and coffee shops, primarily in relation to their lease agreements and day-to-day issues in the context of the pandemic
  • assisting a Dispute Adjudication Board called to adjudicate in a dispute, which has arisen in relation to a FIDIC-regulated agreement between the Romanian authority and an internationally reputed contractor
  • assisting a leading telecom company in relation to various real estate matters, including all the negotiation stages related to the lease agreement for the relocation of their headquarters

During his career, Cristian has held numerous presentations on various real estate matters during client training sessions and events.

Over the past years, Chambers & Partners has acknowledged Cristian's know-how on the Romanian real estate market. 

He is also a leading practitioner in real estate, according to Legal 500 international guide.  

Ranked in Chambers Europe 2019

Ranked in Europe Chambers 2016

A member of Eversheds Sutherland’s international real estate practice group, Cristian is a frequent writer of opinions on real estate issues for business and specialised publications, such as Arena Construct.

  • LLB, University of Bucharest Law School, Bucharest, Romania, 1996 - 2000
Cristian Guia

Partner

Head of the Real Estate & Construction group

Cristian Guia

Partner

Head of the Real Estate & Construction group

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