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Cristian Lina

Managing Partner
Head of the M&A group

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Languages: English, French

Cristian is a corporate/M&A partner, advising multinationals and entrepreneurs on corporate and commercial, banking and finance and energy matters.

As Co-Managing Partner of Eversheds Sutherland’s Bucharest office, Cristian co-heads the corporate/M&A and banking & finance practices, advising multinational companies, investment funds and entrepreneurs on corporate and commercial, banking and finance and energy matters. He has consolidated a solid reputation advising strategic and financial investors and stakeholders in connection with prominent M&A transactions on the Romanian market, in sectors such as real estate, technology, construction materials and others.

During his 20 years of experience, Cristian has been involved in one of the largest transactions and privatisations of utilities and energy companies and also in private equity deals in the telecommunications, financial services sectors.

Cristian also advises clients across the full M&A spectrum, from cross-border acquisitions and divestments, complex re-organisations and restructuring, to the sale of closely owned companies. Cristian was involved in sophisticated transactions on the Romanian market, having assisted institutional and strategic buyers, private equity funds, portfolio investors or entrepreneurs selling their businesses or participations.

A selection of the most relevant projects in the field of M&A, energy and banking and finance that Cristian was involved in includes:

  • part of the team coordinating the project through which one of the largest telecom operators in the market sold its fixed telecom business in the largest M&A deal in Romania in 2020
  • assisting one of the key telecom operators in Romania in its restructuring process, by spinning off their towers business into a new company, which has been consolidated with other similar group companies to form the largest European towers holding company
  • advising a Swiss group in the acquisition process of one of the largest local producers of construction materials
  • assisting companies active in the technology and energy sectors in connection with the implementation of internal reorganization and consolidation procedures
  • advising and assisting with the entry on the Romanian energy market as well as advice with all regulatory matters related to the company’s activity in Romania, including drafting and negotiation of PPAs for some of the world’s largest energy and commodity traders
  • assisting key clients on acquisition projects of photovoltaic, bio-mass and wind farms
  • LLB, University of Bucharest Law School, Bucharest, Romania, 1994 –1998
Cristian Lina

Managing Partner

Head of the M&A group

Cristian Lina

Managing Partner

Head of the M&A group

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