Ecaterina Burlacu mainly specializes in Corporate M&A and Employment, with additional focusing on Commercial, Corporate Governance and Data Protection.
She is an experienced Counsel who is regularly advising domestic and international companies throughout the entire lifecycle of their transactions, from acquisition structuring (including joint ventures, restructurings, and management incentive programs) to exit, covering asset and share sales as well as corporate aspects of IPOs.
Clients also benefit from her broad expertise in the full range of corporate governance, data protection and employment matters, enabling them to navigate complex regulatory and operational challenges.
- Advised a large snacks company on preparing internal restructurings, review of internal regulations applicable in the group companies, dealing with conflict between employees and termination of employment relationships of management employees.
- Advised a client in dealing with complex internal conflictual situations, that culminated in successfully defending several moral harassment claims.
- Advised a client active in education services field in dealing with complex conflictual relationships at management level, including advice in dealing with disciplinary and non-performance procedures.
- Advised a major bank in dealing with the creation of a new union, including on potential conflicts of interests between union leaders and the company management; advising on communication with union in the context of corporate transactions.
- Advised a prominent international player in the oil and gas industry on the review of documentation prepared in relation to implementing whistleblowing policies, including advising on dealing with limitations in using resources at group level and designing particularities to be applied at local level
- Advised a global manufacturer of physical infrastructure on various employment matters related to the negotiation of the collective labour agreement, reorganization of certain local departments, potential constructive claims from employees leaving the company
- Advised a private equity group in designing and implementing share option incentive schemes for the members of the management in their local portfolio companies and in structuring contractual arrangements required in the structuring of the incentive scheme
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Career & qualifications
- Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in Iasi (LL.M) 2010
- Admitted as a lawyer in Romania 2009
- Junior Associate, Peli Filip 2008
- Joined Clifford Chance 2018
Professional bodies
- Bucharest Bar