Oana-Claudia Brotac

Founding Partner

Specialising in Competition & FDI, M&A, Oil & Gas, Renewables and Investment & Infrastructure Construction Contracts.

Over twenty-five years of M&A experience across multiple jurisdictions (Germany, The Netherlands, UK, USA, Spain, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Bulgaria, Ukraine, Georgia, Turkey) and industries (financial services, oil & gas, renewables, construction, import clearance services, shipping, FMCG), navigating Competition and FDI regulatory frameworks, ensuring transactions are cleared by the European Commission and NCAs and subsequent closing.

Competition lawyer with in-depth experience of assessing vertical and horizontal agreements, market practices, dominance and related abuse, regularly assisting clients in investigations and dawnraids of the NCA and designing and implementing compliance programmes and trainings to all employees and sales teams of clients.

Leading lawyer providing support on the engineering design, procurement, installation and commissioning of the first offshore SPM marine terminal in CEE, with a CAPEX of USD 150+ million at the time.

Has practiced in both law firms and stock exchange listed vertically-integrated multinationals in oil & gas, financial services and FMCG, currently offering genuine legal director perspective as an external counsel to businesses.

Oana is an Industrial Property Attorney for trademarks and designs.

Oana brings a distinctive blend of technical excellence and business acumen to every engagement. Clients praise her on LinkedIn for her ability to translate complex legal issues into plain language and recommendations to act, which distinguishes her from the regular business lawyer. She also grasps board and executive committee dynamics in a volatile and complex regulatory landscape.

Oana holds an LL.M. in EU Business Law from the Universities of Bologna, Barcelona, Essex, Konstanz, Nijmegen, Lyon III, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome and an Executive MBA from IEDC Bled School of Management, reputedly the best business school in CEE.