Igor Popa
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Igor Popa
Senior Partner, Representative of GRATA International in Europe
Apart from directing and managing the firm, Igor Popa is always personally involved in transactions of our team. He has more than 18 years of experience dealing with issues that foreign investors face in Moldova and has a profound understanding of the local market.
Igor Popa has extensive expertise in litigation, has controlled litigious matters in various areas of practice, has represented officials and multinational corporations, clients in disputes before Moldovan courts, including the Supreme Court of Justice. He specialises in Banking & Finance, Project Finance and Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Mergers & Acquisitions/ Privatisation and in the last 5 years has developed particular knowledge in Capital Market & Securities.
He represented domestic and international clients in a wide range of industries, including Banking, Energy, Healthcare, PPP and Igor Popa has legal and Accounting including (IFRS) background, being a team leader in a variety of high-profile projects and transactions in Moldova.
Practices:
- Mergers & Acquisitions/ Privatisation.
- Project Finance and Public-Private Partnership (PPP).
- Capital Markets & Securities.
Industry Sectors:
- Banking & Finance.
- Private Equity / Venture Capital.
- Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare.
- Technology, Media & Telecommunications.
Education:
Master Degree, LL.M. in Finance. Institute for Law and Finance (ILF), J.-W.- Goethe-University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, 2013.
Law studies / Bachelor (qualification as a lawyer). Police Academy "Ştefan cel Mare", Chisinau, 1998.
Diploma in Accounting. College of Economics and Industry, Chisinau, 1993.
Languages:
- Romanian.
- English.
- German.
- Russian.
Industries
Banking & Finance
Transport
Pharmaceuticals & Healthcare
Construction & Infrastructure
Mining
Oil & Gas
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Practice areas
Project Finance & Public-Private Partnership (PPP)
Finance and Securities
Antitrust and Competition
Tax
Dispute Resolution
Islamic Finance
Real Estate
Environmental Law
Employment
Commercial Contracts
Intellectual Property
Corporate and M&A
Experience
- One of the top Central American investment funds in connection with the acquisitions of two local Moldovan private state companies in two transactions exceeding EUR 42,000,000.
- One of the largest pharmaceutical distribution companies from Egypt with regard to a complex fiscal litigation having as object the annulment of certain administrative acts for the establishment of financial obligations related to customs duties (customs taxes and VAT) in connection with some types of medicines.
- Successfully advising The Moldovan Authorities - State Road Administration before the Court of Milano and the Court of Venice, Italy in defending claims deriving from infrastructure development agreements in two arbitrations concerning contractual performance, with claims value in excess of EUR 15,000,000.
- A major Romanian construction company in the Construction Projects with a leading building material and construction solutions company in Moldova serving the construction industry producing cement, aggregates, and construction solutions used in building projects.
- One of the major German construction companies in relation to several civil disputes in public procurement matters, as well as in domestic litigations regarding public procurement proceedings in connection with works and services of public interest. Deals’ value exceeds EUR 12,000,000.
- A leading Moldovan Construction company in connection with a PPP project with Leova Municipality and The Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB), regarded as one of the most complex integrated greenfield project developed in Moldova to date. The value in excess of EUR 3,500,000.
- A leading Dental Practice from Moldova in drafting and implementing the strategy for the restructuring of various companies within the group, assistance in acquisition of finance with Private Equity investors from EU.
IFLR 1000, 2023
Highly regarded (Capital markets, Project development, Banking, M&A)
