Bogdan Ghera

Ghera Lawyers is a business law firm in Bucharest, advising entrepreneurs, companies and investors on corporate matters, M&A, commercial contracts, financing and investments, real estate, technology and fintech, and trademarks. I work with clients in Romania and abroad, including the US, Singapore, Hong Kong and across Europe, combining transactional practice with years of in-house experience at global technology companies. For larger matters, I work with a network of specialist lawyers, so each project ha

Joined as General Counsel and assumed dual leadership as VP of Operations following the COO's departure, running legal, compliance, operations, HR, accounting, payroll, and vendor management simultaneously for one of Europe's leading blockchain protocols. On the M&A side - Led the acquisition of Twispay: Romania's first e-money licensed company, a Visa & Mastercard principal supervised by the National Bank of Romania, operating across the EEA. Managed the full regulatory approval process through completi

Served as core legal team member through UiPath's entire growth trajectory from a $3B valuation to NYSE IPO (one of the largest tech listings of 2021). Advised on four consecutive funding rounds totaling over $1.7B: Series C — $225M (CapitalG, Sequoia) Series D — $568M (Coatue, Dragoneer, T. Rowe Price) Series E — $225M (Alkeon, Accel, Tiger Global) Series F — $750M at $35B valuation Led legal workstreams for multiple international acquisitions including Cloud Elements (API integration), Re:infer (NLP/Lon

Advised on some of the most significant corporate and M&A transactions on the Romanian market during one of the busiest periods for local deal activity. - Nuclearelectrica — joint venture negotiations with China General Nuclear Power Group for the development of Units 3 & 4 of the Cernavodă Nuclear Power Plant - Kingfisher — acquisition of the Romanian operations of Bricostore and Praktiker, two of the leading DIY retail chains in Romania - Digi Communications NV — IPO and admission to trading on the Bucha

Advised on landmark cross-border and domestic transactions including: SABMiller's Romanian business sale — part of a €7.3B global transaction ENEL's acquisition of a 13.6% stake in E-Distribuție Muntenia and ENEL Energie Muntenia Petrofac Ltd.'s full exit from the Romanian market Hili Ventures' acquisition of Art Business Centre Recognized in IFLR1000 2017 for clear communication and technical precision throughout complex transactions.

Built transactional experience across M&A and capital markets at one of Romania's largest and most prestigious law firms. - Part of the team advising on the Electrica IPO — the largest ever Romanian IPO at €440M, dual-listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange and London Stock Exchange - Advised on Premier Capital's acquisition of Romanian McDonald's operations - Worked across corporate, capital markets, and M&A mandates throughout tenure