Lexters

Founded in 2022, Lexters is a Romanian mid-size law firm with an international footprint delivering strategic legal counsel across Corporate & M&A, Fintech, Intellectual Property (IP), Venture Capital (VC) and Litigation & Arbitration.

We combine deep technical expertise with a pragmatic, business-focused approach to help clients navigate complex transactions, regulatory challenges, and high-stakes disputes. We work smoothly across practice areas and jurisdictions, sharing expertise and perspectives, enabling us to provide comprehensive, high-quality solutions on both local or international scales.

Distinctively, Lexters is technology fluent, a unique trait that sets the firm apart as one of the few capable of understanding and addressing the complexities of the tech landscape, be it cybersecurity, blockchain or machine learning. Whether structuring a multi-million-euro acquisition or guiding startups through venture financing rounds, Lexters delivers concrete results grounded in reality, equity and justice.

Why us:

A global perspective connecting CEE with the US and the world

With a strong international outlook, Lexters acts as a bridge between Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), the United States, and global markets, supporting clients expanding or investing across borders.

Corporate and M&A at core

We provide end-to-end legal support for mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, and corporate reorganizations, with particular strength in the technology sector. Our services include conducting comprehensive due diligence to identify risks and opportunities, structuring transactions to optimize tax and regulatory outcomes, drafting and negotiating shareholders’ agreements and transaction documentation, and providing post-closing integration support.

Work highlights include:

• Assisting the biggest fitness network in Romania in acquiring other companies operating fitness gyms in Romania;
• Assisting a market leader in the Baltics on the vending machines sector, owned by a private equity fund, in acquiring the first company on the Romanian market.
• Assistedan important custom software development and IT outsourcing company’sshareholders in the total exit from the company, further to which Arobs Transilvania Software, a company listed on the Bucharest Stock Market, acquired the entire participation in the company.

Speaking Venture Capital, whether with founders or investors

We speak startup - fluent, fast and with purpose. Our team structures and negotiates SAFEs, convertible notes, and priced equity rounds from pre-seed to Series C, ensuring alignment between founders and investors. We design and implement employee stock option plans (ESOPs) and long-term incentive schemes that attract and retain top talent-pioneering ESOP implementation in Romania. Recognized by PitchBook in 2022 as a leading CEE law firm for Venture Capital, we’ve advised on transactions exceeding $2 billion in committed capital over three decades.

Work highlights include:

• Our team has advised a global leading SaaS company in the hybrid workplace experience solutions on its EUR 2 million seed round led by GapMinder VC and Seedblink crowfunding platform. Lexters provided overall strategic advice on crowdfunding and how this raise of capital could fit in company’s long-term goals.
• We advised a Tokyo-based venture capital firm, on an equity investment of more than USD 2,500,000 in an innovative Romanian start-up, a global B2B SaaS platform building the next gen website creators solution via a collaborative platform for front-end development.
• Lexters advised an end-to-end encrypted messenger company on a highly complex deal that required our team’s dual specialization in US and Romanian jurisdictions, involving various stakeholders on both sides. Sessions has raised a USD 4,500,000 seed round led by Berlin’s Earlybird Venture Capital, London’s Stride VC., and Sofia’s LAUNCHub Ventures. Lexters helped our client on various regulatory matters, starting from corporate to regulatory matters related to payments and data protection policies for its cross-border activities.

Safeguarding and looking after your Intellectual Property

We safeguard and monetize your most valuable assets - from trademarks, patents, and designs to software, trade secrets and franchising know-how. As authorized representatives, our IP practice spans strategic portfolio management, complex licensing and R&D agreements, and dispute resolution at national (OSIM), European (EUIPO), US (USPTO) and international (WIPO) levels. Led by two IP stars-recognized lawyers (Irina Vasile – Partner and Cristina Albu – Senior Associate), our team delivers sophisticated IP solutions with commercial precision.

Work highlights include:

• Acted for a franchisee in the food industry sector in two landmark litigations that resulted in final court judgments annulling the underlying franchise agreements, among the first cases decided under Romania’s new franchise law adopted in 2019, on the grounds of insufficient franchisor know-how.
• Providing legal representation for one of Romania’s most well-known brands in the children’s entertainment and indoor playground sector, with trademark value estimated at EUR 4 mil, ensuring the protection of its brand identity. Through targeted legal action, we stopped attempts of unfair client diversion and obtained full redress for the harm caused.
• Advised one of the largest international direct sales companies, producing cosmetics, perfumes, and jewelry, with an annual turnover of €2.77 billion, on the development of a comprehensive franchise agreement. This ensured strong protection of intellectual property and compliance with operational, training, and financial guidelines.
• Provide continuous intellectual property portfolio management services, including competition monitoring, infringement watch services and strategic advice on how to consolidate and monetize IP assets in fast-moving markets, especially for start-ups in AI, biotech, fintech and retail / e-commerce.

Leading the way in Blockchain, Crypto & Web3

Lexters advises cutting-edge blockchain, Web3, fintech, and digital asset projects - from early-stage ventures to large global platforms. Our experience spans MiCA and TFR compliance (including MiCA White Paper drafting and licensing), tokenomics design, SAFTs, token warrants, DAO structuring, DeFi platform launch, CASP licensing, exchange registration, and AML/KYC frameworks. With US- and EU-qualified lawyers, we give CEE companies a competitive edge when scaling internationally. Recognized by Chambers & Partners (2023-2026) as a Band 1 Law Firm in Romania, we have successfully represented clients across global, regional, and local markets.

Work highlights include:

• Advised a global exchange of its flip to Romania to serve the EU market (token qualifications, AML policies, terms and conditions, regulatory matters with tax authorities).
• Recovered various crypto funds for high-net-worth individuals from a top tier exchange, after a 3-year freeze - unlocked in under 3 weeks through targeted legal action.
• We successfully advised an important blockchain platform developed by a Maltese-based sports company on their token offerings in Romania and advertising crypto related services on TV & media in Romania.
• Lexters issued and reviewed legal opinions on token classifications, SAFTs, and hybrid equity/token financings for multiple CEE-based projects targeting US investors. We prepared successful MICAR White Papers for EU token listings.
• Supported blockchain protocol and platform builders on governance, contracts related to IP, IT, SAFT/Token Warrants, IT development and master services agreements, Employee Stock Options Plans (and their adaptation in a web3 context).

Litigation & Arbitration at the highest level

At Lexters, we represent sovereign states, leading international companies, and prominent local businesses in complex disputes. Our team handles cases both in Romanian courts and in international arbitration proceedings, including those under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).

With decades of collective experience, our litigators have advocated for clients at every level of the Romanian court system and in high-stakes global forums. Lexters’ cross-border capabilities are a hallmark of our practice, spanning IP, construction, financial, and regulatory disputes across multiple jurisdictions.

Our practice is further strengthened by the expertise of our partners and arbitrators, Alexandru Stanescu and Tudor Velea, who serve on prestigious arbitral panels. Alexandru sits as an arbitrator with the Moldovan Chamber of International Commerce (CIAM), the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC), and CIAM Madrid (Centro Internacional de Arbitraje de Madrid), one of Europe’s leading international arbitration institutions based in Spain.

Work highlights include:

• Representing Romania in a cross-border case concerning the recovery of El Greco’s Saint Sebastian, a work of national cultural heritage currently held in a private collection in New York. The matter involves historical claims, international restitution mechanisms, and cross-border legal cooperation, with proceedings before the New York courts, all aimed at restoring national ownership over an artwork of exceptional historical and cultural significance.
• Successfully represented Romania through the Ministry of Finance in international investment arbitration at ICSID in the case ofFinDoc versus Romania, securing full dismissal of €200M in claims.
• Acting against a major Romanian real estate developer involved in the country’s most prominent real estate fraud. We secured full compensation for our client through litigation, interim measures, and enforcement strategies.
• Representing a sovereign state in a high-stakes contractual dispute exceeding €500 million, involving a leading global pharmaceutical company. Our role is to ensure the defense of public interests and budgetary integrity in very significant legal confrontations between a state and a multinational actor.
• Acting on behalf of a prominent technology company in administrative and judicial proceedings against the imposition of an administrative sanction resulting in potential damages of over €5M.

We provide concrete, actionable solutions delivered on time

At Lexters, we provide clear, concrete solutions designed to work in practice, not theoretical memos or abstract recommendations. Every strategy we deliver is built for real-world implementation, focused on impact, and aligned with the client’s commercial objectives. We move fast, keep our promises, and deliver exactly when we say we will.

Your go-to law firm for Romanian and international matters. Law, creatively.

Lexters puts together a remarkable team of lawyers who possess the necessary talent and experience, to effectively address the legal and business challenges the clients face today. The firm aims to combine a cutting-edge corporate practice with a creative approach to business law, ensuring mutual benefits for both areas.