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About
Provided by Matei Victor Florea
Practice Areas
banking, finance & capital markets, projects, concessions/ PPP, public procurement
Career
Matei Florea is a partner at Schoenherr and the head of the firm's banking & finance practice group in CEE/SEE. He has been the main driver behind the development of Schoenherr's banking & finance practice in Romania as well as the development of specific NPL-related products CEE-wide. He focuses mainly on deleveraging transactions, debt restructuring projects, financial sector M&A deals, financing, as well as financial services regulatory. He has advised on major bank M&A deals and record-setting loan portfolio transactions in the Romanian market and in the CEE region. In addition, he advises on bank and direct lending projects, including real estate and project finance, acquisition finance, corporate lending and municipal financing. His financial services regulatory work includes obtaining the regulatory approval for bank M&A deals, as well as assisting on complex consumer-related disputes, currency conversation programmes, GDPR implementation, etc. Matei also runs the firm's projects, concessions/PPP, public procurement practice group in Bucharest.
Chambers Review
Global
Matei Victor Florea has an excellent standing in the market as an active adviser on debt restructuring matters, finance leasing plans, acquisition financing and the acquisition of diverse loan portfolios.
Romania-based Matei Victor Florea assists with significant financing across several CEE jurisdictions and also provides complex regulatory advice on major share divestments.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Matei knows banking law and procedures well, and we like his level of communication a lot."
"I really like that he has vast knowledge."
"Matei is extremely calm and able to understand vulnerabilities."
"He resolved difficult situations well and was always on top of things."
"Matei knows banking law and procedures well, and we like his level of communication a lot."
"I really like that he has vast knowledge."
"Matei is extremely calm and able to understand vulnerabilities."
"He resolved difficult situations well and was always on top of things."