Mihai Guia is the co-Managing Partner of Eversheds Sutherland Romania. He serves as the Head of Corporate and M&A department. In this role, he is responsible for all aspects of the company’s M&A activities and overseas investor relations. Mihai has over 15 years of experience; he has acted and advised clients in complex M&A transactions, including undertaking detailed due diligence investigations, drafting and negotiating share purchase, joint ventures, asset sales.

Mihai is also specialized in franchising, competition and antitrust law, offering legal advise to local and international clients in various merger clearance cases, sector investigations.

Cristian Lina is the co-Managing Partner of Eversheds Sutherland Romania, and he, also, heads the firm’s Banking & Finance Energy and TMT practices. Cristian has strong knowledge of the regulatory framework and legal practices of the energy sector in Romania. He has advised national and international clients in the electricity and natural gas field with various regulatory and compliance matters.

Cristian has also been involved in the drafting of the privatisation strategy for the Romanian electricity sector, and in a large number of transactions involving privatisations, joint ventures, rehabilitations or financings in the energy sector.

Cristian is a Partner with Eversheds Sutherland Romania and Head of the Real Estate and Construction practice, coordinating the team in sophisticated real estate related projects.

Cristian frequently advises clients on the structuring, financing and management of real estate transactions. His team offers extensive experience in all aspects of real estate law acting for investors, developers, tenants and borrowers on a broad range of (cross-border) transactions with an emphasis on real estate acquisitions, commercial lease agreements, construction law (including FIDIC regulated agreements), real estate finance and due diligence reviews.

Sorin is the Head of the Dispute Resolution & Arbitration practice and Partner of Eversheds Sutherland Romania.

He has extensive experience in various types of disputes, including, civil, commercial, insolvency and administrative cases. Specialized litigator, Sorin has been a trial lawyer in Romania for more than 17 years, acting for both domestic and international clients, proving fantastic client care and a great combination of detail legal knowledge and good commercial judgement.