Roman specializes in banking and finance, M&A and regulatory matters. Over the last few years he has worked for a variety of banks and financial institutions, including advising on several bank expansion projects for various international banking groups. In addition, he has advised numerous lenders and borrowers with regard to financing matters, including significant work in commodities, trade finance and securitization.

Prior to coming to Vernon | David, Roman worked for the Moldovan Ministry of Justice’s Foreclosure and Enforcement Department where he was involved in drafting and revising substantive and procedural national legislation on the subject of debt recovery and collections (working in both Russian and Romanian). In this role, he played a major part in the drafting of a number of pieces of legislation and internal government regulations with regard to enforcement procedures.

Roman’s commercial work includes advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, general contracting matters (like distribution and agency agreements) as well as on intellectual property issues. In the past, Roman held the position of the head of Legal Committee of one of the largest business communities of the Republic of Moldova – AmCham – American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova and the Deputy President of the Board of the EBA – European Business Association.

Recent experience includes:

• assisted one of leading Moldovan financial institutions with the acquisition of another Moldovan bank. This was the premier transaction on the Moldovan market when one commercial bank acquired another commercial bank;
• advised Moldovatransgaz, national natural gas distribution operator, with execution of the lease agreement with Vestmoldtransgaz, local subsidiary of the Romanian national gas operator in relation to the entire natural gas network of the Republic of Moldova. Given the size and importance of this transaction to Moldova, it was awarded as the 2023 Deal of the Year by a reputed European magazine CEE Legal Mattres;
• assisted a series of Swiss financial institutions, such as ING Switzerland, Banque Cantonale de Geneve, Engelhart CTP (formerly known as BTG Pactual Commodities) on granting commodity facilities to Moldova’s largest cereals producer and exporter for its production and export operations. Total value of the loans exceeds USD 120 million;
• advised one of the largest Turkish Agro-businesses on entering into a sale and purchase agreement with the largest Moldovan cereal producer and exporter. The advice included the review and revision of the sale and purchase agreement, drafting the pledge on shares agreement to be entered into by the client and the seller of the agricultural products, its negotiation, execution and registration with the relevant Moldovan registries, together with drafting the relevant legal opinion;
• advised one of the largest Moldovan financial institution, as special project counsel, on a variety of legal matters regarding external financings and projects (value in the Euro 100’s of millions);
• assisted a leading Moldovan commercial bank on drafting its new standard lending documentation with the goal of aligning the documentation to international standards while maintaining legal compliance locally;
• assisted the largest Romanian bank on its acquisition of a leading Moldovan bank.