Harta avocaturii

Lawyer profile

Professional Experience

• Partner, Wolf Theiss Bucharest, Romania, since 2005
• Attorney at Law, Voicu & Filipescu, in association with Squire Sanders & Dempsey (Bucharest, Romania, 2001 – 2005)
• Attorney at Law, Arent Fox Kintner Plotkin & Kahn PLLC, (Bucharest, Romania, 2000 –2001)
• Attorney at Law, Popovici & Associates, (Bucharest, Romania, 1997 – 2000)

Education

• University of Bucharest, Law Faculty (Bachelor of Law, 1997)
• Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of International Business and Economics, Bucharest, Romania (Master Degree in European Trade, 1996)
• Academy of Economic Studies, Faculty of International Business and Economics, Bucharest, Romania (BA in Economics, 1995)



Representative work

Ms. Leach is a partner in the Bucharest office of Wolf Theiss. Her practice is principally focused on M&A, competition, PPP and energy.

Representative transactions encompass legal advice for: Deutsche Bahn AG on the acquisition of ownership by their subsidiary Schenker AG in Romtrans SA (Romania's leading international transporter and freight forwarder) through a private tender offer to the individual shareholders in Romtrans; Schenker & CO AG with regard to management contracts after the acquisition of control over Romtrans S.A.; Bank Austria, a member of UniCredit Group, and Vereinsbank Victoria Bauspar AG, on the sale of HVB Banca pentru Locuinte S.A. to Raiffeisen Group; Trade House "KazMunaiGaz" JSC, Kazakhstan, on the acquisition of a 75% stake in Rompetrol Group N.V.; UniCredito Italiano SpA on the merger by absorption of Unicredit Romania S.A. into HVB Tiriac S.A., Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG on the merger by absorption of HVB Bank S.A. into Tiriac Bank S.A.; Bank Austria Creditanstalt AG on the acquisition of the majority stake in Tiriac Bank S.A.; and the Romanian Ministry of Transportation related to the PPP development and reconstruction of Romania’s Comarnic - Predeal and Bucharest - Ploiesti motorways.

Languages

• English
• French