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Lawyer profile

Practice areas

• Corporate / M & A
• Private equity

Professional Experience


• Partner, Wolf Theiss Bucharest, Romania, since 2008
• 2005 – 2007: Managing Associate, Linklaters Bucharest
• 1998 – 2005: Associate, Jones Day Paris
• 1995 – 1998: Associate, Jones Day Cleveland

Education

• 1992 – 1995: University of Michigan Law School
• 1987 – 1991: Stanford University, B.A. International Relations and B.S. Biological Sciences

Representative work

Gabriel Klarsfeld is specialised in all areas of corporate law with a focus on mergers and acquisitions and private equity. General corporate law, mergers and acquisition work, focus on cross-border structured transactions involving strategic purchasers or investment funds and restructuring. Representations have included North American and Asian acquirers of businesses or assets in Europe, French target companies and French acquirers of businesses in other EU countries and elsewhere in Europe. Particular expertise in the chemical, telecommunications, pharmaceutical and real estate areas. Also US securities and bankruptcy experience.

Extensive experience in all aspects of transnational transactions involving acquisition of real estate assets; mortgages and other securities; leveraged buy-outs; capital markets and issuance of debt and securities; EU and US regulatory and antitrust filings and negotiations with regulatory authorities; creation of funds; and credit facilities and loan agreements. Strong ability to coordinate teams of lawyers within several firms, in different jurisdictions and ensure seamless quality of the work product presented to the client.

Languages

• French
• English
• Romanian