Stefania Sacuiu
Associate
Areas of expertise
Languages
Romanian
French
English
Dutch
Spanish
Stefania Sacuiu is a member of the VBB transactions team.
Her practice focuses primarily on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, private equity, venture capital, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations (including in a distressed context) and corporate governance.
She has assisted clients in various sectors, including IT, logistics, retail, finance, insurance, automotive, hospitality, biopharmaceuticals and entertainment.
Stefania has been seconded as a corporate counsel to an international renewable energy producer headquartered in Belgium.
Representative matters
- Acting for Gedeon Richter on its strategic acquisition of 100% of the shares in Estetra and Neuralis, and certain assets of Mithra Recherche et Développement, from Mithra Pharmaceuticals.
- Advised Exact Group B.V., the business software market leader in the Benelux, in an auction process in relation to the acquisition of all shares in Silverfin NV, a Belgian company providing cloud tools and related software allowing accountants and financial advisors to apply connected accounting, and its subsidiary, Boltzmann BV.
- Advised Aera Payment & Identification, a Norwegian-based online payment services company, on the acquisition of Digiteal, a Belgian authorised payment institution and a third-party payment service provider (multi-PSP) active in the SEPA zone.
- Advised a subsidiary of a major European telecommunications group specialised in smart mobility on the acquisition of a French specialist in real-time traffic information for in-vehicle navigation systems.
- Advised a U.S.-based manufacturer of pneumatic and cordless tools and collated fasteners (part of a listed Japanese industrial group) on its acquisition of a Dutch pneumatic tool manufacturing and sales company.
- Advised a Swedish automotive group on its acquisition of two Belgian authorized dealerships for premium European car brands.
- Advised a French group specialised in the rental and maintenance of professional clothing and textile articles on its acquisition of two Belgian companies in the dry-cleaning segment.
- Advised a Belgian general aviation insurance and reinsurance company, and its shareholders, on its sale to a global insurer and reinsurer listed on a major U.S. stock exchange.
- Advised the acquiring group on the merger of the Belgian aviation insurer with the group’s European insurance legal entity.
- Advised an Australian logistics solutions group on its acquisition of a leading Belgian provider of freight forwarding, customs, and warehousing management solutions.
Professional
- Admitted to Brussels Bar, 2015
Academic
- Master of Laws, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2015 (cum laude)
- Bachelor of Laws, bilingual program, Université Libre de Bruxelles (cum laude)