șerban George Patriciu
Partner
Partner
+40 374 494 944
serban.patriciu@suciupartners.ro
+40 374 494 944
serban.patriciu@suciupartners.ro
Practice Areas
Real Estate & Construction
Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
Corporate & Commercial
Mergers & Acquisitions
Infrastructure/PPP/Public Procurement
Admitted to the bar in 2003
Education
University of Bucharest, Law Degree
Professional bodies
Bucharest Bar
Șerban Patriciu is a senior business lawyer with more than 25 years of experience, combining a top-tier international law firm background, senior in-house capability,
and direct business exposure. He focuses on real estate, investments, development and
construction, M&A, corporate governance, banking and finance and capital markets.
Before joining Suciu Partners, Șerban founded and led a specialized boutique law firm,
served as Head of Real Estate Romania at a leading European law firm, and was a Partner
and Head of Real Estate Romania at a top-tier global law firm.
He advised institutional investors, developers, private equity funds, and major
corporations on landmark Romanian transactions, including some of the largest
and most complex real estate projects on the market. His experience covers the
full lifecycle of assets and projects: from land acquisition, title analysis, development structuring,
permitting, construction, financing, leasing, asset management, sale, and portfolio
transactions.
He has significant experience across the office, retail, industrial, logistics, and residential
sectors, as well as in strategic M&A, project finance, corporate governance, capital markets, and privatisation mandates.
Selected Relevant Experience
Assisting a prominent regional private equity fund in relation to the high-profile acquisitions
of a major retail chain (largest M&A deal in the Romanian market at the time) and a leading healthcare network.
Advising a leading international grocery retailer in connection with their extensive
commercial expansion in Romania, including land acquisitions, site development,
and full legal support up to store openings.
Assisting the real estate division of a global home furnishings retailer on the large-scale
development and commercial leasing of a landmark office and mixed-use project in
Bucharest.
Assisting a chemical group on the
legal strategy, title analysis, and transaction documentation for the privatisation of a
chemical plant with extensive immovable assets, divided across separate
technological bundles.
Assisting an international investment fund on the development, financing, operation, and
ultimate divestment of a flagship business park in the Bucharest area, as well as on
the sale of premium properties to major retail and residential developers.
Advising a major European real estate investment and development group on the
development, construction, operation, and major-brand commercial leasing of a
leading shopping centre in Constanța.
Assisting a leading European DIY retailer on the strategic acquisition of a competitor's retail
operations and stores in Romania.
Assisting a prominent international institutional investor on the acquisition and syndicated
refinancing of prime office properties in Bucharest and Voluntari.
Assisting major global chemical, industrial, and pharmaceutical corporations on strategic
land acquisitions for large-scale greenfield industrial developments across Romania.
Coordinating the legal team advising a European banking liquidation entity on the asset management and operation of prominent office buildings in Bucharest, as well as the structured sale of multiple prime development land plots in Romania to leading domestic retail groups.
Accolades
Șerban has been consistently ranked and recognised by Legal 500 EMEA in
Corporate/M&A and Real Estate.
Clients have described him as “very clever”, “very sound on all areas of real estate
advice”, and highly valued him for providing “practical and prompt advice”.