șerban George Patriciu
Partner

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”.