Expertise
Having a professional experience of over 14 years, he assists clients in connection with a wide range of real estate matters, including real estate acquisition, transaction structuring, due diligence, joint ventures and exit strategies. His expertise includes urban planning, construction agreements and permitting matters for complex mixed-use projects, industrial, mining and energy industries as well as in-depth knowledge of office, retail, logistic and hospitality businesses.
Vlad is one of the most reputed lawyers in the area of real estate with more than €1 billion in transactions closed during the course of his career, including the landmark sale of one of the largest multifunctional business centers in Bucharest for €120 million and more than 500,000 sqm successful leasing of offices, logistic and retail premises.
His practice focuses on:
- real estate acquisitions
- real estate transaction structuring and exit strategies
- real estate joint venture agreements
- office, retail and logistic leasing
- urban planning and permitting
- construction agreements
Representative Cases and Transactions
- assistance to one of the leading European real estate developers in the development and leasing of their first office projects in Romania, an investment exceeding 100 million EUR
- assistance with the acquisition, construction, development and leasing by a major real estate developer in Central and South East Europe of the 100 million EUR office project in Bucharest
- assistance to a major real estate developer in Central and South East Europe successful 120 million EUR exit from a central Bucharest office project, the largest exit from a single office project on the Romanian market up to date
- advice to a large real estate investment company in the due diligence and acquisition of a major office project fully leased to one of the largest international banks present on the Romanian market
- advice to major developers in relation to the office and retail leasing of more than 300,000 sqm throughout the years
- assisting two of the largest real estate developers active on the Romanian market in relation to major stock exchange projects such as listing, prospectus, issuance rights and bonds
- assistance with the development and acquisition of renewable energy projects by a global technological leader and project developer in the wind industry
- assistance to a large German full-service project developer in relation to their investments in renewable energy projects in Romania, from due diligence to development and exit strategies
- advice to a major real estate developer in Central and South East Europe in the development, leasing and subsequent exit from several retail projects developed in Romania
- assistance with hotel acquisitions / developments in Romania by one of the largest Israeli hotel operators
Accolades
Included in international rankings since 2017; most recently:
- Ranked, Real Estate (Chambers and Partners, 2020)
- Recommended, Real Estate and Construction (Legal 500, 2020)
“[Vlad Tănase is] fast-thinking and client-centred”
(Chambers and Partners, 2019)
Education
- University of Bucharest Law School, Law Degree
- Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University
Memberships and Affiliations
- Bucharest Bar
Notable contribution
- contributor to NNDKP – COVID-19 Legal & Tax Resource Center
- speaker at the 6th edition of the Foreign Investors Summit, Panel “Investments in the real estate sector”, organized by Business Review (2019)
- speaker at the 5th edition of the Foreign Investors Summit, Panel “Real Estate – A Foreign Investment Review”, organized by Business Review (2018)
- speaker at the 4th edition of the Foreign Investors Summit, Panel “Focus on Real Estate”, organized by Business Review (2017)
- speaker at the “Sustainable Buildings, a Step into the Future” conference, organized by Idea Events (2017)