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Sandra Cahu

Counsel
About

Sandra advises clients on all stages of M&A deals, from due diligence and negotiation of transaction documents to successful completion of the transaction. She also assists clients on corporate governance related issues and corporate reorganisations.

Her recent experience includes, inter alia, advising Dentotal, a company owned by private equity fund Abris and the leading distributor of dental products in Romania, in the successful acquisition of Dentatechnica, the largest distributor of materials and equipment for the dental care market in Bulgaria, assisting Green Horse Games, a Romanian mobile gaming studio, on the strategic investment from Miniclip, world leader of market-defining mobile titles, as well as assisting 2Ride, a global player in the manufacturing and distribution of protective equipment for bikers, motorcyclists and skiers based in France in respect of the Romanian footprint of its acquisition of CASCO, a premium European brand of helmets and glasses.

Sandra also regularly advises venture capital funds (e.g. Early Game Ventures, Notion Capital) in various financing rounds as well as start-ups (e.g. Bright Spaces) in raising investments.

In the past, she has gained valuable experience as in-house counsel, getting a better understanding of how to closely work with and advise the senior management of a TMT company.

Bar admissionsAvocat registered with the Baroul Bucureşti

EXPERIENCE

  • Assisted a global player in the manufacturing and distribution of protective equipment for bikers, motorcyclists and skiers based in France in respect of the Romanian footprint of its acquisition of a premium European brand of helmets and glasses, also undertaking operations in Satu Mare, Romania.
  • Assisting a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud in a Series A investment round for a Romanian start-up in expansion process operating a cloud security platform.
  • Assisted leading distributor of dental products in Romania in the successful acquisition of a large distributor of materials and equipment for the dental care market in Bulgaria.
  • Assisted a Romanian mobile gaming studio on the strategic investment from a world leader of market-defining mobile titles.
  • Advised a company operating a webhosting business in Romania and its shareholders with respect to the sale of their entire participation (100%) in the company to a company that develops web hosting solutions and provides domain hosting services that include shared hosting, VPS, managed VPS, dedicated servers, colocation services, and cloud hosting.
  • Advised a world’s leading renal care service providers with respect to a vendor due diligence process, involving several jurisdictions including Romania.
Languages
  • Romanian
  • English
  • French
  • Spanish
Education
  • University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, Master of Laws (LL.M.), 2017
  • University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, LL.B in Law, 2011

Seminars

  • Speaker at Jobfest Bucharest, Law School, March 2023
  • M&A Trends and Wine Tasting, November 2022

Prior Experience

  • July 2024 – to date: DLA Piper Romania, Counsel
  • June 2022 – June 2024: DLA Piper Romania, Senior Associate
  • April 2018 – May 2022: DLA Piper Romania, Flexible lawyer
  • October 2017 – April 2018: international consultancy firm, Senior Associate
  • May 2017 – September 2017: DLA Piper Romania, Managing Associate
  • May 2014 – April 2017: DLA Piper Romania, Associate
  • June 2013 – April 2014: DLA Piper Romania, Junior Associate
  • July 2011 – June 2013: local law firm, Associate
  • November 2008: Internship with the Bucharest Court of Appeal

Additional qualifications

  • WSET — Wine & Spirit Education Trust, Diploma in Wines

Memberships and Affiliations

  • Member of the Bucharest Bar

Connect

Phone

+40 372 155 863
(Work, Bucharest)
+40 721 328 382
(Mobile, Bucharest)
+40 372 155 810
(Fax, Bucharest)