Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal announces 14 promotions effective as of September 1, 2026. These include the promotion of Ana Galgotiu-Sararu to Partner, Stefan Caramida and Andrea Grigoras to Counsel, while Stefan Mihartescu and Ana Maria Vlasceanu have become Senior Managing Associates. Elena Iacuba, Lucian Savin, and Andrei Ududoiu have been promoted to Managing Associate, while Andra Campeanu, Diana Dulama, Valeriu Iliescu, Alis Morar, Teodora Nitu, and Malin-Cristian Unguru have advanced to Senior Associate positions.
”I am particularly delighted that we can mark our 20th anniversary with a significant strengthening of our leadership team, which now brings together nine partners and an equal number of counsels, out of more than 85 lawyers within the firm. I would like to believe that, over these two decades, we have built a distinctive organization, including from a career development perspective, with multiple levels of responsibility reflecting the evolution of skills from highly technical expertise to project management, team leadership, client portfolio expansion, and reputation building. For senior positions, the recognition awarded reflects not only excellence in client service but also a tangible contribution to the development of the practice, with expectations that are often more demanding than those generally required across the profession, making these achievements all the more meaningful. I would like to thank them all for their commitment and contribution to our team’s success and to strengthening our reputation in the Romanian legal market,” said Alexandru Reff, Country Managing Partner, Deloitte Romania and Moldova.
Ana Galgotiu-Sararu – Partner, Dispute Resolution practice, with more than 14 years of experience in this area, is recognized for advising clients on high-profile and strategically significant litigation and arbitration matters, particularly in real estate and construction, commercial, corporate, regulatory and administrative sectors. Since joining Reff & Associates in 2019, Ana has played a central role in the expansion and strengthening of the firm’s commercial and administrative disputes practice as one of the leading dispute resolution practices in Romania.
Stefan Caramida – Counsel, Corporate, Commercial and M&A practice, has more than two decades of experience advising clients on complex corporate, commercial, and transactional matters. His practice focuses on M&A transactions, corporate governance, and the negotiation of high-value commercial agreements. Widely appreciated by clients for his strategic insight and practical advice, Stefan is recognized by Legal 500 as a Leading Associate.
Andrea Grigoras – Counsel, Competition Law practice, has 18 years of experience in this area and leads complex antitrust mandates, advising clients on some of the most sensitive and sophisticated competition matters in the market. She is particularly valued for her ability to provide pragmatic, business-oriented advice on clients’ complex legal issues. Andrea has been ranked by Legal 500 for several years, most recently as a Leading Associate.
Stefan Mihartescu – Senior Managing Associate, Tax Litigation practice, has more than 12 years of experience advising national and international companies on matters involving significant tax exposure and regulatory implications. His extensive litigation experience allows him to provide practical and strategic guidance tailored to clients’ business objectives.
Ana-Maria Vlasceanu – Senior Managing Associate, Employment Law practice, has 15 years of experience advising employers on complex workforce, employment, and social security matters. She is particularly recognized for helping organizations navigate transformative workplace developments, including restructurings, cross-border workforce mobility, pay transparency, collective bargaining, and transfer of undertakings.
Elena Iacuba – Managing Associate, Dispute Resolution practice, with a focus on administrative, real estate, construction, and public procurement disputes, is recognized for advising clients on complex and strategically important litigation.
Lucian Savin – Managing Associate, Dispute Resolution practice, has more than eight years of experience advising clients on strategically significant disputes, particularly in the real estate, commercial, public procurement, and employment sectors.
Andrei Ududoiu – Managing Associate, Banking & Finance practice, with more than seven years of experience, he advises banks, investment firms, asset managers and other regulated entities on complex regulatory, licensing, and compliance matters.
Reff & Associates | Deloitte Legal is celebrating 20 years of activity in the Romanian market, during which it has steadily grown and consolidated its position in the business law, and its activity has expanded to 14 practice areas. With a team of 85 lawyers specialized in the main areas of practices of business law, the firm is recognized as a leading law firm in Romania for the quality of services and ability to deliver solutions on complex legal matters. The areas of practice include banking and finance, business integrity, capital markets, competition, consumer business and data protection, corporate, commercial and mergers and acquisitions, dispute resolution, employment, energy and environment, insolvency, intellectual property, legal management consulting, public sector and real estate, as well as tax controversy. The firm represents in Romania Deloitte Legal, a global network with more than 3,100 lawyers in 75+ countries.
For more information about Reff & Associates, please visit www.reff-associates.ro.
