Raluca Gabor is a Counsel in the Bucharest office focusing on Energy & Infrastructure, and M&A, Corporate and Private Equity.

She has more than a decade of experience advising on large-scale infrastructure projects across their full lifecycle, with a particular focus on the energy sector - including renewables, conventional power, oil & gas (onshore and offshore), mining, and petrochemicals.

Raluca has advised on market liberalisation reforms, green certificate schemes, offshore petroleum legislation, and the transition toward carbon neutrality. Her work spans permitting, licensing, EPC and O&M structuring, grid connection, and regulatory compliance, as well as transactional support on M&A, joint ventures, and corporate governance for leading energy players.

She also has experience in public consultations on key energy laws and has supported state-owned entities, investors, and developers on complex, market-shaping projects.

In addition to her energy sector work, Raluca has extensive experience in sector-agnostic M&A and private equity transactions, advising strategic investors, financial sponsors, and portfolio companies across a range of industries on complex acquisitions, divestitures, and investment structures.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

Energy & Infrastructure

• INTERNATIONAL CHEMICAL INVESTORS GROUP on the acquisition of a dormant bioethanol production site in Podari from Clariant Group
• OMV PETROM on a partnership with Complexul Energetic Oltenia to develop four photovoltaic projects with a combined capacity of approx. 550 MW
• MARUBENI CORPORATION on a joint venture with a Romanian state-owned energy company (Elcen Bucuresti) for a 250 MW gas-to-energy generation project
• A MAJOR INTERNATIONAL OIL AND GAS CORPORATION on Romania’s first deep offshore petroleum project
• A CHINESE INVESTOR on the construction partnership for two new nuclear reactors at the Cernavodă nuclear power plant

M&A and Corporate

• DKV MOBILITY on the acquisition of Smart Diesel and Tax Refund, two Romanian fuel card and tax refund companies
• PRIME LABEL on the acquisition of Romanian printing companies Grafoprint and IPPU Packaging
• SENNDER on the acquisition of C.H. Robinson’s European surface transportation operations
• ESP SOLUTIONS on the acquisition of the Autransa Group
• WALDEN GROUP on its acquisition of Alex International Transport 94 in Romania

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 2013: “Nicolae Titulescu” University, Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Romanian Union of Lawyers
• Bucharest Bar Association
• Future Energy Leaders Romania
• Internal Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA)

LANGUAGES

Romanian, English