Catalin Graure is a Managing Associate in the Bucharest office focusing on competition and energy related matters.

Catalin has been assisting both domestic and international clients on complex competition law matters such as competition investigations, merger control and internal compliance or energy-related projects, including electricity generation (both conventional and renewable), distribution & supply and natural gas trading & supply aspects.

Hardworking and accommodating. Produces comprehensive, thorough and well though through legal advice. Catalin consistently meets deadlines and keeps to budget.

Catalin Graure is ‘very professional with excellent knowledge and expertise on the subject of local Competition rules and practices'.

Legal 500, 2022

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING

Competition & State Aid

• A CENTRAL EUROPEAN INVESTMENT GROUP on the competition clearance with commitments by the Romanian Competition Council of one of the largest transactions in the pharmaceutical sector in Romania
• AN IMPORTANT RETAILER IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE on obtaining the competition clearance from the Romanian Competition Council for the acquisition of a regional online platform
• AN INTEGRATED EUROPEAN ENERGY COMPANY, based in Switzerland, on its expansion in Romania through a major acquisition in the energy and gas markets, namely of Repower Furnizare, a company with an annual turnover of over EUR 100 million, including obtaining the clearance from the Romanian Competition Council

Energy & Natural Resources

• AN ELECTRICITY DISTRIBUTION, GAS SHIPPING, LNG CHARTER, AND STEEL PRODUCTION SERVICES PROVIDER on gas regulatory requirements in Romania, including gas transmission and supply matters, and in obtaining and maintaining a gas supply licence in Romania, including procedures before the Romanian energy regulator
• AN INTEGRATED EUROPEAN ENERGY COMPANY, based in Switzerland, on its expansion in Romania through a major acquisition in the energy and gas markets, namely of Repower Furnizare, a company with an annual turnover of over EUR 100 million, including obtaining the clearance from the Romanian Competition Council
• A KEY POWER AND GAS PLAYER IN ROMANIA on its group reorganisation plans, as well as in respect of energy regulatory issues in the power and gas sector, including centralised trading markets and green certificates contracts
• AN IMPORTANT ENERGY PLAYER IN ROMANIA on the potential acquisition of a natural gas trading and supply business

LIFE SCIENCES & HEALTHCARE

• DR. MAX, a Central and East European pharmacy chain owned by Penta Investments, on the acquisition of Romania’s A&D Pharma, the largest pharmacy operator and pharma distributor in the country with significant operations in Central and Eastern Europe
• ACCELOVANCE, a research company focusing on vaccines, oncology and general medicine, on the Romanian law aspects of the acquisition of THERAMetrics, a global technology-based contract R&D organization
• PERRIGO, the leader in manufacturing and distributing medicines, food supplements, cosmetics and para-pharmaceuticals, on various pharma regulatory aspects, competition and other day-to-day issues

EDUCATION

• 2013: Hague Academy of International Law, Netherlands, Centre for Studies and Research in International Law and International Relations
• 2011 – 2012: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France, M.A. in Public International Law
• 2010 – 2011: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France, M.A. in European and International Business Law
• 2007 – 2010: Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University, France, B.A.
• 2009 – 2010: University of Strasbourg, France, Faculty of Law, B.A.
• 2007 – 2011: University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

• Bucharest Bar Association
• Romanian Union of Lawyers

LANGUAGES

Romanian, English, French

PUBLICATIONS

• Romania’s Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant Looking for New Investors as Partnership with China General Nuclear Power Corporation Terminated, Canadian Nuclear Law Organisation, June 2020
• The Dominance and Monopolies Review, Law Business Research, Romania Chapter, 6th edition, July 2018
• The Merger Control Review, Law Business Research, Romania Chapter, 8th edition, August 2017