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Position: Co-Managing Partner
Rating:
  • Expert consultant
  • Women Leaders
Bar Admissions:
Romania
Practice Areas:
Banking
M&A
Jurisdictions:
Languages:
English
French
Biography

Manuela Nestor is Co-Managing Partner and Co-Founder of NNDKP and has nearly 50 years of professional experience. She is widely recognized as a leading figure in the Romanian legal market and has contributed to some of the transactions that have shaped Romania's economic landscape, including privatizations, mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, and restructuring projects.

In addition to her legal practice, Manuela oversees the implementation of the firm's business strategy and provides strategic guidance and input on major projects handled by the firm.

Key Practice Areas

  • Banking
  • Capital Markets: Equity
  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • Private Equity
  • Project Bonds
Sector Expertise

  • Automotive
  • Banking
  • Financial Services
  • Industrials
  • Real Estate
Education / Alumni

  • Law Degree – University of Bucharest Law School (1976)
  • Master Degree in International Commercial Relationships – Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (1979)
  • Annual Post-Graduation Courses in Romanian and International Commercial Law – Training Center of the Personnel Working in Foreign Trade Enterprises (1980-1987)
  • Master Degree in International Commercial Law – Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (1984)
  • Post-Graduation Courses in Civil, Commercial and Economic Romanian Law – State University of Bucharest (1988-1991)
  • Financial and Corporate Law Issues for Lawyers in Transition Economy – London School of Economics and Political Sciences in cooperation with EBRD (2009)
Association / Network Memberships

  • International Bar Association
  • Lex Mundi
  • World Services Group (WSG)
  • International Attorneys Club (IAC)
  • SEE Legal
Bar Admissions

Bucharest Bar

Address:
201 Barbu Vacarescu St., Globalworth Tower,
18th Floor, Bucharest,
020276
Romania
Tel:+40 21 201 12 00 Email:Contact this practitioner Website:https://www.nndkp.ro/who-we-are/our-team/manuela-nestor/