Lavinia Yassien


Lavinia Yassien was born on 17/11/1955. She is a member of the Bucharest Bar since 1992 and a former counselor to the Bucharest City Council.

Founder of Vitzman, Webster & Partner in September 1996, in 2002 became a partner of Studio Legale Sutti and a member of SLS office in Bucharest, where she can be reached through the relevant channels of communication or at his personal e-mail address lavinia.yassen "at" sutti.com.

Besides here outstanding reputation in the market of Romanian Commercial Property, as a practising lawyer she specialises also in Administrative/Tax Disputes, Contracts and Company Law.
 
 
Education:   

   Institution "Nicolae Grigorescu" high school Campina Law Faculty - Univeristy of Bucharest
   Dates  1970-1974 1974-1978, 1992
   Degrees or diplomas obtained diploma diploma

 
 
Language skills: [1 for lowest, 5 for highest]


 
Language  Reading  Speaking  Writing
English  5 4 4
French 5 4 3

 
 
Specific Experience: 

 
Dates
August 2001 - on going
Description 
Legal Due Diligence
Client
BNP Paribas Group
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
First Phase - acting as local counsel and reviewed corporate documents, litigation reports, Board decisions, loan securities etc. of a Romanian Bank.

Acted jointly with Norton Rose, London

 
 
Dates
January 2000 - February 2000
Description 
Privatisation of LAMDRO S.A. Turnu Severin
Client
MAX AICHER GmbH & CoKG
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Due Diligence.

Acted jointly with N”rr Stiefenhofer Lutz, Bucharest

 
 
Dates
June 1999 - September 1999
Description 
Privatisation by way of assets' sale of Sighisoara Milk Plant and Targu-Mures Milk Plant
Client
HOCHLAND GmbH, Germany
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Drafting documents, negotiations, due-diligence registering the titles over the real estate assets

 
 
Dates
1998-1999-2000-2001
Description 
Legal Opinions in connection with Real Estate acquisitions
Client
METRO Cash & Carry; METRO A.G. Germany
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Due diligence, Legal Opinions, drafting Sale-Purchase Agreements, registering the titles over the land in Bucharest (3), Constanta, Bacau, Craiova, Cluj, Timisoara, Brasov, Sibiu and Iasi

 
 
Dates
December 1998 - May 1999
Description 
Legal Opinion in connection with the investment of International Finance Corporation (I.F.C.) in DemirBank S.A. Romania
Client
International Finance Corporation (I.F.C.)
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Advising I.F.C. on its equity participation as new shareholder in DemirBank S.A.

Acted as sub-contractor of Norton Rose - London

 
 
Dates
December 1997 - April 1998
Description 
Legal Opinion in connection with the financing the acquisition of two ATR 42-500 by TAROM S.A. (Romania's National Airline Operator).
Client
ABN AMRO BANK Aerospace Amsterdam
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Documents drafted / Legal opinion / Registering Mortgages on aircraft. Acted as sub-contractor for Norton Rose - London.

 
 
Dates
January - February 1998
Description 
Legal Opinion in connection with the financing the acquisition of two ATR 42-500 by TAROM S.A. (Romania's National Airline Operator).
Client
ABN AMRO BANK Aerospace Amsterdam
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Documents drafted / Legal opinion / Registering Mortgages on aircraft. Acted jointly with Norton Rose - London.

 
 
Dates
January - February 1998
Description 
Due diligence in connection with the privatisation of the Romanian Company "ROMAERO S.A."
Client
CS Aviation
Specific role in each stage of transaction 
Legal Opinion. Reviewed corporate documents, negotiations, due-diligence report. Acted jointly with Norton Rose - London.

 
 

Personal Professional Record:
Dates  1978-1990  1990-1993  1993-1996  1996-present
Firm/Agency Local and Central State Administration ALKOROM Ltd. Bucharest Bar Association Vitzman, Webster & Partners, Studio Legale Sutti
Location Bucharest, Ilfov  Bucharest Bucharest Bar Association Bucharest
Position  Legal Counsel Chief of the Local Administration's Legal Department  In-house lawyer Sole practitioner Founder / Partner / Attorney-at-Law with full right of audience in Court jurisdiction level.
Description  Advising on all issues related to the local and Central State Administration Advising on all legal issues of the Company All legal services, including litigation. All legal services, including litigation. Advising on a daily basis corporate entities, both Romanian and foreign, on corporate, tax, commercial property, cross-border leasing.