Raluca Botea is a Counsel in the Bucharest office focusing on dispute resolution, projects & infrastructure as well as data privacy matters. 

Raluca has extensive expertise in a range of regulatory, litigation and arbitration scenarios, including public procurement procedures and concession agreements at various stages. She represents clients involved in a various range of projects in cases involving contractual and tort liability, competition, and tax-related and other contentious administrative matters (such as seeking the annulment of certain documents issued by public authorities). She also assists in arbitration proceedings.

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS INCLUDE ADVISING*

Dispute Resolution

• SIAD ROMANIA on matters relating to representation of the client in front of courts of law and public authorities in an expropriation procedure as well as representation in a complex transaction regarding a dispute related to property rights
• A LEADING GLOBAL DISTRIBUTOR OF POLYMER SOLUTIONS on matters relating to representation in a court dispute concerning contract liability of over EUR 9.3 million
• AN INTERNATIONAL INVESTMENT FUND on matters relating to legal assistance and representation in a complex transaction regarding disputes over the development of a project in Romania with a value of EUR 20 million
• UNIVERSAL ALLOY CORPORATION EUROPE on matters relating to legal assistance and representation in several litigations of over EUR 3 million against an electricity and gas supplier for failure to comply with contractual obligations
• A LEADING SERVICE PROVIDER FOR ON-THE-ROAD GOODS AND SERVICES IN EUROPE on matters relating to representation in front of the Romanian fiscal authorities in connection with over 50 tax and customs litigation procedures totalling over EUR 12 million

Projects & Infrastructure

• SIAD ROMANIA on general legal assistance in the context of participation in public procurement procedures, representation of the client in front of the National Council for Solving Complaints and courts of law in several public procurement disputes
• A INTERNATIONAL PRODUCER OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT on advice relating to procedures for awarding procurement contracts involving offset obligations in Romania
• KHNP on assistance in a public bidding process in Romania’s energy sector, including negotiation advice and the revision of contractual clauses
• A MAJOR SUPPLIER OF ELECTRONIC METERS AND METERING SOLUTIONS on assistance in relation to several public procurement procedures
• A GLOBAL LEADER IN THE TRAVEL RETAIL INDUSTRY on assistance relating to participation in a public procurement procedure for contracts for the operation of duty free and food-service spaces

Data & Cybersecurity

• VASTINT ROMANIA on a project for the implementation of the GDPR provisions, including assistance with the implementation of an intelligent management system for data collection and storage in the cloud
• A EUROPEAN BATTERY MANUFACTURER for the global automotive industry, industrial sector, and consumer markets on general assistance for the implementation of GDPR requirements and a CCTV system
• AN INTERNATIONAL COMPANY PROVIDING HEALTH PRODUCTS AND RELATED SERVICES on analysis of a security incident involving personal data exposure and submission of the data breach notice to the supervisory authority
• AN INTERNATIONAL SUPPLIER OF SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS TO HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS on legal assistance and analysis of a security incident involving personal data exposure and submission of the data breach notice to the supervisory authority

*Experience prior to joining Kinstellar.

EDUCATION

• 2011: Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, Romania, Master’s degree in Business Law
• 2003: Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest, Romania, Bachelor of Law

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATION

Bucharest Bar Association

LANGUAGES

Romanian, English, French