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Simona Strava
Senior Associate

Simona Strava-Stoica

Languages
  • Romanian
  • English
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Simona Strava is a senior associate in the CMS Corporate M&A team in Romania with significant experience in corporate and commercial transactions. She advises a variety of international and domestic clients on transactional and regulatory matters, and particularly on employment related aspects. 

Her expertise covers issues related to the mergers & acquisitions, corporate restructuring and reorganisation, regulatory, commercial and employment, being actively involved in a number of complex transactions across various industry sectors and in providing practical and operational day-to-day advice to the clients. Simona is well familiar with the regulatory regime facing the companies and is experienced in the compliance side of their operations. She is also a member of the CMS pan-European Life Sciences & Healthcare, Consumer Products and TMT sector working groups.  
 

Relevant experience

  • CEE Equity Partners on its majority acquisition of Farmavet-Pasteur Group.
  • A CEE private equity firm on two market transforming transactions in the Romanian optical sector: the acquisition of the leading retail and distributor on the Romanian optical market and the add-on acquisition of the number 2 player in the Romanian optical retail market.
  • On the Romanian aspects of the €18.4bn sale of Liberty Global’s European assets to Vodafone.
  • A leading global provider of plastic packaging and the largest producer of packaging in Europe, on a number of acquisitions in Romania.
  • The majority shareholder of a listed company in exploring available financing options, including a potential secondary public offering of shares held in the company.
  • The largest manufacturer of footwear and fastest growing footwear company in Europe, listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on the acquisition of its franchised business in Romania that included a retail network of 56 footwear stores throughout Romania. 

Memberships & Roles

  • Member,  Bucharest Bar Association. 

Education

  • 2017 – LLM in Private Law from the University of Bucharest, Romania.
  • 2016 – BA in law from the University of Bucharest, Romania.

Insights by Simona

CMS advises Buildcom EOOD on acquisition of Argus in Romania

CMS advises Buildcom EOOD on acquisition of Argus in Romania

10 Nov 2025 3 min read
CMS announces series of promotions in Romania

CMS announces series of promotions in Romania

17 Jun 2025 4 min read
CMS advises SYNLAB on the sale of parts of its Eastern European laboratory diagnostics business

CMS advises SYNLAB on the sale of parts of its Eastern European laboratory diagnostics business

02 Apr 2025 2 min read
CMS advises DPE Deutsche Private Equity on sale of VTU Group to Altor Funds

CMS advises DPE Deutsche Private Equity on sale of VTU Group to Altor Funds

17 Feb 2023 3 min read
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