Advised a Romanian branch of an important credit institution with respect to the mandatory requirements and reporting obligations to the National Bank of Romania, by comparison, under a pros and cons analysis, with the alternative of the respective foreign finance institution to open and operate a green-field non-bank financial institution in Romania; services included assisted, inter alia, on the following matters: regulatory issues, assessment, lobbying and representation towards relevant supervisory authorities in Romania; passporting procedure steps and implications; business optimization, products review/products compliance, respectively design and launching new potential products; other commercial and regulatory matters in relation to Romanian operations

Advised a Romanian branch of an important credit institution with respect to the mandatory requirements and reporting obligations to the National Bank of Romania, by comparison, under a pros and cons analysis, with the alternative of the respective foreign finance institution to open and operate a green-field non-bank financial institution in Romania; services included assisted, inter alia, on the following matters: regulatory issues, assessment, lobbying and representation towards relevant supervisory authorities in Romania; passporting procedure steps and implications; business optimization, products review/products compliance, respectively design and launching new potential products; other commercial and regulatory matters in relation to Romanian operations