Claudia Chiper
Partner
Claudia Chiper
Partner
“Claudia is one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with. She is very knowledgeable, collaborative, practical, brings added value and can deal with complex issues.”
– Chambers Global
About Claudia Chiper
Claudia Chiper is the main contact of the Banking & Finance practice and a member of the Competition & Antitrust team in Bucharest. With more than 15 years of experience she focuses on banking, finance, and capital markets and heads the local practice in Bucharest. Claudia has extensive experience in coordinating finance transactions as well as in advising international and domestic credit institutions, financial companies, and corporations on regulatory aspects of Romanian law, non-performing loans, capital markets law and financial services. She is a specialist in payment services and has advised credit institutions, non-banking financial institutions, e-money issuers as well as other payment service providers on licensing aspects, launching and structuring of products on the Romanian market as well as on consumer protection aspects. Claudia has also been involved in numerous transactions and projects involving competition law issues such as merger control, distribution agreements, and cartel investigations.
Expertise
Banking & Finance Capital Markets Blockchain & Crypto Assets Competition & Antitrust Financial Institutions Private Equity & Venture CapitalEducation
Queen Mary University of London (LL.M. with merits), 2007
Romanian American University of Bucharest (LL.B.), 2003
Languages
Romanian, English, French, German
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