Investment & divestment
Acquisitions, disposals, legal due diligence, transaction structuring and negotiated risk allocation.
Real estate law firm · Bucharest
Legal clarity for the decisions that shape real estate.
Senior legal judgment for real estate, construction and investment decisions in Romania.
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Complex projects do not need more legal information. They need better judgment.
First Principle is a Romanian real estate law firm built around direct senior involvement, commercial understanding and disciplined use of technology. We reduce a complicated matter to the facts, constraints and choices that determine the outcome.
01 / Practice
The full life of an asset.
Focused advice from land and development through operation, finance and exit.
Development & permitting
Title, buildability, urbanism, authorisations, infrastructure obligations and development strategy.
Construction
Development and construction agreements, project delivery, contractor interfaces and claims strategy.
Leasing & asset management
Commercial leases, operating arrangements, portfolio questions and complex owner-occupier matters.
Finance & security
Real estate finance, security packages, lender due diligence, refinancing and enforcement-sensitive advice.
Strategic transactions
Real estate components of corporate transactions, joint ventures, reorganisations and high-stakes decisions.
02 / First principles
Start at the source of the decision.
Find the controlling issue.
Not every legal point deserves equal weight. We identify what can change value, timing or execution first.
Connect law to the asset.
A technically correct answer is only useful when it reflects how the property, project and market actually work.
Make the route clear.
The output is a decision path: what matters, what can be accepted, what must be fixed and what happens next.
25+ / YEARS03 / Founder
Șerban George Patriciu
Founder · Senior real estate lawyer
More than 25 years across international law firms, in-house leadership and direct business exposure.
Șerban advises investors, developers, asset owners and companies on the legal and commercial questions that shape Romanian property projects. His work spans the full lifecycle of real estate and combines transaction experience with a practical understanding of development and execution.
He has been consistently recognised by Legal 500 EMEA in Corporate/M&A and Real Estate and has been a member of the Bucharest Bar since 2003.
Work directly with Șerban04 / Experience
Built for consequential matters.
Experience across the assets, structures and pressure points of the Romanian market.
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Prime office, retail and mixed-use assets
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Industrial and logistics developments
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Large-scale residential projects
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Development land and urbanism risk
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Agricultural, infrastructure and energy sites
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Portfolio and corporate transactions
Information is everywhere.
Experience you can trust is not.
05 / Contact
Bring us the decision behind the documents.
For a new mandate, a second view on a critical issue or senior support on an active project, write directly.
serban.patriciu@firstprinciple.ro