Welcome To Global Law Experts: Introducing Razvan Alexandru Olaru & Technology In Romania

We at Global Law Experts are delighted to welcome Razvan Alexandru Olaru as our Exclusive Member for Technology in Romania. Razvan joins our community as a seasoned technology and commercial lawyer whose cross-system training, cross-border deal experience and sector-focused publications position him to advise clients operating at the intersection of technology, finance and commercial law. He is equally at home structuring and negotiating a transaction through to completion and — where a matter is contested — arguing it before the Romanian courts.

Professional Profile & Qualifications

Razvan Alexandru Olaru combines continental and common-law legal training with practical experience in Romania and cross-border matters. His academic background includes an LL.M. from the London School of Economics, a BA (Hons) in English Law & French Literature from the University of Nottingham (with Erasmus study at Université Toulouse Capitole I) and an LL.B. from the University of Bucharest. These credentials support a bilingual, cross-system approach that is valuable in international technology transactions.

He is dual-qualified, registered as a lawyer in Romania and admitted as a (non-practising) solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales, enabling him to navigate contracts and regulatory issues that carry both Romanian and English-law elements. His professional experience includes senior-associate roles in established Bucharest firms and active involvement in boutique-style teams, creating knowledge synergies and cost-efficiencies.

As a member of the Bucharest Bar, Razvan both advises on and litigates complex matters: he appears as an advocate — a barrister, in common-law terms — before the Romanian courts, arguing corporate and commercial cases through to the “end game” in which contractual and legal concepts are tested in practice. That courtroom experience, carried back into his drafting and negotiation, gives clients agreements built to hold up not only at signing but under challenge.

Technology Practice & Transactional Focus

Razvan’s practice spans the full technology lifecycle: negotiating SaaS and cloud agreements, structuring licensing and IP arrangements, advising on data-protection (GDPR) compliance and drafting commercial terms for digital platforms. He is fluent in the fast-moving EU digital rulebook that now shapes technology deals — the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and ICT outsourcing arrangements, the AI Act, NIS2, the Data Act and the DSA — as well as the reformed EU Product Liability Directive (2024/2853) as it extends liability to software and digital products. He also advises insurers and insurtech vendors on software solutions for insurance and on the distribution of regulated products, and handles the technology elements of M&A and joint ventures where software, data rights or outsourcing raise specialised issues.

Above all, Razvan is a deal lawyer: he guides transactions from structuring through negotiation to completion across technology, real-estate and financial mandates — including real-estate transactions in the region of €100 million and, as one of a two-person team, the design and roll-out of a new insurance product calibrated to the incoming EU Product Liability Directive. His work is pragmatic and transaction-focused, translating legal risk into commercial options and drafting that support scale and investor readiness.

Publications & Thought Leadership

Razvan is an active contributor to practitioner literature on guarantees, procurement and commercial risk allocation. He co-authored the Romania chapter of the International Bank & Other Guarantees Handbook (Kluwer, 2017) and has published articles addressing performance bonds and procurement delay penalties in specialist Romanian journals. He is also pursuing pre-doctoral research on the comparative law of the fiducia and the English trust — reflecting a habit of doctrinal engagement that sits behind his practical deal work. For clients and in-house counsel, this blend of published analysis and hands-on transactions signals a lawyer who understands both how legal instruments are meant to work and how they behave when tested.

Why Global Law Experts Is Proud & Features Razvan

We are proud to feature Razvan as an Exclusive Member because he brings the blend of international training, technology-sector focus and transactional pragmatism that businesses need when negotiating cross-border deals. His dual qualification and LSE LL.M. add credibility when English-law considerations are in play, while his Bucharest Bar membership and courtroom experience ensure local enforceability, regulatory insight and the ability to stand behind an agreement in litigation if it comes to that. Across technology, real-estate, insurance and financial matters, Razvan helps clients convert legal complexity into commercially executable — and defensible — outcomes.

Technology Law In Romania & The Legal Landscape

Technology law in Romania is shaped by a combination of EU-level regulation and national implementing measures. Core European frameworks — the GDPR, the Digital Services Act (DSA), the Data Act and the AI Act — apply directly or require national implementation, so Romanian businesses must manage a layered compliance picture spanning privacy, platform responsibilities and data-access rules. To these are added the operational-resilience regime for the financial sector under DORA, cybersecurity obligations under NIS2, and the reformed product-liability rules that, once transposed, will bring software and AI-enabled products squarely within scope.

At the national level, the data-protection authority (ANSPDCP) supervises GDPR compliance and ANCOM acts as Romania’s Digital Services Coordinator under the DSA, while the Financial Supervisory Authority (ASF) and the National Bank of Romania oversee financial entities affected by DORA, and the National Cyber Security Directorate (DNSC) anchors NIS2 implementation. This is an actively developing environment: businesses must align contracts, platform policies and technical measures with evolving regulatory guidance while remaining attentive to procurement rules and public-sector obligations where relevant.

Key Challenges For Businesses In The Romanian Tech Market & Compliance

Companies operating in Romania face several recurring legal challenges. Data-protection compliance under the GDPR remains a top priority — DPIAs, cross-border transfers and lawful bases for analytics and AI-driven services are frequent issues. In platform and intermediary services, DSA obligations introduce notice-and-action duties, transparency requirements and cooperation with the national coordinator. For financial, fintech and insurtech businesses, DORA now imposes ICT risk-management and third-party-oversight duties that reach directly into supplier contracts.

Two further pressure points are easy to underestimate. First, product liability: the reformed EU regime extends to software and digital products, changing how risk and warranties should be allocated in technology and distribution agreements. Second, intellectual property and data rights — ownership of source code, licensing of third-party software and rights in data — which become decisive where investor expectations, M&A due diligence and financing structures intersect. Public-procurement contracting adds a further layer for suppliers on large IT projects, where performance securities and delay penalties can materially affect contract economics.

Practical Advice For Businesses Seeking Technology & Legal Help

Businesses should seek counsel early — ideally at the product-design or procurement-planning stage — to map regulatory obligations and align commercial terms with compliance and financing needs. Practical steps include drafting clear IP and data-rights clauses; setting service levels, warranties and liability caps that reflect the new product-liability and operational-resilience requirements; addressing DORA and outsourcing obligations directly in supplier contracts; and, where relevant, structuring performance securities and escrow arrangements to protect both buyers and suppliers in cross-border projects. These measures reduce rework, limit disputes and improve investor confidence.

Because Razvan both structures deals and litigates them, he advises with an eye to enforceability — drafting terms that are not only commercially workable but capable of holding up if they are ever contested. For companies entering Romanian public procurement, his experience with guarantees and surety instruments helps make bids competitive while protecting sponsors from downstream non-performance.

How Razvan Works With Clients & Stakeholders

Clients describe Razvan’s approach as pragmatic and transaction-oriented: he translates legal risk into drafting and negotiation strategies that support scaling and investor readiness, and he carries a matter from first structuring through to completion — or, if needed, into the courtroom. He serves start-ups, scale-ups, technology vendors, financial-services and insurance providers, and corporate buyers, offering clear risk assessments, fit-for-purpose documentation and hands-on negotiation support tailored to commercial priorities. His experience across technology, real-estate, insurance and finance lets him integrate regulatory, security and payment structures into a single, coherent deal.

Whether the matter is a SaaS contract, a cross-border licensing negotiation, a DORA-driven outsourcing arrangement, a data-processing agreement, a real-estate acquisition or a secured financing for a digital project, Razvan’s combined regulatory, transactional and courtroom lens helps clients convert legal complexity into executable commercial outcomes.

Conclusion: A Strategic Partner For Technology & Romania

As technology law in Romania evolves rapidly under the influence of EU regulation and national implementation, businesses need advisers who combine local knowledge with international perspective — and who can see a matter through from the drafting table to the courtroom. Razvan brings that combination: international qualifications, Romanian practice and advocacy credentials, deal-making across technology, real estate and finance, and published expertise on guarantees and procurement. We at Global Law Experts are pleased to welcome Razvan as our Exclusive Member for Technology in Romania and to recommend him to businesses seeking strategic, commercially minded legal counsel in the Romanian technology sector.