Counsels

Adina Guţiu coordinates the Energy and Natural Resources Practice of D&B David şi Baias. Her areas of expertise are energy law, corporate governance, environmental and climate change law and real estate law. 

Adina graduated from the Faculty of Law from the University of Bucharest in 2003 and is a member of the Bucharest Bar from 2004. During her career, Adina pursued numerous professional trainings organized by Harvard Business School, MIT Sloane School of Management, Wharton Executive Education, DeMontfort University, PWN Romania, EBRD on management, leadership, strategy, corporate governance/board readiness, sustainable investments etc.

Before joining D&B, Adina worked for several international and local law firms, providing legal assistance on high-profile projects in energy, real estate and environmental law. Between 2015 and 2021, Adina was General Counsel for one of the biggest oil&gas companies in Romania, coordinating the legal and compliance affairs for seven entities active in refining and production of petroleum products, production of lubricants, distribution of petroleum products, production of energy from renewable sources, trading of energy, oil and gas, exploration and production offshore, with a turnover of approx. 4 mld. Euro. Considering the high-profile projects coordinated during this period, Adina was included in the GC Powerlist CEE 2018 and 2019 published by the Legal 500, which highlighted the most powerful general counsels/legal directors from Central and Eastern Europe.

In the 20 years of experience, Adina provided legal assistance to large oil&gas companies during everyday activity and acquisition projects and transactions, in local and global projects. Experience in renewable energy includes the acquisition and development of renewable energy projects, such as wind parks and photovoltaic plants. Adina also provided legal assistance to multinational companies and public entities on environment and climate change law aspects related to regulatory, waste management, atmospheric pollution, decontamination, historical pollution etc. On corporate governance, Adina assisted multinational companies with the analysis and improvement of corporate governance for listed and non-listed companies. In real estate, Adina was part of landmark transactions on the acquisition and development of hotels, shopping centers, industrial facilities, residential projects.

From 2022, Adina is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Law from the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies (ASE) for Business Law and PhD student at the Law Doctoral School from ASE with the research theme “The legal regime of administrative acts in the field of environmental protection”.
Adina is a member of Romanian Business Leaders (RBL), Professional Women Network Romania (PWN Romania) and Corporate Governance Institute (CGI).