Romania
1996
€43.2bn
Our Focus
Gryphon market entry

Romanian equity market
p/e: 8.7x
Nicolae Grigorescu - 'Peasant Girl with White Headscarf'
Expertise

We have developed projects with major Romanian groups in chemicals and logistics, as well as many smaller businesses.

We have raised capital, restructured debt and arranged foreign financing or strategic partnerships for Romanian groups.

Through our local partners in Bucharest, together with our Warsaw office, we have strong connections to the important state agencies, political infrastructure and financial communities in Romania.

We have an in-depth experience and understanding of restructuring and mergers and acquisitions in Romania.
Country Summary

Opportunities for Romanian groups include:

  • Lowest cost production base within the EU
  • Growing and increasingly sophisticated consumer market
  • Many white spaces in the economy available for new entrants
  • Infrastructure and real asset development opportunities
Attractions for inward investors include:
  • Low international competition for projects with very attractive valuations
  • Modest capital investment can play a very significant role
  • Constrained local lending capacity in some sectors
Area of Interest

In Romania, we focus on private entrepreneurs and businesses with an established market position seeking to:

  • accelerate growth with foreign capital or partners
  • buy businesses out of bankruptcy in any sector
  • consolidate areas of the economy or create new markets
  • undertake specialist real estate and retail projects
  • implement turnarounds
  • create alternative lending vehicles and banking projects
  • access export markets with partners
14.6% of GDP