Razvan Alexandru Olaru is a technology and commercial lawyer in Romania who advises businesses operating at the intersection of technology, finance and commercial law. He combines continental and common-law training with cross-border deal experience, guiding clients through structuring, negotiation and completion — and, where matters are contested, into the courtroom itself. Alongside his technology focus he brings depth in commercial contracts, IP, data protection and regulatory compliance, with transactional experience reaching across technology, real estate and financial deals. His profile is grounded in roles at international and Bucharest-based firms and in published commentary on guarantees, procurement and commercial risk allocation.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru holds 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 — a combination that underpins his bilingual, cross-system practice. He is admitted to the Bucharest Bar, both advising on and litigating complex matters, and has held associate and senior-associate roles in major Romanian firms. These academic and professional credentials support his work on cross-border transactions and regulatory projects.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru 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 advise on matters that raise both Romanian and English-law elements. This dual qualification, together with an LL.M., strengthens his capabilities in international contract drafting, M&A diligence and regulatory analysis where UK or common-law issues arise. A background spanning corporate, finance, real-estate and insurance work further informs his approach to technology and regulated-product transactions.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru advises across the technology and digital-services lifecycle: negotiating SaaS and cloud agreements, structuring licensing and IP arrangements, supporting data-protection (GDPR) compliance and drafting commercial terms for digital platforms. He has a particular focus on the regulation of digital and regulated products — the EU Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) and ICT third-party/outsourcing arrangements, the EU AI Act, NIS2 and the Data Act, and the new EU Product Liability Directive (2024/2853) as it extends to software and digital products. He also advises insurers and insurtech vendors on software solutions for insurance, on the distribution of regulated insurance products, and on AML/KYC onboarding. His practice frequently brings together contract, regulatory and risk-allocation expertise for clients in IT&C, insurance, software development and digital services.
Clients describe Razvan Alexandru Olaru’s practice as pragmatic and deal-focused: he translates legal risk into commercial options and drafting that support scale and investor-readiness, and he stays with a transaction from structuring through negotiation to completion — whether the subject is a technology agreement, a real-estate acquisition or a financing. His combined background across technology, finance, real estate, corporate and guarantees work gives him command of the structures — performance securities, warranties and liability allocation, operational-resilience and product-liability requirements — that underpin software procurement, outsourcing and regulated-product distribution. As one of a two-person team he designed and implemented a new insurance product calibrated to the incoming EU Product Liability Directive, turning fresh, untested regulation into a marketable, compliant offering.
Equally distinctive is that he does not stop at the page. As a member of the Bucharest Bar he also appears as an advocate — a barrister, in common-law terms — before the Romanian courts, arguing complex corporate and commercial cases and seeing the “end game” in which contractual and legal concepts are tested in practice. That courtroom vantage point, carried back into how he structures and negotiates, is an advantage for technology and commercial clients whose agreements must hold up not only at signing but under challenge.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru has contributed to practitioner texts and sector journals read by in-house counsel and transaction teams. He co-authored the Romania chapter of the International Bank & Other Guarantees Handbook (Kluwer, 2017), and his articles on performance bonds and procurement-related delay penalties appear in Romanian public-procurement reviews. He is also pursuing doctoral research on the comparative law of the fiducia and the English trust. These contributions underscore his depth on the surety, guarantee and risk-allocation instruments that frequently arise in large IT procurements, financing and outsourcing contracts.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru’s transactional experience spans technology, real estate, financial and corporate matters, guiding deals from structuring and negotiation through to completion. He has acted on real-estate transactions with an aggregate value of approximately €100 million, coordinating due diligence, KYC and multi-party negotiation to closing. In the insurance sector he has structured and implemented a new, regulation-driven insurance product and advised on the distribution of regulated insurance products and broker onboarding. His earlier banking & finance mandates — structured lending and restructuring work — sharpened his drafting and cross-border coordination. Across all of these he supports technology-sector agreements, milestone-based commercial contracts and secured arrangements for digital and regulated-product projects — and, where a deal turns into a dispute, he is able to carry it through to litigation.
Public listings and professional directories record Razvan Alexandru Olaru’s experience with Bucharest law firms and identify him as leading / committed to multiple teams in boutique-style practices and leveraging valuable collaborations across he tlegal and commercial field in Romania The directory entries also show continued involvement with established Bucharest practices earlier in his career.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru notes that Romania’s technology sector operates in a rapidly evolving environment: EU digital rules (DORA, the AI Act, NIS2, the Data Act, the DSA), data-protection and sectoral regulation, and the reformed product-liability regime create complex compliance matrices for technology businesses and their commercial partners. Contractual allocation of risk (service levels, warranties, liability caps), IP ownership of code and data, operational-resilience obligations, and the enforceability of performance securities are recurring flashpoints in local deals. Specialist legal advice — from a lawyer who both drafts and litigates — avoids costly rework, aligns agreements with investor and regulatory expectations, and keeps them enforceable across jurisdictions.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru serves start-ups, scale-ups, technology vendors, financial-services and insurance providers, and corporate buyers seeking pragmatic solutions to contract, IP and regulatory challenges. He aims to deliver clear risk assessments, fit-for-purpose documentation and hands-on negotiation support that reflect commercial priorities — and, when required, courtroom advocacy that stands behind the drafting. For businesses seeking a technology lawyer in Romania who combines international training, cross-border deal-making across technology, real estate and finance, litigation experience, and published expertise on guarantees and procurement, Razvan Alexandru Olaru offers a practice calibrated to complex, cross-border digital and regulated-product projects.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru is a technology and commercial lawyer in Romania who advises businesses operating at the intersection of technology, finance and commercial law. He combines continental and common-law training with cross-border deal experience, guiding clients through structuring, negotiation and completion — and, where matters are contested, into the courtroom itself. Alongside his technology focus he brings depth in commercial contracts, IP, data protection and regulatory compliance, with transactional experience reaching across technology, real estate and financial deals. His profile is grounded in roles at international and Bucharest-based firms and in published commentary on guarantees, procurement and commercial risk allocation.
He holds 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 — a combination that underpins his bilingual, cross-system practice. He is admitted to the Bucharest Bar, both advising on and litigating complex matters, and has held associate and senior-associate roles in major Romanian firms. These academic and professional credentials support his work on cross-border transactions and regulatory projects.
He advises across the technology lifecycle, including negotiating SaaS and cloud agreements, structuring licensing and IP arrangements, supporting data-protection compliance, drafting commercial terms for digital platforms, and handling technology-related aspects of M&A, joint ventures and financings.
Clients describe Razvan Alexandru Olaru’s practice as pragmatic and deal-focused: he translates legal risk into commercial options and drafting that support scale and investor-readiness, and he stays with a transaction from structuring through negotiation to completion — whether the subject is a technology agreement, a real-estate acquisition or a financing. His combined background across technology, finance, real estate, corporate and guarantees work gives him command of the structures — performance securities, warranties and liability allocation, operational-resilience and product-liability requirements — that underpin software procurement, outsourcing and regulated-product distribution. As one of a two-person team he designed and implemented a new insurance product calibrated to the incoming EU Product Liability Directive, turning fresh, untested regulation into a marketable, compliant offering.
Equally distinctive is that he does not stop at the page. As a member of the Bucharest Bar he also appears as an advocate — a barrister, in common-law terms — before the Romanian courts, arguing complex corporate and commercial cases and seeing the “end game” in which contractual and legal concepts are tested in practice. That courtroom vantage point, carried back into how he structures and negotiates, is an advantage for technology and commercial clients whose agreements must hold up not only at signing but under challenge.
He has contributed to practitioner texts and sector journals read by in-house counsel and transaction teams. He co-authored the Romania chapter of the International Bank & Other Guarantees Handbook (Kluwer, 2017), and his articles on performance bonds and procurement-related delay penalties appear in Romanian public-procurement reviews. He is also pursuing doctoral research on the comparative law of the fiducia and the English trust. These contributions underscore his depth on the surety, guarantee and risk-allocation instruments that frequently arise in large IT procurements, financing and outsourcing contracts.
Razvan Alexandru Olaru serves start-ups, scale-ups, technology vendors, financial-services and insurance providers, and corporate buyers seeking pragmatic solutions to contract, IP and regulatory challenges. He aims to deliver clear risk assessments, fit-for-purpose documentation and hands-on negotiation support that reflect commercial priorities — and, when required, courtroom advocacy that stands behind the drafting. For businesses seeking a technology lawyer in Romania who combines international training, cross-border deal-making across technology, real estate and finance, litigation experience, and published expertise on guarantees and procurement, Razvan Alexandru Olaru offers a practice calibrated to complex, cross-border digital and regulated-product projects.
Răzvan’s transactional experience spans technology, real estate, financial and corporate matters, guiding deals from structuring and negotiation through to completion. He has acted on real-estate transactions with an aggregate value of approximately €100 million, coordinating due diligence, KYC and multi-party negotiation to closing. In the insurance sector he has structured and implemented a new, regulation-driven insurance product and advised on the distribution of regulated insurance products and broker onboarding. His earlier banking & finance mandates — structured lending and restructuring work — sharpened his drafting and cross-border coordination. Across all of these he supports technology-sector agreements, milestone-based commercial contracts and secured arrangements for digital and regulated-product projects — and, where a deal turns into a dispute, he is able to carry it through to litigation.
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