Oana Ijdelea

Oana is the founder and managing partner of Ijdelea & Associates. With two decades of experience as a business lawyer, she routinely advises clients on the most challenging and strategic matters involving C-Suite decision making related to their investments, projects and operations in Romania, and boasts a notable track record of successfully leading significant advocacy efforts, spanning across sectors a large array of industries.
Oana has been involved in complex project development and business transactions performed in some of the most highly-regulated sectors, where compliance with the law and applicable regulations is most critical, most closely-monitored, and most strictly enforced. She is recognized as a substantial contributor to the drafting of legislation regulating a broad range of industries and areas as well as to the transposing of EU legislation into domestic law.
Oana also serves as an Associate Professor in the Energy MBA program at Bucharest Business School (FABIZ – ASE). She also teaches Energy Diplomacy at the Romanian Diplomatic Institute (IDR), and Energy Law at the National Institute for the Training and Development of Lawyers (INPPA).
Oana holds a multifaceted board experience, covering strategic energy companies (Black Sea Oil & Gas), industry associations (The Romanian Wind Energy Association and The Energy Employer’s Federation), professional bodies (The National Union of Romanian Bars) and NGOs (HOSPICE – Casa Sperantei and The Friends of the National Museum of Art).