Narcisa Oprea is a partner (Bucharest) and heads the Capital Markets Group of Schoenherr in Bucharest since 2008, when she joined the firm. Narcisa has +20 years of experience in capital markets. Prior to joining Schoenherr, Narcisa was head of the capital markets practice at a Romanian law firm, and until 2002 she was Head of Legal at the Bucharest Stock Exchange. Narcisa is certified as trainer by the Romanian Financial Authority and has been an active trainer acting for Brokers’ Association, Romanian Banking Institute, AS Financial Markets, Corporate Governance Institute (more than 2,000 hours of trainings, more than 3,000 individuals attending). Narcisa is a very active lobbyist for changing the local capital markets legal framework so that it is better aligned with international standards; thus, Narcisa was one of the coordinators of the task force named Great Barriers Shift organized by the Coalition for the Development of Romania, the ultimate objective of this task force being to ensure that the legal framework is compliant with the requirements for upgrading the Romanian capital markets at emerging markets tier. Narcisa contributed to the OECD White Paper on Corporate Governance in South East Europe and acted as OECD rapporteur on implementation of the OECD Corporate Governance Principles in Romania.
