Octavian Cazac

Name partner Octavian Cazac, Ph.D., is with the firm for more than a decade. He is a recognized expert in Moldovan project finance and syndicated finance, cross-border M&A and PPPs. Octavian is recommended as a Band 1 lawyer by Chambers Global, which has emphasized that clients are impressed with his skills, stature in the community, responsiveness and pragmatism. He is also cited as a leading lawyer in the IFRL1000 and Legal500 editorials, being recommended as “reliable, smooth, trustworthy and prompt.”

Octavian holds a doctoral degree in Private Law from the Moldova State University (2013), his LL.M. degreed having been obtained from the same university in 2005. Octavian is an Associate Professor of Civil Law at the Moldova State University, Faculty of Law, where he started teaching from 2004.

Since 2014 Octavian is extensively involved in reforming Moldova’s private laws and in particular the Moldovan Civil Code.

In 2008-2014 Octavian has served on the Scientific Advisory Council of the Moldovan Supreme Court of Justice, advising judges in landmark legal cases and legal challenges. In February 2016 he was reappointed to this position. Since 2012 he acts on the Board of Directors of American Chamber of Commerce in Moldova (www.amcham.md).  Additionally, in September 2016 Octavian was elected Vice-President of the Steering Committee of the Chisinau International Court of Commercial Arbitration of AmCham.

In 2015-2016 he was elected to serve on the Board of the Moldovan Bar.

Fluent in English, French, Romanian and Russian. Conversant in German.