Robert Ioniță serves, since 2017, as the Group Legal Counsel of NEPI Rockcastle group, CEE’s largest listed owner, developer and manager of shopping centres, with a total portfolio value of €7 billion consisting of high-quality modern retail spaces in nine CEE countries. Robert manages a team of in-house and external counsels spread across more than 10 jurisdictions. In addition to his legal role, Robert is also in charge of the corporate affairs and corporate communications of NEPI Rockcastle group. Prior to joining NEPI Rockcastle, Robert was a partner and led the real estate team of Deloitte Legal – Reff & Associates, with whom he spent almost 10 years of his career. During this period, the law firm became recognized by all major legal directories as having a 1st tier real estate practice. In the last decade, Robert has been involved in numerous landmark deals and development projects across CEE and, following NEPI’s merger with Rockcastle in 2017, he reorganized and strengthened the group’s legal, risk and compliance functions.
