Irina Vasile
Irina is a Partner at Lexters. She heads the Intellectual Property and Franchise practice and is also co-head of the firm’s Corporate/M&A and data privacy work, advising founders, executives and investors on high-stakes growth decisions. With almost 20 years of experience as a business lawyer, Irina supports businesses across a wide range of industries — from consumer brands to technology — helping them protect innovation, expand through franchising, and execute complex cross-border transactions. Her work spans trademark and copyright protection, enforcement and licensing, as well as multi-jurisdictional franchise structures and M&A projects, from due diligence and structuring to negotiation and implementation. She is also a strategic advisor in business-critical disputes, including complex litigation related to franchising, trademarks, patents, trade secrets, unfair competition, shareholder disputes and other technology-related claims. Clients value Irina’s pragmatic, business-oriented mindset — focused on solutions, not just risks. For Legal 500, clients described her as: “Irina Vasile - A corporate dynamo with an eye for mergers and acquisitions. When the stakes are high, Irina is the compass you need.” Other client also notes: “Irina Vasile and Alexandru Stanescu are fantastic specialists in their fields of expertise.” · Lexters
About
Partner at Lexters who heads the Intellectual Property and Franchise practice and co-heads the firm's Corporate/M&A and data privacy work. She has almost 20 years' experience advising founders, executives and investors on trademark and copyright protection, franchising, cross-border M&A and related commercial and IP disputes.
Practice areas
Office
Expertise
Education
- BA in Business Administration, Romanian-British University (2008)
- LL.B, Bucharest University Law School (2009)
- LLM Business Law, Bucharest University Law School (2010)
Admissions
- Bucharest Bar Association (2009)
- Romanian Chamber of Patent and Trademark Attorneys (2013)