Ruxandra Macelaru

Head of Legal

Ruxandra oversees legal matters at Forte Partners, ensuringcompliance with corporate policies and alignment with the company’s strategicobjectives. She is responsible for ensuring the smooth coordination of theGroup’s legal affairs related to Forte Partners’ real estate portfolio,overseeing corporate, investments and divestments, financing and compliancerelated matters.

She has over 20 years of experience, of which she spent half as abusiness lawyer in several international law firms. Ruxandra has transitionedinto the business environment as the GGC of NEPI plc, the listed premier owner andoperator of shopping centers in CEE, where she played a key role in strategicprojects that fueled the company’s growth across Europe, including cross-borderexpansions, financings exceeding €1 billion, issuance of €1billion corporatebonds, and the all-shares merger with Rockcastle Global Real Estate.

Ruxandra graduated magna cum laude from the University ofBucharest, Faculty of Law, being qualified in Romanian Law and EuropeanCommunitarian Law. Her educational background rounds up with the Master Degreein Business Administration from the Academy of Economic Studies, along with aDiploma in European Community Law from the Euro-Atlantic Studies Centre.