Alex Skouras

Alex Skouras is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Alesonor, a wellbeing community developer with over 22 years of experience in Romania. 

Holding degrees from the Technical University in Athens and the London School of Economics and Political Science, Alex has guided Alesonor’s operations and expansion since 2003. He has also co-founded several companies in the renewable energy, telecom and wellness sectors. 

At Alesonor, Alex leads the company’s latest ground-breaking project, Amber Forest, the first complete suburb in Romania.  

This 31-hectares mixed-use sustainable development offers a unique living experience. Amber Forest features ZEB smart villas and apartments, high-quality infrastructure, a 5.3-ha park & green common areas, a sports club offering a wide range of sports and leisure facilities in partnership with Pescariu Sports & Spa, top quality educational services in partnership with Verita International School & Kindergarten (opening in Sept. 2026), a commercial area with cafes, restaurants, co-working hub, as well as medical services. 

Alex advocates for sustainability and entrepreneurship aiming to build meaningful community experiences. Outside work, he enjoys quality time with his family, swimming in the Greek sea, hiking in the Romanian mountains and staying active with tennis and basketball.  

Biriș Goran was founded by a group of senior lawyers and associates from an international law firm in the spring of 2006 and offers a full range of legal services, with a particular focus on tax, litigation, real estate, competition law, corporate law, mergers and acquisitions, energy, data protection and intellectual property, labor law and financing.

Biriș Goran that regularly advises a wide range of companies, from emerging to mid-size to multinationals across a variety of industry sectors, including real estate, fast moving consumer goods, banking and finance, private equity funds, retail, pharmaceuticals, energy, or construction materials.

Biriș Goran’s team comprises over 40 attorneys, including eight partners, with a blend of Western and local experience and foreign language skills. One of the partners is also licensed to practice in the US and most of the senior associates are educated, trained, or licensed in various European countries.

Biriș Goran’s practices are routinely listed as top tier practices in Romania by reputable legal directories such as Chambers Europe or Legal 500 and the key lawyers are largely recognized as leaders in their fields.

SEMA Real Estate is a real estate investor and developer with Romanian capital, with over 20 years of activity on the local market, supported by a team of professionals with extensive experience in planning, developing and managing large-scale real estate projects. SEMA Real Estate is developing two of the capital’s major urban reconversion projects: SEMA Parc – located on Splaiul Independentei – approx. 1,000,000 sqm GBA and The Light – located on Iuliu Maniu Boulevard, approx. 150,000 sqm GBA.

SEMA Real Estate has in its portfolio over 150,000 square meters (GLA) of office spaces and has delivered over 55,000 square meters of new class A buildings in the last four years, within the Sema Parc and The Light, through the three class A buildings – The Light One, London and Oslo.

Our mission is to transform and reshape the urban landscape in the central-western area of the capital, through the sustainable development of our projects.