Geo Mărgescu

Geo Mărgescu is one of the most important business leaders in Romania’s real estate industry, with over two decades of experience in developing transformative projects that have redefined the urban and business landscape of Bucharest.

In 2025, under his leadership, Forte Partners began construction of U•Center 3, the final phase of the project launched in 2019 in the Tineretului area. Following the success of the U•Center 1 & 2 office buildings, Forte Partners is adding a residential component of 200 premium apartments to this last stage, which also includes 12,500 square meters of state-of-the-art office space and 1,700 square meters of retail.

Since co-founding Forte Partners in 2014, Geo has coordinated the development of a real estate portfolio valued at over 580 million euros, which includes landmark projects such as U•Center, the Sector 0 initiative (Tandem and Millo Offices), and The Bridge. These projects have contributed to the regeneration of neglected urban areas and attracted major multinational companies, generating significant economic benefits – from job creation and increased tax revenues to strengthening Romania’s position as a competitive business destination in the Southeast European region.

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.