
Laurentiu Lazar
MRICS
Managing Partner & Head of Investment | Romania
License # ANEVAR (13619); RICS (6361017); REV
About
Professional Summary
Laurentiu, Managing Partner at Colliers International Romania, has over 14 years of experience in real estate services including valuation, advisory and investment. He joined Colliers in 2007 as a real estate valuer and in 2009 he was promoted to Head of Valuation and Advisory Services, with the responsibility to expand the valuation team in Romania. In 2015, he became Head of Investment, developing the Capital Markets services and later appointed as Senior Partner within Colliers International Romania in 2016, managing over 20 experts. As of march 2018, Laurentiu was promoted Managing Partner.
Before joining Colliers, Laurentiu worked for 10 years at Vodafone Romania/Connex, holding different management positions within Marketing and Customer Operations Divisions. Between 2014 and 2017 he has been Vice-President of ANEVAR (Romanian Association of Valuers).
In parallel, I was involved raising funds for various projects, such as Teach for Romania, The Romanian Foundation for Neurology and Epilepsy and “Prietenia” Association.
Quote: „When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind.” – Wayne W. Dyer
Accomplishments
Education
Academy of Economic Studies - Bachelor of Business Administration 1993 - 1997
Leadership Program - Colliers Romania
Managing Growth and Profitability - John Mullins, Associate Professor at Management Practice, London Business School
Memberships & Involvements
ANEVAR (Vice-President), RICS, REV
Clients
Globalworth, CA Immo, Willbrook, Tiriac Imobiliare, BCR/Erste Bank, CEC Bank, UniCredit Tiriac Bank, BRD - Societe Generale, Petrom/OMV, Trigranit, Immoeast, Cummins, Henkel, Banca Romaneasca (NBG), McDonald's Romania, Volksbank.
Testimonials
"Your are listening to the client’s needs and requests, that’s why working with you is preferred" Gergely László - Development Director - TriGranit
"I am glad that I worked with special people, real profesionals. I also appreciate your promptness." Daniela Popescu - Head of Valuation UniCredit Tiriac Bank
“I appreciate the knowledge level and the promptness in achieving the objectives” Adina Radulescu – Accounting Director – BRD Societe Generale
"We strongly believe Laurentiu Lazar provides outstanding services in our marketplace and differentiates himself through professionalism and excellent organization" - Oana Braicu - Finance Director - McDonald's Romania
“Client oriented approach, fair, good knowledge of the real estate market” Tamara Marinescu – Country Manager – Alia Inmobiliaria
Services
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My Team
My Team
Ştefania joined Colliers International in 2005, undertaking advisory work and developing the consulting business (feasibility and market studies, financial reports and risk analysis). In this role, Ştefania coordinated important analysis for mixed-use projects and later on she managed the consulting team.
In January 2011 Ştefania launched the Real Estate Management Services (Property Management and Green Certifications) in the role of Department Director. She is focused on creating value and implementing strategies for existing clients, winning new clients, looking for new business opportunities, as well as developing and retaining talented people in the team. She monitors all contracts to ensure that contractual obligations are being met and that the services provided are of high quality standards.
Since 2013, Ştefania is a Board Member of Colliers International Romania and under this role she is actively participating in the overall business strategy of the company and key projects developed across the firm.
Prior to joining Colliers International, she worked for Morgan Stanley in Ohio, USA and for British American Business in London, UK.
In my current role, as Operations Director, I am responsible to oversee the whole company's support, that include the HR, Marketing, Financial, Administrative and Legal departments. My main responsibilities are related to defining and implementing the strategy for each department, aligned with the overall strategy and objectives of Colliers.
Before joining Colliers Romania, I had extensive experience in sales in telecommunication, working with Huawei, Samsung and Nokia as Account Manager.
The 20 years in Colliers Bucharest Office offered me the chance to work in several departments as Office, Industrial and Valuation as assistant, junior or senior consultant and have a general look over the business. Since 2004 I have been working within the Valuation Department as specialist in residential mortgage valuation, development land and, in the last 10 years, in commercial properties. I have also get specialized in accommodation and leisure assets, as hotels, restaurants and spa centers. Today, as director I also coordonate the internal team in different projects as training, portfolio valuations or new business lines.
Simina joined Colliers International in May 2005. She started her career as a junior broker selling new apartments in some of the first residential projects. In less than one year, she became the Project Manager of several residential projects, coordinating the sales team and advising on the sales and marketing strategy. She also provided consultancy for other new projects to be launched on the market.
During 2007-2008, Simina led the residential investment team and offered consultancy to investors interested in acquiring portfolios of apartments. She managed to sell a total of 1,300 apartments in 14 months and coordinated the sales & marketing strategy for off-plan residential projects: Central Park, Global City, Flamenco, Seasons, Green Lake, Sky City;
Simina joined the Retail Agency at the beginning of 2009, creating several retail schemes both as a Project Manager and as a Leasing Broker. Her work with the developers involved concept consultancy, market research, team coordination, and leasing strategy.
Currently, Simina is Associate Director of the Retail Agency and has an active role in establishing the strategy and the priorities of the Shopping Centers team. Simina is focused on project management, providing consultancy for future major retail schemes and negotiating with anchor tenants and medium size tenants.
Robert was born and raised in Romania, attended Emanuel University of Oradea and joined Colliers International in 2006. Since entering the real estate services industry, he has focused his activities on consulting, research and the sale of investment properties. Robert deals with private and institutional investors and remains up-to-date on product and global and local market context.
Sinziana started her activity in Colliers in 2006 within the administrative team and 1 year later was promoted Assistant for the Land Department.
As a result of her remarkable progress and her will to build a brokerage career, in 2009 Sinziana took another step up in her career and became Associate within the Land Department. As one of the main agents of the team, she focused on client needs analysis, ensuring effective communication and building up long term relationships. She specialized in retail parks developments and played a key role in assisting major retailers to find strategic locations for their future expansion plans.
Upon her promotion to Senior Associate position in 2012, Sinziana gained a broader portfolio of clients and switched focus to office and residential sectors, two markets that have started to become particularly active. Due to her deep
expertise in the land market and to her client focus orientation, Sinziana fulfills with success the highest expectations by making perfect matches between the vendors’ and buyers’ interests. She is also in charge with market prospecting and budgeting, as well as with drawing up financial analysis for various project developments.
Starting with mid-2014, Sinziana became Associate Director within Colliers Land Agency. Under the new role, she also provides assistance and coordination to the other team members and is responsible for drawing up the Land Agency
overall strategy.