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Cosmin Cretu

Senior Associate

Contact
CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang LLP SCP
One Tower
165 Calea Floreasca
12th–14th floors
District 1
014459 Bucharest
Romania
Languages Romanian, English

Cosmin Cretu is a senior associate in the CMS Bucharest team, specialising in criminal law, regulatory and compliance. Cosmin has broad experience in criminal defence of companies, as well as senior executives facing various white-collar crime allegations. He has advised multinational companies operating in the IT, Life Sciences, Construction & Infrastructure, Automotive, Energy, Banking and Insurance industries facing allegations of tax evasion, money laundering and corruption with claimed damages exceeding EUR 500 million. Cosmin has conducted internal investigations and he regularly assists clients before prosecuting authorities and courts of law in various criminal law disputes.

Cosmin also focuses on a wide range of compliance and regulatory matters relevant to the Gambling, Life Sciences and TMT industries.

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"A 'rising star' for white collar crime practice in Romania"

Legal 500

“Cosmin Cretu is well-known among criminal law practitioners in Romania. Cosmin is a magnificent young lawyer, who is always innovative, spending the extra effort to understand the particularities of the situation and finding the best legal ways for defending his clients. I worked with Cosmin in several high-profile criminal cases and admired his overall approach”.

Legal 500, 2022

"Mihai Jiganie-Serban, Horia Draghici, Cosmin Cretu: as our main contact persons in various company-specific questions they can be described as an excellently well-coordinated team. they are fast, reliable, always well-prepared and available and this on a high level expertise”.

Legal 500, 2022

"Cosmin Cretu is very qualified, with very good theoretical knowledge of the Romanian law and practical skills. In a nutshell, we can say that we recommend him for his unique expertise regarding complex white-collar cases".

Legal 500, 2022

"Cosmin Cretu is a really rising star in the field. His academic and practical skills are at the highest levels".

Legal 500, 2022

Relevant experience

  • A top US multinational corporation operating in the IT industry on a National Anticorruption Directorate (DNA) investigation into allegations of abuse of office with claimed damages exceeding EUR 50m.
  • A leading global IT company on a DNA investigation into allegations of abuse of office with claimed damages exceeding EUR 8 million relating to the implementation of the national card system.
  • A leading multinational technology company which focuses on e-commerce, cloud computing, digital streaming and artificial intelligence, in several investigations into cybercrimes of which the company was a victim.
  • The top management of a multinational corporation operating in the infrastructure sector on DIICOT and DNA investigations into allegations of corruption, tax evasion and money laundering in the implementation of a railway rehabilitation project in Romania.
  • The top management of an international group focused on the design and manufacture of equipment and complete installations for the grain-processing and compound feed industry on a DNA investigation into allegations of EU funds fraud.     
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Memberships & Roles

  • Bucharest Bar Association.
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Education

  • 2016 – BA in Law, The Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania.
  • 2011 – LLB in Management and Business Efficiency, The Athenaeum University, Bucharest, Romania.
  • 2010 – BA in Business Administration, The Athenaeum University, Bucharest, Romania.
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