Cristina Crețu > MPR Partners > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile
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Cristina Crețu
Work Department
Data protection, Technology, Telecom
Position
Partner
Career
Cristina is a partner with MPR Partners LLP, London and a technology and privacy advisor to our Bucharest office. As former senior member of the legal teams of major telecom companies and of the Romanian telecom regulator, Cristina possesses vast experience regarding the telecom and technology industries. Such is her reputation in the TMT space that she has been repeatedly interviewed by national Romanian TV channels and other mainstream media channels on matters related to these industries. She equally has widely acknowledged data privacy acumen, having acted as DPO for one of the largest telecom companies, formerly part of Liberty Global group. She is part of the European Data Protection Board ”Support Pool of Experts” List and she has been bestowed Lexology’s Client Choice Award for her Data Protection expertise for two years in a row (2022 and 2023). She is also Deputy Chair of AmCham Romania’s Data Protection Task Force and a member of the Board of Directors of the British-Romanian Chamber of Commerce. Her solid background in the in-house departments of major corporations helped her gain valuable experience and skills in dealing with corporate clients, in which capacity she provides advisory services in data privacy along with technology and telecom relevant industry practices, as well as specialized advocacy and business strategy in TMT regulatory matters.
Languages
Romanian, English
Education
LL.B, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law (2003)
Lawyer Rankings
Romania > TMT
MPR Partners‘ team acts for a range of large-scale companies and start-ups. Its sector expertise spans both regulatory matters, including digital infrastructure, fintech, and consumer protection matters, and transactional work involving technology transfers and IP licensing, with additional expertise in dispute resolution. Gelu Maravela co-heads the firm’s data protection practice group, a dedicated group within the TMT team; Cristina Crețu also has notable experience in this area. Alina Popescu works closely with technology-driven companies.