Ms Liana Iacob > Budusan & Asociatii SPARL > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Budusan & Asociatii SPARL
43 Calea Dorobantilor, 1st Floor
010553, 1st District
Romania

Work Department

Litigation & Consultancy

Position

Partner

Career

Liana Iacob is a partner in Budusan & Asociatii since 2014. Her fields of expertise include fraud against the financial interests of the European Union, public procurement fraud, corruption and professional offences, tax evasion, financial and insurance fraud, embezzlement, corporate fraud and intellectual property crime.

Liana has managed complex cases of fraud in the financial and banking industry; she has provided legal consultancy and assistance to important corporate clients in the IT sector, in energy, real-estate, the food industry and financial services. She also practiced commercial and contract law, IPR, oil & gas, court litigations and represented clients in ECHR procedures.

Over the last year, Liana has managed, as first chair, the criminal court case concerning the bankruptcy of Romanian top insurance company, dealing with economic and professional offences, as well as estimated damages in the range of EUR 200 million; a court case of bank fraud, with a loss estimated at approx. Eur 8 million, and as second chair to Ovidiu Budusan, a complex court case of EU funds misappropriation, with an estimated loss of approx. EUR 1 million. As part of a team of lawyers specialized in complementary fields of law, she advises global companies in various industries, in the course of internal and/or official audits, on matters such as employee misconduct, internal fraud, and tax evasion. 

Languages

English, Romanian

Memberships

Bucharest Bar Association

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > White-collar crime

(Next Generation Partners)

Liana IacobBudusan & Asociatii SPARL

A regular fixture at the top of the Romanian white-collar crime market over the past decade, boutique firm Budusan & Asociatii SPARL specialises in business crime cases, either in defence of its clients, or acting for victims in seeking compensation. The department also advises companies from a pre-emptive perspective to mitigate criminal law risks that may arise from business activities. Former high-ranking prosecutor Ovidiu Budusan heads the team and is a reliable choice for major business crime cases, tax evasion, and corruption. Florentina Frumusanu is one of the younger stars of the market, recently acting in a complex tax evasion case in the food and beverages industry, as well as a high-value money laundering case. Liana Iacob has experience managing fraud cases in banking and finance, as well as assisting corporate clients in the IT, energy, and real estate sectors, among others. George Toniuc is also a key figure who has represented industry leaders and individual clients in criminal matters.