Mihai Lemnaru > Albu Morar > Bucharest, Romania > Lawyer Profile

Albu Morar
23 Roma Street, Sector 1, Bucharest, 011773
Entrance and correspondence at 27 Washington Street, Sector 1,
BUCHAREST, 01173
Romania
Mihai Lemnaru photo

Work Department

White-Collar Crime

Position

Senior Associate

Career

In his work, Mihai is valued for his utter dependability, sound analytical and logical reasoning, pragmatic approach, as well as his highly ethical standards. Mihai is ideal in field work, having great skills in liaising with the judicial authorities.

Not only is Mihai a competent lawyer, but he is also committed to permanently improving his knowledge of substantive law and legal procedure, but also his intuition and communication skills.

Mihai coordinates or is involved in high stakes trial and investigation cases, such as for tax fraud in the IT sector, or customs and smuggling cases.

As an attorney with an independent law firm specialized in white-collar crime, Mihai focused on pre-trial investigations, and proved a valuable part of the team of lawyers handling high profile business crime and corruption cases, among which the notorious “Microsoft licenses” government corruption case.

As an associate, Mihai handled and/or litigates complex criminal cases in court, acting as first or second chair in matters such as tax evasion (disputed amount EUR +5.000,000); bribery by football team owner (disputed amount EUR 1.7 million); and, recently, as co-counsel in a high stakes customs and smuggling case.

Languages

English

Memberships

Member of the Bucharest Bar Association

Education

LL.B (2013), Bucharest University Law School

Lawyer Rankings

Romania > White-collar crime

Albu Morar is a white-collar crime specialist boutique that has, since its inception in 2020, quickly established itself as one of Romania’s go-to choices in the field. The majority of the firm’s clients are multinational heavyweights with cases in Romania and the vastly experienced team is well versed in the full range of work at every level of court. Practice co-head Gabriel Albu‘s ‘depth of knowledge in his field is a significant asset‘, drawing on experience at multinational law firms, as well as in independent practice, focusing specifically on white-collar crime upon founding Albu Morar. Alongside him in leading the department is former judge of the Constitutional Court of Romania, Daniel Morar, who joined the firm in November 2022. Mihai Lemnaru concentrates his practice on pre-trial investigations of tax evasion, money laundering, and corruption, with heavy involvement recently in cyber crime matters. Mihai Morar is a further key contact, assisting companies, stakeholders and individuals with complex criminal cases.