An ‘excellent coordinator of projects and teams of attorneys’, Mihai Jiganie-Serban heads the white-collar crime offering at CMS in Bucharest. The practice receives client commendation for its ’comprehensive expertise in handling high-stakes investigations and litigation’, and collaborates closely with the CMS network in the region to support a host of multinationals, as well as individual clients. Jiganie-Serban is one of the country’s standout white-collar crime practitioners, while Ionut Chisar is one of the up-and-coming figures in criminal law and criminal compliance. Cosmin Cretu is another standout lawyer in the practice. Horia Draghici, who coordinates the wider dispute resolution department, also has influence in white-collar crime cases.
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Work Department
Dispute Resolution, White Collar Crime
Position

Senior Associate, Criminal Defense

Career

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.

Languages
Romanian, English
Memberships
  • Bucharest Bar Association
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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