Cosmin Crețu

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.

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.

Memberships & Roles
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.