Expertise
- environmental and other permitting matters
- water management
- waste management
- hazardous substances and mixtures
- compliance matters, including in case of polluting incidents and authorities’ controls
- environmental related litigation
- sanitary, veterinary and food safety matters
- fire safety
- overall regulatory & compliance matters
Representative Cases and Transactions
- Assisted a regional industry player in evaluating the environmental restrictions and requirements applicable to the implementation of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in Romania, both onshore and offshore, including identifying inconsistencies between the CCS-specific legal framework and the applicable environmental law, as well as areas requiring further legislative clarification or amendment.
- Assisted a multinational company active in the cement industry with various environmental regulatory and compliance matters, including the revision of waste management contracts, issues concerning waste shipments, and the assessment of the environmental legal framework applicable to landfill mining projects.
- Assisted an oil & gas company with sophisticated environmental law and climate change matters in multiple disputes regarding complex environmental permitting procedures required for the development of the largest natural gas project in the Romanian sector of the Black Sea.
- Assisted a hydropower plant operator with various environmental aspects related to the operation of the plant, including in connection with an environment-related dispute and several inspections conducted by the environmental authorities, following the plant’s initial inclusion in an infringement procedure initiated against Romania.
- Assisted large retailers active in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector on various environment-related projects, including participation in the Romanian deposit-return system, Environmental Fund related disputes, negotiation and establishment of contractual relations with organizations for the transfer of responsibility, initiatives to reduce the environmental impact of certain plastic products, and the installation of electric charging stations.
Education
- University of Bucharest Law School, Law Degree
- University of Bucharest Law School, Master`s Degree in International Arbitration
- National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Master Program in Development, International Cooperation and Humanitarian Aid
Memberships and Affiliations
- Bucharest Bar
Notable Contributions
- “Where Do the Goodies Come From? The Key Question Under the EU Deforestation Regulation” (CEE Legal Matters, 2025) (co-author)
- speaker at the Forum of young development experts from Romania and Moldova on the rule of law and justice independence (2018)
- co-author of the chapter on the recognition of the Rights of Nature in Mexico of the book Earth Law: Emerging Ecocentric Law – A Guide for Practitioners (2020)
- speaker at the Ibero Centrus conference on the Law and Environmental Justice (2021)
