Ion Croitoru

Ion Croitoru graduated the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in June 2014. He joined our litigation and arbitration team in February 2015. As a loyal and reliable member of our firm since, he accumulated a vast knowledge in international commercial arbitration, banking, bankruptcy, civil law, commercial law, energy, real estate, and intellectual property. During this time, he also acquired a unique shrewdness in helping clients navigate the muddy waters of regulation and developed an effective and innovative approach to solving legal issues. He has also successfully represented clients in several other areas, such as labour disputes, administrative law, gaming law, cyberspace (Internet) law, fiscal law, and immigration law.

As an arbitration enthusiast, he is a member of the Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners association.

His interest in many different areas of practice is demonstrated by the diversity of the major projects he has been involved in within our firm:
– drafting expert reports in international commercial arbitration proceedings worth upwards of 100 million USD in the field of construction law;

• drafting expert reports in international arbitration proceedings worth tens of millions USD in the field of energy law and privatization law;
• drafting expert reports in international arbitration proceedings carried out under bilateral investment treaties (BITs) worth upwards of 100 million USD;
• drafting Romanian law expert reports for various US, Turkish and Romanian courts;
• representing and advising clients in setting aside proceedings concerning multi-million arbitral awards;
• advising a major Romanian commercial bank on the regulatory framework of its core banking system’s overhaul;
• advising two major Romanian commercial banks on debt recovery strategies against a famous Romanian businessman;
• representing a major player in the energy sector in the context of two litigations pertaining a power purchase agreement concluded with another relevant player in the same sector;
• successfully representing two of the most important commercial banks in Romania in insolvency proceedings and challenges on enforcement;
• advising a major Romanian commercial bank on various legal issues regarding digital signatures and Internet law;
• representing a leading Romanian commercial bank in litigation against a Romanian state company;
• representing a major Romanian nonbank financial institution in several complex labour disputes;
• offering a comprehensive legal opinion on the remuneration policies for senior management of a listed banking institution and advising the same bank during the regulatory compliance process with the National Bank of Romania;
• representing a major British audit services company in intellectual property litigation in Romania.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• February 2017 – to date: Senior Associate, Răzvan Dincă & Asociații SCA
• February 2015 – February 2017: Associate, Răzvan Dincă & Asociații SCA
• February 2012 – May 2014: Intern, C.I. „Petru Mircea”

LANGUAGES
Romanian
English
German
French