About
Cristina is ranked as a New Generation Partner by Legal 500. With over 12 years of experience, she is part of both the firm’s Commercial and Dispute Resolution departments. Her main area of specialisation is employment law, in which she holds a master’s degree from the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, and is currently pursuing her PhD studies. Cristina is also active in academia, teaching Labour Law seminars to fourth-year students at the Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest.
Highlights of her activity include assisting:
- a leading provider of shared services for a global tobacco group on day-to-day matters, such as sensitive employee situations involving termination of agreement, disciplinary inquiries, performance assessment and improvement, managing an outstanding balance of annual holiday days, implementing teleworking within the company, and reviewing internal policies;
- a leading building materials manufacturer in several lawsuits initiated by employees dismissed for breach of conflict of interest;
- a global automotive manufacturer, as local counsel, in relation to the carve-out of part of its manufacturing business conducted in Romania as part of a global restructuring of its activity, which led to an automatic transfer of approximately 2,500 employees in Romania under the transfer of undertakings legislation;
- leading companies in industries such as telecommunications, financial services and automotive in relation to local and cross-border transfers of business and employees, including prior restructuring and subsequent integration measures with impact on the workforce;
- a global technology services provider (new client) in day-to-day matters regarding various employment topics;
- a global independent video game developer in several lawsuits initiated by employees made redundant, whose job descriptions did not differentiate between the type of role;
- a pharmaceutical manufacturer, part of an international pharmaceutical group, in several lawsuits initiated by a former employee alleging whistleblower status.
