Alexandru is a partner at Intlaw. His activity particularly focuses on Corporate Compliance, M&A, Contractual and Commercial Law, but throughout the years he has also specialized in the following areas of practice:

• Advice in M&A operations,
• Advice in operations developed in cross-country jurisdictions,
• Joint ventures, disputes between shareholders, financial and corporate restructuration,
• Advice in private equity operations,
• Advice in relation to CSR,
• Advice, design and implementation of Corporate Compliance programs,
• Advice in relation to e-Commerce,
• Advice in Fashion Law and Sports Law,
• Advice in pre-bankruptcy proceedings and acquisitions of productive units in bankruptcy process,
• Advice in national and international contractual relations,
• Advice in the process of internationalization of the Company.

Due to his high connection to the business ecosystem of Central and Eastern Europe, Alexandru is also the Director of the Central East European Desk. Additionally, he is the Director of the Corporate Compliance Department and of the Balearic Islands Desk.

AWARDS AND PUBLICATIONS

• May 2010, 1st prize at the Fiscal Law category, at the second Edition of the International Law Prize ISDE-IABA (Inter-American Bar Association), being the youngest winner (25-years-old at that time).
• June 2014, 1st prize for International Private Law category, at the sixth Edition of the ISDE Prize.
• January 2016, the prize ‘Mihai Eminescu’ excellency in Business Law, granted by Occidentul Romanesc magazine.
• October 2017, Jury Award granted by the Spanish Association of Business Schools.
• February 2018, the Medal for Merit in Labour, granted by the Spanish Economic Association.
• May 2018, the excellency prize, granted by Occidentul Romanesc magazine.
• October 2018, included in the list of the Top 100 best Romanian professionals around the world, granted by Repatriot.
• Publication of several articles in special interest magazines in Spain and Romania.
• Co-author of the Spanish Chapter of the International Law handbook ‘International Joint Ventures’ with Dennis Campbell (Director at the Center for International Legal Studies, Austria).
• Founder of the legal blog Legal Outside The Box: www.legaloutsidethebox.com.

QUALIFICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS

• Barcelona Bar Association – ICAB (Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de Barcelona).
• Balearic Islands Bar Association (Ilustre Colegio de la Abogacía de las Islas Baleares).
• Honorary Consul of Romania in the Balearic Islands.
• Member of the Spanish Arbitration Club – Founder of the Romanian Chapter.
• Lecturer at BBA at ESADE in Barcelona.
• Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.
• Lecturer at ISDE in Barcelona.
• From 2019 to 2021, Academic Co-Director of the Master in Fashion and Luxury: Law, Business and Marketing by ISDE and IED.
• From 2016 to 2021, Academic Director of the LLM in Corporate Compliance by EIS (Economist Innovative School).
• Co-coordinator of the Course “Regulatory Compliance and U.S. Law” (1st Ed. March 2018, 2nd Ed. March 2019, 3rd Ed. September 2020) at Fordham University NYC in collaboration with EIS.
• Member of the Spanish Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, as Associated Collaborator (Real Academia de Jurisprudencia y Legislación de España, Colaborador Asociado).
• Included in the list of Arbitrators at the Consulate of the Sea (Consolat de mar, operated by the Chamber of Commerce of Barcelona).
• Included in the list of Best Lawyers in the category Franchise Law in 2021.

EDUCATION

• Law Degree, University of Granada.
• Master’s Degree in International Business Law, I.S.D.E.
• Master’s Degree in International Law, Foreign Trade and International Relations, I.S.D.E.
• Master’s Degree in Legal Research, E.S.A.D.E.
• PhDC in General Principles of Business and Economic Law, ESADE, ICADE and DEUSTO.