ALBU MORAR LAW FIRM
Tel: +40 31 425 48 64
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.albu-morar.ro
Most senior representative: Gabriel Albu
No. of local partners: 4
No. of lawyers: 10
Year founded in Romania: 2020
Offices in Romania: Bucharest
Representative clients include: Kaz Munay Gas International/ Rompetrol Group, RCS & RDS/Digi, Intrarom, Unigrains Trading, OMV Petrom, Lacto Food, Mozzart Bet, Porr Construct, FM Romania
Partners and heads of practice
Practice area: White-Collar Crime
Gabriel Albu is the Founding and Managing Partner of ALBU LEGAL, rebranded in ALBU MORAR, a boutique law office specialized in white-collar crime, criminal and administrative
prevention, internal and anti fraud investigations, human rights protection procedures, defense of the crime victims’ rights, as well as in any related litigation and non-litigation issues. Gabriel Albu is one of the pioneers of this practice area in Romania, as it is understood today. He has been practicing law since 2002 and white-collar crime since 2005. He worked for top international law firms like Linklaters, CMS Cameron McKenna, and Salans (now Dentons). Since 2008, in independent practice, he has devoted himself entirely to white-collar crime. Under his management, Albu Morar has been recognized as a leading law firm, currently included in TIER 1 ranking by the prestigious legal directory The Legal 500 for the fourth time in a row. Moreover, in 2024 Gabriel Albu is, for the fifth consecutive year, designated as Leading Individual, by the same prestigious top The Legal 500.
Practice area: White-Collar Crime
Daniel Morar graduated the Faculty of Law of the "Babeș-Bolyai" University of Cluj-Napoca in 1990. Between 1990 and 2005 he worked as a prosecutor, first at the District Attorney’s Office in the cities of Targu Mures and then in Cluj-Napoca. During this time, he was temporarily seconded on two occasions to the Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice. In 2005 he was appointed prosecutor general of the National Anti-corruption Prosecutor's Office, which later became the National Anti-corruption Directorate, holding the office until the end of his term, in 2012. He was afterwards delegated as first deputy to the prosecutor general of the Prosecutor’s Office of the High Court of Cassation and Justice, exercising the powers of the Prosecutor General of Romania between October 2012 and April 2013. Between 2013 and 2022 he served as a judge of the Constitutional Court of Romania, appointed by the President of Romania for a constitutional term of 9 years. He has been an attorneyat-law in private practice since 2022.
Practice Areas: White-Collar Crime and Head of the E-crimes division
Mihai acts in complex cases of tax evasion, money laundering, and corruption, concentrating his activity on pre-trial investigations. He is a very savy and result oriented lawyer. Mihai successfully, represented banking institutions, multinational companies, and high standing individuals from the business and political environment, before prosecution and courts. Recently, he became very much involved into cyber-crime cases, delivering the unique mix of legal/ technical advice clients need in this fast-moving digital environment. Mihai’s activity is defined by professionalism, determination, as well as adaptability in identifying the best solutions for his clients. In his capacity as a newly appointed Partner and Head of E-crimes practice, Mihai specialized in cases that have become increasingly common in recent years: from the classic "phishing" to broader cases, which target large companies, related accounts or servers with confidential information.
Practice Area: White-Collar Crime
Mihai Morar is a highly skilled, academically great and tactically oriented lawyer, who represents companies, stakeholders and individuals in complex criminal cases. He is very analytical and possesses great knowledge and insight of both relevant laws, as well as complex economic and corporate processes. His areas of expertise include tax evasion, organized crime, corruption, and other business-related crimes. He assists clients from the energy sector, IT, and financial services. As a Partner, his practice included assistance and representation both before courts and in pre-trial investigations. His experience includes assistance regarding legislation applicable to various fields, such as tax and business regulations, work health and safety, insolvency etc.
List of the most representative projects
Assisting RCD & RDS/DIGI, a major Romanian communication and TV broadcasting group, in a court trial regarding allegations of bribery and money laundering in connection with acquisition of football related TV rights.
Assisting a project management & industrial services company in a case concerning alleged fraud, forgery and conspiracy and involving top management.
Assisting INTRAROM, local subsidiary of a major Greek IT&C group, in a court trial on charges of tax fraud through improperly documented expenses.
Asisiting FM Romania in the case concerning allegations of committing criminal offenses against the environment, by disregarding the special regulation of waste regime.
Allegations of commercial fraud by third parties, through misleading Unigrains in respect of contractual performance.
Specialist lawyers: Gabriel Albu, Mihai Lemnaru, Codrut Preda, Ana Popescu.