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Practice areas

Litigation & Arbitration
Corporate & Commercial Law
Energy & Natural Resources
Infrastructure & PPP / Public Procurement
International Private Law

Cristina specializes in Dispute Resolution and Arbitration, focusing on international investment disputes initiated by foreign investors against the Romanian State.

Cristina has gained significant experience in complex international arbitration cases conducted under the rules of leading arbitration institutions in a wide range of sectors, in particular in the energy and natural resources, oil, gas and mining, insurance and insolvency sectors.

Before national courts, Cristina has mainly been involved in contractual disputes, administrative litigation, competition law and various company law disputes.

  • Studies
  • Spoken languages
  • Qualifications & Career
  • Mandates
  • Affiliations
  • Legal experience: 13 years
  • Experience within Mușat & Asociații: 2 years
  • Senior Associate, 2023 – to date
  • (2013) - Fully qualified lawyer, Bucharest Bar
  • (2011) - Admitted as lawyer, Bucharest Bar
(2020) – International Commercial Arbitration organized by Austrian Arbitration Academy in Cooperation with Sommerhochschule of the University of Vienna and Vienna International Arbitral Centre
(2019) – LL.M. in International Legal Studies (LL.M.), University of Vienna
(2011) – Master in Business Law, University of Bucharest
(2006) – LL.B, University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law
  • English
  • French
  • Russian
  • Romanian

Assisted and represented the Romanian State in an investment arbitration before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes under the ICSID Rules, initiated by an Austrian investor under the Energy Charter Treaty in an oil, gas and mining dispute.

Assisted and represented the Romanian State in the investment arbitration proceedings before the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes under the ICSID rules in the field of energy, arising from the long-term supply contracts concluded between one of the largest electricity production and supply companies and the two subsidiaries of a Swiss company in Romania.

Assisted and represented an international company, part of a group of companies operating in the insurance-reinsurance sector, in a series of ad-hoc international arbitrations (ad-hoc arbitrations conducted under the Romanian Code of Civil Procedure as lex arbitri) and domestic disputes initiated by a Romanian company in insolvency.

Provided legal assistance on Romanian law in an arbitration dispute under the arbitration rules (ICC Rules) arising out of a commercial contract between Romanian companies and individuals regarding the validity of the contract itself.

Provided assistance in an arbitration dispute conducted under the procedural rules of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CACI Rules) arising from a contract for the sale and distribution of electricity

Provided legal assistance and representation of one of the largest telecom operators against the Competition Council in a dispute related to an alleged abuse of dominance sanctioned with the second highest fine in history.

Provided legal assistance and representation of one of the largest telecommunications operators against the National Authority for Consumer Protection (ANPC) in a dispute concerning unfair terms in consumer contracts.

  • Member of the Romanian Bar Association, since 2011
  • Young Austrian Arbitration Practitioner, since 2019
  • Member of Moot Alumni Association, since 2020
  • Member of Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners, since 2022