Dentons

Corporate M&A, TMT, Venture Technology, Private Equity

Cristina Daianu is a partner in the Bucharest Corporate Group. She heads the Venture Technology practice in Bucharest and the local German Desk.

With more than 20 years’ experience in corporate and M&A, Cristina assisted local and international clients - ranging from entrepreneurs to large multinational companies - in the most complex and important transactions on the Romanian market. During her career, she advised on a variety of asset and share deals, business transfers, joint ventures, greenfield projects, reorganization and restructuring matters. She also coordinated investment transactions, on either investor or founder side.

Member of Dentons Venture Beyond, Cristina is also an active player in the emerging Romanian start-up scene, being a mentor and panelist in many business incubators/accelerators and staying very close to the start-up eco-system. She advises both founders of tech companies, from the first phases of their venture to scale-up in other markets, also covering advice on various investment rounds.

Cristina has extensive international experience, working for many years in Frankfurt, being qualified as an attorney in Bucharest and Paris. She is fluent in English, French and German.

Partner - Dentons, Bucharest (2015 to date) Local Partner - Dentons, Bucharest (2013-2015) Managing Counsel - Dentons (formerly Salans), Bucharest (2009-2013) Partner - Shindhelm, Bucharest (2006-2009) Associate - Salans, Bucharest (2005-2006) Associate - Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen (2004-2005) Associate - Clifford Chance Puender, Frankfurt/Main (2000-2004)

Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I), 1999, Postgraduate studies (Diplome d'Etudes Approfondies), on European Commercial Law

Pantheon-Sorbonne University (Paris I), 1998, Maîtrise, in French and European Law (College Juridique Franco-Roumain)

University of Bucharest, 1998, LLB