White-collar crime

ENACHE PIRTEA & Associates

Client Satisfaction

ENACHE PIRTEA & Associates is well recognised for its business crime practice, which covers in-court defence, as well as risk management and compliance advice on an ongoing basis. Clients include major companies and their senior management on individual bases. Simona Pirtea co-leads the department and her expertise covers public and private corruption, economic and organised criminal activity, and money laundering. She and fellow practice head Madalin Enache are praised by clients for their ‘specialised point of view on a variety of legal matters’; Enache focusing on the litigation side of things, drawing on almost two decades in the field. Adrian Rusu is the other key contact in the team, specialising in tax evasion, money laundering, embezzlement, and corruption cases.

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Testimonials

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‘The strengths of Enache, Pirtea and Associates, is the ability of the lawyers to perfectly understand all particularities of each case and their relevant "field" expertise which permit them to find the best solutions for each case.’
‘Madalin Enache and Simona Pirtea are very open, available and involved lawyers; every time they were asked to provide their specialised point of view on a variety of legal matters, they took time to listen, to understand the matters, to ask for details and to ensure their professional legal advice.’
‘Active listening. Educated opinions and solutions. Professionalism. Result driven.’
‘Enache’s team deeply understands the core of client’s problem and needs: they have an holistic approach.’
‘All of them, and specifically Madalin have had outstanding capability and empathy to understand my needs and technical aspects in order to solve the issue.’
‘Simona Pirtea - kindness and human approach. Madalin Enache - fighting spirit, resilience.’
‘The team is proactive and business-oriented, providing high quality legal services in terms of expertise, communication, availability, response time, solutions.’
‘Professionals with excellent knowledge of legislation and standard practice as well, enthusiastic and innovative.’

Key clients

ENEL Global Infrastructure & Network
E-Distributie Muntenia & Banat
Kredyt Inkaso Investments Romania
CAF (Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles)
Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj-Napoca
Alpha Bank Romania
Scania Romania
Centurion Jets
Robert Bosch (Romania)
Luther Imobiliare
Ocolul Silvic “Obstea Tulnici”
Uipath
DSC Express Logistic
Michaland

Work highlights

Representing the former CEO and CFO of ENEL Romania in a criminal file regarding accusations of tax evasion and intellectual forgery.
Representing the parent and Romanian company from the Kredyt Inkaso group in a cross-border investigation of an organised criminal group created by the former CEO.
Representing CAF (Spain) in a criminal investigation of a metro train incident involving civil and criminal responsibility for damages exceeding €7m.