Cristina Metea "Trustworthy – from the first step to the final success. Professional – top level. Knowledgeable – thorough and experienced insight in any major area. Up to date – involved in major legal news on their way." Cristina Metea specializes in corporate and international arbitration. She is highly experienced on corporate law and commercial contracts, establishment and structuring of commercial companies, domestic and international joint-ventures, consultancy in corporate management and operational structures, duties and liabilities of the management and control corporate bodies. She has advised major international players active in Romania on the regulatory compliance procedures and has also participated to the drafting, amending and adjusting legal and regulatory enactments in a variety of areas. Cristina Metea is also a leading practitioner in international arbitration, having handled arbitration arising from Bilateral Investment Treaties and having been a part of the team representing the Romanian Government in no less than three international arbitration files brought against Romania to the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes – ICSID. She has as well a broad experience in capital markets, ensuring for many years consultancy services in public offerings, listing procedures and establishment and functioning of investment funds. Other areas of practice are mergers, acquisitions and privatization. She is fluent in English.