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Remus  Codreanu

Remus Codreanu

Partner

Partner
Remus Codreanu

Remus is a Partner in Clifford Chance Badea's Litigation and Dispute Resolution Practice. He also has a broad and in-depth expertise in Employment, Insolvency, Public Procurement and IP matters.

Remus has a more than 21-years of experience in managing legally complex, high value, sensitive, cross-border and/or innovative mandates, having represented important Romanian and international companies on various matters in areas such as litigation and arbitration (he advised and represented important Romanian and international companies in more than 1,000 domestic, cross-border, as well as international litigation and arbitration cases), employment, public and administrative law, including public procurement, intellectual property (especially, trademark and copyright’s law), construction, energy, insolvencies, media law and white-collar crime matters.

Dispute Resolution

  • A GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLIER on numerous litigation and other contentious matters involving energy, administrative, corporate (e.g., disputes with minority shareholders), employment, intellectual property, public procurement and criminal law angles, including in a successful ICC arbitration case
  • A GERMAN MULTINATIONAL CONGLOMERATE COMPANY with activities in industry, energy and healthcare on numerous civil, public procurement, employment, criminal law and arbitration cases
  • A GLOBAL CONSTRUCTION COMPANY on a contractual arbitral dispute involving FIDIC, joint venture contracts and construction contentious matters related to a major residential and retail property development in Romania
  • A FRENCH PHARMACEUTICAL GROUP OF COMPANIES on a EUR 30 million claim made by a Romanian distributor in relation to the termination indemnity of a distribution agreement
  • A LEADING FORESTRY AND AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT FUND on several complex environmental regulatory disputes, involving administrative and judicial procedures in Romania
  • A LEADING HYPERMARKET OPERATOR on numerous intellectual property, construction, employment, administrative and criminal law cases
  • AN INTERNATIONAL CONTAINER TERMINAL OPERATING COMPANY on several complex employment, contractual, administrative and insolvency litigation cases

White-Collar Crime

  • A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY on a complex matter related to cross border investigations and a high value white-collar crime case concerning several projects in Romania, as well as on the design and implementation of enhanced compliance programmes
  • THE SECOND LARGEST COMPUTER COMPANY IN THE WORLD on cross border investigations and representation before the National Anti-Corruption Prosecution Office in three white-collar crime cases concerning several important public projects in Romania
  • A GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY COMPANY engaged in the healthcare, lighting, and consumer well-being markets, on a cross-border investigation and possible remedial actions concerning suspect illegal activities involving the employees in the Romanian and the Bulgarian offices
  • A LEADING PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY on a white-collar crime case concerning alleged undue benefits in the health/medical system in Romania
  • A DANISH GROUP OF COMPANIES SPECIALISED IN DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL FARMLAND PROJECTS on a sensitive ongoing criminal case conducted by The Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism regarding suspected tax evasion, money laundering and establishing an organised crime group criminal offence
  • AN INTERNATIONAL STEEL MANUFACTURER on several cross-border criminal cases in Romania, the Czech Republic and Turkey concerning large quantities of steel that were stolen from the client as a result of an international fraud scheme committed against it

Employment & Labour Law

  • A GLOBALLY REPUTED BANKING SOFTWARE COMPANY on compensation claims raised by a former employee for having performed overtime including assistance and representation in the litigation phase of the matter
  • AN AMERICAN MULTINATIONAL FINANCIAL SERVICES CORPORATION on numerous employment law matters, including in connection with several termination cases (including employment litigation), with our team further assisting the company on policies and employee handbook issues
  • A WORLD LEADER IN INFORMATION MANAGEMENT on various day-to-day employment law matters including collective dismissal procedures, employment termination, negotiation of collective bargaining agreement, disciplinary procedures, a cross-border TUPE process, revision of internal regulation, a discrimination employment litigation, as well as other employment law issues of their Romanian subsidiary
  • A LEADING EUROPEAN HOTEL GROUP on various Romanian law contractual matters involving TUPE, as well as other various internal reorganisations and employment relationship terminations
  • A LEADING DANISH SHIPPING COMPANY on day-to-day employment matters, including on complex mandates such as internal reorganisation of the Romanian subsidiary and employment relationship termination of the general manager
  • ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT, RESOURCE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES on internal investigations and a complex reorganisation process, involving inter alia employment relationship terminations of various employees (including managers) within the Romanian subsidiary and the related challenge in court
  • A GLOBALLY REPUTED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER TREATMENT COMPANY on various employment law matters mainly involving collective dismissal of all employees of the Romanian branch

Intellectual Property

  • A GLOBAL ENERGY SUPPLIER on trademark infringements initiating proceedings against unauthorised users of identical or similar trademarks in their commercial activities
  • ONE OF THE WORLD’S LARGEST FOOD SERVICES AND FACILITIES MANAGEMENT COMPANIES on the registration process of nine trademarks
  • ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT, RESOURCE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES on an intra-group trademark and internet domain license
  • A LEADING HYPERMARKET OPERATOR on several trademark litigation proceedings, also involving counterfeit of products and protection of registered trademarks
  • A GLOBAL AUTOMOTIVE MANUFACTURER on IP licensing matters in Romania allowing it to implement products and services available in Germany and other markets also in Romania

Insolvency

  • A DANISH GROUP OF COMPANIES SPECIALISED IN DEVELOPING SUCCESSFUL FARMLAND PROJECTS on two court claims for damages filed in insolvency proceedings by judicial liquidator in connection with the annulment of addenda to agricultural related agreements and tort liability
  • A REPUTED SOIL AND GROUNDWATER TREATMENT COMPANY on the restructuring of operations in the context of a contemplated shutting down of its subsidiary in Romania and on the recovery of receivables from several debtors
  • A LEADING SWISS DRUGS PRODUCER on the preservation and recovery of its receivables from a major local producer and distributor undergoing insolvency proceedings
  • AN AMERICAN WORLDWIDE BANKING AND FINANCIAL SERVICES HOLDING COMPANY during court proceedings concerning insolvency and bankruptcy of the Turkish-Romanian Bank
  • A REGIONAL LOGISTIC SERVICES PROVIDER on an insolvency claim filed by a company active in the building and construction industry related to an unpaid amount resulting from contractual arrangements

Public Procurement

  • ONE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST PRODUCERS OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT, RESOURCE-SAVING TECHNOLOGIES on various public procurement aspects in connection with public tenders in which the client participates either as bidder, subcontractor and/or third supporting party
  • A GLOBAL IT SERVICES VENDOR on several public procurement tenders and related proceedings concerning its services and hardware equipment
  • AN ISRAELI PHARMACEUTICALS COMPANY on various areas of public procurement processes and related proceedings concerning the public health system in Romania
  • A LEADING IT COMPANY IN EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA on various public procurement procedures concerning inter alia (i) the delivery, installation, setting parameters and commissioning of radar systems by Romatsa, (ii) the procurement of pre-feasibility and feasibility studies and the economic-financial substantiation for the development of Aurel Vlaicu-Baneasa Bucharest International Airport, (iii) the supply of electronic warfare equipment for a C-130 aircraft

*Experience prior to joining Clifford Chance Badea.

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Career and qualifications

  • University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Bachelor of Law, 2002
  • University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, Postgraduate Civil Law Studies, 2012
  • University of Bucharest, Romania, Faculty of Law, PhD in IP infringements, 2012
  • Partner, Kinstellar Romania, 2017 - 2025
  • Partner, Clifford Chance Badea (Bucharest), September 2025

Professional bodies

  • Romanian Union of Lawyers
  • Bucharest Bar Association

Awards and citations

  • Remus Codreanu ensured the defence in front of the court, proving excellent judicial communication skills and management of opportunities and procedural incidents for the benefit of the company.’
    Legal500 Romania - Dispute Resolution, 2025
  • Remus Codreanu has been a top lawyer handling a very difficult matter for us and he was really one of a kind in terms of bottom lines and achievements dedication and very informative to the client. We were highly impressed with that.’
    Legal500 Romania - White Collar Crime, 2025