Casian Cioba
SENIOR Associate

Casian is an experienced litigator whose practice focuses primarily on commercial, real estate, and administrative disputes. Throughout his career, he has achieved significant victories in complex, high-stakes matters, notably securing a €4 million increase in compensation for a client during an expropriation procedure and successfully obtaining the rare annulment of an expropriation process that adversely affected a client's business. His notable successes also extend to governmental and human rights disputes, including successfully drafting the motion to annul an act issued by the Romanian Prime Minister and representing multiple high-ranking officials before the European Court of Human Rights. Furthermore, Casian has a proven track record of overturning unfavorable first-instance decisions, invalidating arbitral awards in complex contractual disputes, and effectively representing clients in major land ownership and public domain litigation.

Selected relevant experience:

• represented senior management before European Court of Human Rights, in connection with disputes regarding compensation rights caused by complex legislative amendments; 

• obtained the annulment of an expropriation procedure through which the client’s land had been seized, adversely affecting its production operations;

• representing a major client in the Tech industry in multiple administrative and tax litigation files;

• represented clients in litigation concerning challenges brought by interested parties against expropriation procedures.