Alina Cornea is a Counsel at Suciu Partners and a highly versatile legal practitioner with extensive experience across Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate & Commercial law, Data Protection (GDPR) & Cybersecurity, Employment & Labor, and Banking & Finance. Known for her proactive, business-oriented approach, Alina routinely leads M&A due diligence streams, cross-border corporate reorganizations, transactional contract negotiations, and specialized regulatory compliance projects.

Alina brings exceptional dual expertise in legal frameworks and technical data governance. In addition to her Law Degree and Master’s in Business Law, she holds language degrees and international cybersecurity certification (\\\"Hacking 101\\\" with honors from McAfee Institute), alongside extensive specialized training from the University of Groningen and the University of Helsinki. Her data privacy practice encompasses end-to-end GDPR implementation programs, e-privacy compliance, e-commerce, commercial communications, data breach response strategies, eWallet integrations, and classified information management.

In her capacity as Counsel, Alina works in synergy with the firm\\\'s partners to manage complex corporate transactions, strategic TUPE workforce transfers, cross-border assignments, collective bargaining negotiations, and specialized banking/insurance regulatory mandates (including AML compliance programs, portfolio acquisitions, and banking outsourcing).

Selected Track Record:

• Industrial Equipment M&A: Advised the sellers on the complete stake divestment of a top Romanian industrial and construction equipment manufacturer/distributor to a leading construction machinery market player.
• Multinational Waste Management Corporate Restructuring & TUPE: Advised a global waste management leader on the merger of its Romanian operations and subsidiaries, providing strategic corporate guidance and managing complex TUPE employee transfers.
• Cybersecurity Solutions Sale: Advised the selling shareholders of a top cybersecurity solutions provider on transaction documentation, regulatory clearances, and deal completion.
• Fintech & eWallet Acquisition: Advised a major European payment operator on acquiring the majority stake in a mobile eWallet application developer.
• Fitness Industry Private Equity Buyout: Advised the founding shareholders of a Romanian fitness market leader on the full stake sale to a prominent CEE-focused private equity fund.
• Insurance Portfolio Acquisition: Advised a major European insurance group on acquiring a life insurance portfolio from an established market entity.
• Major Business Outsourcing & TUPE Transfer: Advised a prominent domestic entity on one of the largest TUPE employee transfers in Romania as part of a strategic outsourcing project.
• Cybersecurity Financing Project: Advised a cybersecurity provider on structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex transaction and financing documentation.