Mihai ACSINTE started his career in 1995 as a judge at a local court of justice after graduating as valedictorian from the Faculty of Law and previously the Faculty of Automation and Computers in Iași. From the beginning, he has been an active promoter and author of projects for the reform, modernization and computerization of the justice system, and he was elected in 1997 as Vice-President of the Romanian Magistrates Association.
In 1998 he accepted his secondment to the Ministry of Justice as General Director of the General Directorate for Organization, Human Resources and Relations with the Public Ministry, being responsible for the administrative organization and coordination of the justice system, civil and military Courts and Prosecutors’ Offices, and the Penitentiary System’s HR Department. From this position he contributed to strategic projects that, over time, strengthened the independence of the judiciary and raised the quality of the judicial environment.
After a short secondment in 2001 as Judiciary General Inspector within the Ministry of Justice - General Inspectorate and Internal Audit, he joined Vodafone Romania, first as HR Consultant and afterwards as Senior Legal Counselor, being the company’s legal expert for Advanced Services and Technologies, Strategy and Regulatory Affairs, IT and Networks Engineering. At the same time, Mihai ACSINTE also taught Administrative Law and the Law of Administrative Offences to future judges for a period, at the National Institute of Magistracy.
Shortly before the launch of the Dacia Logan car range, Mihai ACSINTE joined Renault Group Romania in 2004 as Chief Legal & Ethics Officer with the mission of developing and implementing the legal security strategy of the organization in order to ensure the safe and sound development of what would later become the remarkable international success story of Dacia cars.
Mihai ACSINTE has laid the foundations of a strong partnership team of attorneys with extensive experience and varied specializations capable of ensuring long-term complex solutions for big organizations, aiming to become a benchmark in providing integrated legal consulting, assistance and representation services, by bringing new standards in terms of quality, responsiveness and client satisfaction.
Mihai ACSINTE is an internationally recognized expert in Cyber Law and Cyber Legal Security. He is the author of numerous articles about the Information Society and also of the monographs “Information Society Law – Electronic Commerce – the Liability of Service Providers”, published by Universul Juridic – Bucharest, in 2012, and “International Encyclopaedia of Laws – Cyber Law – Romania”, published by Kluwer Law International BV – The Netherlands, in 2015.
He has also specialized in Ethics & Compliance, and is the author of the chapter "Whistle-blowing Systems" within the first Romanian book about ethics, "Integrity in Public and Private Space", published by C.H. Beck - Bucharest, in 2017, and one of the first Romanian attorneys specialized in Anti-bribery Management Systems - ISO 37001:2016 implementation .
Mihai ACSINTE is also an experienced litigator who has represented clients in court cases with a total value of over €30 million.
In addition to his qualifications as a lawyer and computer engineer, Mihai ACSINTE has a diploma from the National College of Defense (Bucharest), a diploma from École Nationale d’Administration (Paris) and a doctorate in International Commerce Law from the Academy of Economic Studies (Bucharest).
For his merits, the President of Romania awarded him the National Order “Star of Romania” in the rank of Officer and the National Order “Industrial and Commercial Merit” in the rank of Knight.
Mihai ACSINTE is a member of the Bucharest Bar Association. He speaks Romanian, English and French.
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