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Adrian is a Romanian lawyer specialising in white-collar crime, international fraud and cross-border criminal proceedings, with a strong focus on extradition and EPPO-related matters. He is the founding partner of SANDRU Advocati and has built a practice acting in complex, multijurisdictional cases, frequently providing expert evidence on Romanian law before foreign courts, including in the United Kingdom. He has been involved in some of the most complex financial crime cases in Romania in recent years. Adrian is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) and co-chair of its Working Group on the EPPO. He also serves as International Officer of the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum (DELF). In addition, he is a Fellow of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, established in partnership with the Basel Institute on Governance. He has contributed extensively to legal scholarship, including co-authoring one of the first comprehensive works on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and is a member of the editorial board of Dreptul Law Review, the oldest and most prestigious legal journal in Romania. He is currently in the final stage of his doctoral studies at the Romanian Academy, focusing on expert evidence in financial crime proceedings, and continues to be actively involved in international professional initiatives and high-level legal training in the field of economic and financial crime.
Co-author of the Romania chapter in the International Fraud & Asset Tracing Law Guide , published 13 October 2026 , alongside Vlad Peligrad .