Mădălina Vasile

Head of the Environment Practice

Expertise

environmental issues in mergers and acquisitions
environmental and other permitting matters
waste management
environmental liability, including for historic pollution
hazardous substances
sanitary, veterinary and food safety matters
compliance matters, including in case of polluting incidents and authorities’ controls
environmental related litigation

GDPR gap analysis and audits
GDPR and DPO training
processing employees’ data, including data sharing within the group for benefits programs and whistleblowing schemes
e-privacy matters, including commercial communications
data sharing in mergers and acquisitions projects
regulatory compliance, including in connection with disciplinary procedures
data subject rights
processing and data transfer formalities

assistance to a large oil provider in the context of a litigation against Environmental Fund Administration decision regarding contributions for the wasted oil introduced on the Romanian market
day-to-day assistance to a large retailer on sanitary-veterinary matters
day-to-day assistance on the obligations under the New Methodology for the computation of taxes and contributions for Environmental Fund, approved by the Environmental Fund Administration
assistance to a multinational electronics manufacturing services company on packaging waste regulations in the context of a litigation against Environmental Fund Administration decision

assistance to a large retailer regarding a data protection audit on the company’s data processing operations in order to assess compliance with the new obligations under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), as well as assistance in implementing the actions set out in the audit report
advice to a large financial institution and its subsidiaries in conducting an audit of the processing operations within the group to assess compliance with GDPR requirements, preparing an audit report and an action plan with recommended measures to be implemented by the group to ensure compliance and assisting with the implementation thereof
assistance to a leading Romanian bank and its subsidiaries in performing a GDPR gap analysis
assistance to an international financial services and communications company on ensuring compliance with the Romanian data protection requirements of its processing operations regarding human resources and marketing purposes, video monitoring purposes or carrying out background checks

contributor to NNDKP Privacy Out Loud
speaker at the event “Data Protection from CJEU`s perspective. What should companies pay attention to?”, organized by NNDKP (2023)
speaker at the Environmental & Sustainability Summit 2023, organized by Business Review (2023)
speaker at the webinar “Whistleblower: compliance, implementation, impact”, organized by Avocatnet.ro (2021)
speaker at the webinar “Decoding and systematizing the obligations of employers: Essential Legal and Tech requirements to ensure compliance with the Whistleblowing Legislation”, organized by NNDKP (2021)
“Key takeaways on the Romanian whistleblowers proposal law” (2021) (co-author)
contributor to NNDKP – COVID-19 Legal & Tax Resource Center
speaker at the Employer Branding Conference, GDPR for Human Resources Workshop, organized by Evensys (2018)