Legal Expert Cosmin Soare-Filatov Proposed as Romania's Justice Minister
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- Cosmin Soare-Filatov, a constitutional advisor to Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, has been proposed as Romania's Justice Minister.
- Soare-Filatov has a background in law, academia, and public administration, including significant experience in high-stakes state litigation.
- He was part of the legal team that successfully represented Romania in the international arbitration case concerning the Roșia Montană mining project.
Cosmin Soare-Filatov, currently a constitutional advisor to Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan, has been put forward as the nominee for Romania's Justice Minister in a potential new technocratic government. While not widely known outside legal and administrative circles, Soare-Filatov possesses a robust professional background that includes private practice, academia, and a key role in Romania's presidential administration.
Cosmin Soare-Filatov is the proposal for the Ministry of Justice.
His legal career began after graduating from the Faculty of Law at the University of Bucharest. He pursued advanced studies, earning a master's degree in private law and two doctorates in cultural heritage law from universities in Bucharest and Lille, France. Since 2021, he has also served as an assistant professor teaching administrative law at the University of Bucharest. Admitted to the Bucharest Bar in 2013, he rose to partner in the litigation department at the Leaua Damcali Deaconu Păunescu law firm.
A significant highlight of Soare-Filatov's career was his involvement in representing the Romanian state in the international arbitration initiated by Canadian company Gabriel Resources. This case, related to the controversial Roșia Montană mining project, involved claims exceeding $4 billion in damages. In 2024, Soare-Filatov, alongside his wife Andra Soare-Filatov and other Romanian legal experts, successfully convinced the ICSID arbitral tribunal to dismiss the claims against Romania, marking a major international legal victory for the state.
He was part of the team involved in one of the most important cases for the Romanian state in recent years.
Following this success, on November 1, 2025, Mayor Nicușor Dan appointed Soare-Filatov as a presidential advisor on constitutional matters. In this capacity, he has overseen the Constitutional-Legislative Department within the Presidential Administration and contributed to projects aimed at modernizing the judicial system, including participation in the Just.AI Forum focused on artificial intelligence in the justice sector.
The decision was considered one of the most important legal victories obtained by the Romanian state internationally.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.
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