Senior Associate S\u0102VESCU & ASSOCIATES
\nraluca.onufreiciuc@savescu.ro
\n+40743991566<\/p>\n
Raluca Onufreiciuc is a lawyer at S\u0102VESCU & ASOCIA\u021aII, where she has been practising since the beginning of her legal career in 2013.<\/p>\n
She is a PhD candidate in Law at Paris-Panth\u00e9on-Assas University (Centre for Comparative Law) and at Nicolae Titulescu University of Bucharest. Between 2019 and 2021, she undertook a predoctoral research fellowship at the University of A Coru\u00f1a, Spain.<\/p>\n
From 20 November 2025 to 30 September 2026, as an International Research Visitor, she conducted a research fellowship at the Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles (ULB), within the Centre for the Study of Politics and Public Administration (CEPAP). She is also a member of the Romanian local team of the international TRANSACT \u2013 Transparency in Action project, which analyses the effective implementation of legislation on access to information of public interest.<\/p>\n
She holds a Bachelor\u2019s degree in Law from the Faculty of Law of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Ia\u0219i (2012). She completed the \u201cJudicial Career\u201d Master\u2019s programme at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest (2013), as well as the Master\u2019s programme in European Law at the Centre for European Studies within UAIC (2016). She holds an International LL.M. in European Public Law and is a Professional Fellows GLC alumna (2017), as well as an alumna of the Academy of European Public Law (2021). From 22 to 24 June 2026, she attended the Advanced Programme on Competition Law and the Digital Economy, a professional programme of the University of Oxford Faculty of Law, associated with the Centre for Competition Law and Policy.<\/p>\n
Member of the Society of Legal Sciences
\nMember of the Board of Directors of the Association for Development, Transparency and Public Participation \u201cCIVICA\u201d
\nMember of AIESEC Alumni Romania
\nFounding member of Ia\u0219i Legal Hackers
\nFounding member of the Laboratory for Ethics, Law and Innovative Technologies Association
\nFounding member of the Interdisciplinary Research Centre for Competition Law, Digital Transformations and New Technologies<\/p>\n
Publications<\/strong> Contributions<\/strong> Workshops and Seminars<\/strong> Raluca participated as an invited expert in the television programme Fapte \u0219i drepturi \u2013 Revolu\u021bia datelor personale [Facts and Rights \u2013 The Personal Data Revolution], broadcast by Ia\u0219i TV Life.<\/p>\n Teaching Experience Raluca also publishes specialist articles on JURIDICE.ro<\/a>.<\/p>\n Raluca Onufreiciuc has extensive experience in Cyberlaw<\/a>, Artificial Intelligence Governance, Personal Data Protection<\/a>, Administrative Transparency, Competition Law and Administrative Disputes<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":155,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-centered.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lawyers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1642,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154\/revisions\/1642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.savescu.ro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2013 CRE\u021aU, G., ONUFREICIUC, R.A., Analysis of European Competition Authorities\u2019 Legal Responsibilities in Petition and Complaint Resolution between 2023\u20132025, Romanian Competition Journal, vol. 5, no. 2, pp. 74\u201387
\n\u2013 LUNC\u0102, D., ONUFREICIUC, R.A., The Role of Artificial Intelligence in Strengthening Civic Participation in the European Union: Ensuring Administrative Transparency and Accessibility in Algorithmic E-Consultation, European Journal of Law and Public Administration, vol. 12, no. 2, 2025, pp. 88\u2013120
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., HODO\u0218, R.F., MALCOCI, C., The Impact of European Data Protection Legislation on Fintech and Financial Inclusion, L\u2019Europe Unie\/United Europe, no. 23\/2025, pp. 77\u201388
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., Citizen Participation in and Through AI-Enabled Innovation, Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Law, vol. 12, no. 1, 2024, pp. 62\u201374
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., ST\u0102NESCU, L., Smart Contracts vs. Traditional Contracts. Smart Contracts. Pacta sunt servanda vs. Deus ex machina (I), Journal of Legal Notes and Studies
\n\u2013 ST\u0102NESCU, L., ONUFREICIUC, R., Future Regulations on the Crypto-Assets Market, Journal of Legal Notes and Studies
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., GCD v MV and anor, Appeal Decision, High Court of Cassation and Justice, First Civil Section, No. 1660; ILDC 2366 (RO 2014), 22 May 2014, Oxford University Press, 2020
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., ROMSILVA \u2013 Sibiu Forestry Department v Romania (Commune of C), Appeal Decision, No. 1660\/2014, ILDC 2364 (RO 2014), 1 April 2014, Romania, Oxford University Press, 2019
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., Transparency in European Elections. European Commission Recommendations for Political Parties in EU Member States, Journal of Legal Notes and Studies
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., Protection of European Citizens\u2019 Personal Data in the Context of Elections, Journal of Legal Notes and Studies
\n\u2013 IGN\u0102TESCU, C., ONUFREICIUC, R., Digital Euro: A (Digital) Symbol of Progress and Integration in Europe, Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Law, vol. 9, no. 1, 2021, pp. 74\u201382
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., Some Reflections on Local Public Engagement Platforms as a New Universal and Democratic Vaccine, Administrative Law and Public Administration in the Global Social System (ed. Julien Cazala, Velimir \u017divkovi\u0107), ADJURIS Publishing House, 2021
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., Transparency and Open Governance as Drivers of Local Development in Eastern European Local Public Administration, The Contribution of Young Researchers to the Development of Public Administration, Academy of Public Administration, Government of the Republic of Moldova, Chi\u0219in\u0103u, 2021, ISBN 978-9975-3492-3-9
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R. (2020), Some Reflections on Transparency as the First Economic Disinfectant, Postmodern Openings, vol. 11, pp. 278\u2013289
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., ST\u0102NESCU, L., Some Reflections on \u201cDatafication\u201d: Data Governance and Legal Challenges, European Journal of Law and Public Administration, vol. 7, no. 1, 2020, pp. 100\u2013115
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., A Delicate Balance: Transparency and Privacy in State of Emergency, Lumen ISI Proceedings, vol. 13, 2020, pp. 299\u2013309
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., Data Protection and Automated Facial Recognition: Do We Have the Right to Be Left Without a Face?, published in European Legal Studies and Research 2020, within the International Conference of PhD Students in Law, Timi\u0219oara, Universul Juridic Publishing House, 2020, pp. 95\u2013103
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., OLARIU, O., Collaborative Legislation: With or Without Citizens? A Technological and Entrepreneurial Approach, EuroMed Academy of Business Conference Book of Proceedings 2020, ISSN 2547-8516, ISBN 978-9963-711-89-5
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., The Right to Be Left Alone in an Increasingly Globalised World, published in the volume \u201cSustainable Economic and Social Development of Euroregions and Cross-Border Areas\u201d, vol. XXXVII, coordinated by Carmen Mariana Diaconu, M. Doncean, C. Alecu, \u201cGheorghe Zane\u201d Institute for Economic and Social Research, Performantica Publishing House, Ia\u0219i, 2020
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., OLARIU, O., Citizen Law Making vs. Legal Illiteracy, Logos Universality Mentality Education Novelty: Law, 7(2), pp. 1\u20139
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., MAFTEI, L., Ethno-National Identities and the Requirements of European Integration: Divergences and (Possible) Convergences, award-winning paper presented at the Scientific Communications Session of the Centre for European Studies of Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Ia\u0219i, 2015, subsequently published in the Journal of Legal Notes and Studies
\n\u2013 ONUFREICIUC, R., OLARIU, O., IORD\u0102CHIANU, R., RACU, E., ABCIVIC. Active Citizenship Manual, guide published within the ABCivic \u2013 The ABC of Citizen Power project, funded by the Ia\u0219i Municipality, ISBN 978-973-0-28389-1<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Expert selected for DG CNECT \u2013 Study on the EU\u2019s Critical Digital Capacities Deployment beyond 2027 and Study on the EU\u2019s Strategic Digital Technologies for the Next EU Research and Innovation Programme
\n\u2013 Member of the Romanian local team of the international TRANSACT \u2013 Transparency in Action project, CEPAP \u2013 Universit\u00e9 libre de Bruxelles
\n\u2013 Journal of Legal Notes and Studies, 2009 (contributor)
\n\u2013 Romanian Journal of Data Protection, 2018 (contributor)
\n\u2013 World Bank contributor for the Doing Business in Romania project, Enforcing Contracts (2018\u20132021)
\n\u2013 Reporter for Oxford Reports on International Law in Domestic Courts, Oxford University Press (2019)<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 Workshop delivered at the University of Warsaw as part of the seminar \u201cIdentity in America. Cultures, History, Politics and the Economy\u201d, 26 November 2021
\n\u2013 Workshop on the regulation of remote employment relationships in the context of the declaration of the state of emergency, delivered as part of the Afaceri.ro Labour Law Conference, April 2020, Ia\u0219i (online)
\n\u2013 Legal Freelance, workshop dedicated to the legal status of freelancers from the perspective of the legal forms available for carrying out their activities, the applicable tax regime, and the advantages and disadvantages of the legal forms of organisation P.F.A., I.I. and I.F., 26 February 2015, The Grape, Ia\u0219i
\n\u2013 Legal education course for 10th-grade students at \u201cGrigore Moisil\u201d High School of Computer Science in Ia\u0219i, 8 April 2016
\n\u2013 \u201cConflict Management\u201d, seminar delivered within the Erasmus+ educational project \u201cConflicts Everywhere\u201d, 24\u201330 July 2017, Ia\u0219i
\n\u2013 GDPR seminar for nonprofit organisations, 26 March 2018, Ia\u0219i
\n\u2013 GDPR seminar for public institutions, delivered at the Ia\u0219i County Prefect\u2019s Institution, 20 April 2018
\n\u2013 The Citizen\u2019s Metabolism: Rights and Institutions, workshop delivered within the ABCivic \u2013 Active Citizenship Manual project, 28 October 2018<\/p>\n
\n\u2013 PhD Teaching Assistant at the Faculty of Law and Administrative Sciences of \u201c\u0218tefan cel Mare\u201d University of Suceava (2018\u2013present; since February 2025, on a permanent contract): Civil Law. Persons, Administrative Law I, Administrative Law II, Decentralisation in the European Union, European Competition Law, and Deconcentration and Decentralisation of Public Services; previously, Abuse of Rights, Labour Legislation, and Civil Law. General Theory of Obligations.
\n\u2013 Trainer at the National Institute of Administration (2021)<\/p>\n