Cosmina Maria Simion is the managing partner of WH Simion & Partners in Bucharest. She is a regulatory, technology, intellectual property and corporate lawyer with more than 20 years of professional experience and expertise in various industries, with a particular emphasis on the gambling, media and entertainment and online industries.
Cosmina is the First Vice President of International Masters of Gaming Law (IMGL), a non-profit association of gaming attorneys, regulators, educators, executives and consultants from around the world.
In the gaming field, Cosmina’s experience encompasses the full range of regulatory and operational gaming aspects for betting and gaming operators, software & platform suppliers, financial services providers, auditors & certifiers, industry relevant associations or marketing affiliates, including representing clients in front of the Romanian regulator and has been actively involved in the review and drafting of the Romanian gaming legal framework.
She is a licensed European trademark attorney and a member of the Romanian National Chamber of Intellectual Property Attorneys. Cosmina has a history of a “practice crafter” (IAM Patent 1000, 2024) and combines her strong advisory expertise acquired during her coordination roles in leading private law firms with the specific approach built during her in-house role at a US group, leader in the CEE region for the media sector.
Cosmina is ranked amongst the leading gaming & gambling lawyers globally by Chambers Global 2024, in the Global Market Leaders, Gaming & Gambling area. She is also ranked as a Leading Individual by Legal 500 in the TMT: gambling Law practice area in Romania and recognised as a Thought Leader in Sports & Gaming by Lexology Index. Cosmina is ranked in the intellectual property field by various Intellectual Property directories such as Managing IP, IAM Patent 1000 and WTR 1000 (World Trademark Review).