Maria Anghel is a Legal Consultant at Spark Legal and Policy Consulting, having joined the company in 2023. Maria is part of the Communications Networks and Technology area and supports Data Protection compliance activities.
At Spark, Maria works on multiple studies for DG CONNECT. She has been involved in several studies related to the Digital Services Act. These include broad investigations like a Study on systemic risks and their mitigation, or a Study focused on technical assistance for market intelligence, evidence gathering and compliance monitoring, as well as research targeting specific systemic risks such as financial scams, human trafficking, or the recruitment of minors by criminal groups. She is also involved in a study on the identification, monitoring and evaluation of large-scale sociotechnical risks posed by GPAI models under the AI Act. Maria often undertakes data protection-related tasks on studies for other clients concerning digitalisation, including for DG JUST, DG TAXUD, DG MOVE, DG ENER.
Maria obtained her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in European Law from the University of Groningen, with her final thesis focusing on personal data processing and the Digital Markets Act. Before joining Spark, Maria worked as a research assistant, focusing on topics ranging from the right to housing to pharmaceutical markets. She has also worked as a teaching assistant for various Faculty of Law courses.
Her mother tongue is Romanian, and she speaks English fluently.
