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Sorina Olaru

Sorina Olaru is a highly experienced litigator with over 26 years of experience in the field of litigation, including mediation and arbitration. She represents and coordinates the representation of clients before the Romanian courts of all levels and specialization (civil, commercial, banking, intellectual property, competition, labour, or administrative), including the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Constitutional Court of Romania. Additionally, Sorina brings solid expertise in representing clients before the General Court of the European Union (EU Tribunal), the European Court of Justice, as well as the European Court of Human Rights. Sorina's areas of expertise include administrative and competition disputes, regulatory and licensing disputes, restructuring disputes, as well as complex and multidisciplinary disputes, with multiple claims and parties, involving civil commercial and property recovery matters, intellectual property rights, patents in the pharmaceutical sector, commercial, banking and fiscal law. She has represented clients before domestic and international arbitration panels, in cases solved under various rules of arbitration (Bucharest Rules of Arbitration, ICC, LCIA, UNCITRAL, Swiss Rules of International Arbitration), in relation to the performance of commercial contracts, privatization agreements, civil construction contracts (including FIDIC contracts). · Nestor Nestor Diculescu Kingston Petersen

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About

Sorina Olaru is a highly experienced litigator with over 26 years of experience in litigation, mediation and arbitration. She represents and coordinates clients before Romanian courts (including the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Constitutional Court) and before EU and human rights courts, and has extensive experience in domestic and international arbitration.

Practice areas

LitigationInternational ArbitrationMediationAdministrative & Public LawCompetition / AntitrustRegulatory & LicensingIntellectual PropertyRestructuring & Insolvency

Office

Expertise

Pharmaceutical patentsConstruction (FIDIC) disputesPrivatization and state contractsBanking & finance disputesFiscal / tax disputesComplex multi‑party and multidisciplinary disputesCivil and commercial recovery mattersIntellectual property litigation

Education

  • University of Bucharest, Law (graduated 1999)

Admissions

  • Bucharest Bar
  • Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (member)
  • International Arbitration Association (member)
  • Board member, Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (since 2015)

Languages

EnglishFrenchItalian