Sonia Florea

Practice areas

Legal expertise

Relevant arbitration experience

I acted as arbitrator and sole arbitrator in domestic arbitrations since 2019 - present, under the Arbitration Rules of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania adopted by the Board of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration.

Education & certifications

PhD in Law of Civil Procedure, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, scientific supervisor Prof. Dr. V.M. Ciobanu, Excellent (Summa cum laude), 2012

Master's degree (LL.M.) in Commercial and Corporate Law, Merit, University College of London (UCL), University of London, 2005

Maîtrise in European Law, University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne - Franco-Romanian College of European Studies, 2003

LL.B. in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, 2003

University studies in Law, Faculty of Law, University of Teramo, Italy, beneficiary of the Erasmus scholarship, 2001-2002

Summer School organized by the WIPO Academy in Geneva, Switzerland, beneficiary of the scholarship offered by the WIPO Academy, 2002

Publications

Monographs. Scientific publications

• "Civil Proceedings in the Field of Intellectual Property Rights. Acquisition, Defense and Extinction of Intellectual Property Rights", Ed. Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2013

The monograph was considered the best monograph of the year 2013 and was awarded:

- the "Henri Capitant" scientific award, by the "Romanian Journal of Private Law", in collaboration with the Henri Capitant Association - Romania and the National Union of Insolvency Practitioners of Romania and

- the "Mihail Eliescu” academic award, granted by the Romanian Jurists' Union, the "Titu Maiorescu" Society, the "Dreptul" and "Palatul de Justiție" legal magazines

• "Claims in Civil Proceedings. Special Provisions", Ed. Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2015

• "Claims in Civil Proceedings. General Provisions", Ed. Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2014

Publications in arbitration

• Regulation of procedures for ensuring the confidentiality of trade secrets in common law proceedings and in arbitration disputes, Romanian Arbitration Journal, No. 2/2022

• The Arbitrability of Disputes in the Field of Intellectual Property Law, Romanian Arbitration Journal no. 4/2012

• Some Issues Regarding Arbitration under ORDA Jurisdiction, Romanian Review of Intellectual Property Law no. 4/2012

Sole author of over 30 scientific articles on issues of Civil Procedural Law and Intellectual Property Law, some of them available at https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=1403655