Ramona Elisabeta Cirlig

Relevant arbitration experience:

Counsel and/or Tribunal Secretary in over 35 arbitration cases under the following Institutional Rules: ICC, DIS, VIAC, IFTA, CICA-CCIR, and in international ad hoc arbitration cases under UNCITRAL Rules.

Education & certifications:

Ph.D. in Private International Law / International Arbitration (magna cum laude), Faculty of Law, University of Bucharest, with a thesis on “Conflict of Laws in International Arbitration’’ (2017 – 2021).

LL.M. in International and European Law (magna cum laude), Institute for European Studies, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium, with a thesis on “Public Policy and the Enforcement of International Commercial Arbitration Awards and of Foreign Judgements: Comparative Analysis of English, French and German Laws” (2010 – 2011).

LL.B. Faculty of Law, Nicolae Titulescu University, Bucharest, Romania (2004 – 2009).

BA in PR and Communication – specialization in Advertising, Faculty of Communication and Public Relations, National School of Political and Administrative Studies (SNSPA), Bucharest, Romania (2004 – 2008).

FIDIC Claims – Making, Defending and Resolving Claims under the FIDIC 1999 Contracts, Cornerstone Seminars and ARIC Romanian Member Association. Trainer: Mr. Taner Dedezade (May 2016).

International Summer School in IT Law - Leibniz Universität Hannover, Institut für Rechtsinformatik, Germany (July – August 2011).

Francqui Negotiation Course, Vrije Universiteit Brussel – Doctoral School of Human Sciences; Training conducted by Prof. Dr. Alain-Laurent Verbeke based on the materials and the model developed by the Program on Negotiation, Harvard Law School (April – May 2011).

Publications:

Conflictul de legi in arbitrajul international (Conflict of Laws in International Arbitration), Ed. Universul Juridic, Bucuresti, 2022.

Cadrul procedural adoptat de ICANN pentru rezolvarea disputelor privind numele de domenii ca sursa de inspiratie pentru procedurile arbitrale contemporane (The Procedural Framework Adopted by ICANN for Solving Domain Name Disputes as a Model for Contemporary Arbitral Proceedings), in Ciprian Raul Romitan, Paul-George Buta, In Honorem Viorel Ros, Studii de drept privat si public, Ed. Hamangiu, Bucuresti, 2021, co-author.

International Execution Against Judgment Debtors, Thomson Reuters, 2021, co-author of the chapter on Romanian jurisdiction.

International Execution Against Judgment Debtors, Thomson Reuters 2020, co-author of the chapter on Romanian jurisdiction.

The Interplay Between Courts and Tribunals Assures Access to Justice (Chapter 4) in Leonardo Valladares Pacheco de Oliveira and Dr Sara Hourani (Eds.), Access to Justice in Arbitration: Concept, Context and Practice, Wolters Kluwer, Nov 1, 2020.

Atragerea raspunderii contractuale pentru incalcarea conventiei arbitrale (Undertaking Contractual Liability for Breaching the Arbitration Agreement), Revista Romana de Arbitraj (Romanian Arbitration Journal) No. 2/2020, co-author.

Competenta tribunalului arbitral in disputele privind anularea documentului constatator emis de autoritatile contractante (Jurisdiction of Arbitral Tribunals over Disputes for Annulment of Public Procurement Certificates Issued by Contracting Authorities), Revista Romana de Arbitraj (Romanian Arbitration Journal) No. 1/2020, co-author.

Party Autonomy in Determining the Rules of Law Applicable in International Commercial Arbitration and its Limits derived from the New York Convention, Spain Arbitration Review, No. 34/2019.

The Arbitral Tribunal’s Authority to Determine the Applicable Law in International Commercial Arbitration: Patterns and Trends, Tribuna Juridica, Vol. 9, nr. 1, martie 2019.

O noua paradigma la inceputul mileniului al III-lea: drepturile omului in arbitrajul international (A New Paradigm at the Beginning of the Third Millenium: Human Rights in International Arbitration), in Marian Nicolae, Radu Rizoiu, Laura Toma-Dauceanu (editori coord.), In Honorem Valeriu Stoica. Drepturi, libertati si puteri la inceputul mileniului al III-lea (Rights, Freedoms and Powers at the Beginning of the Third Millenium), Ed. Universul Juridic, Bucuresti, 2018, co-author.

Allegations and Findings of Corruption in Commercial and Investment Arbitration, Revista Romana de Arbitraj (Romanian Arbitration Journal), No. 1/2017, co-author.

Business and Human Rights: from Soft Law to Hard Law?, Tribuna Juridica (Juridical Tribune), Vol. 6, No. 2, December 2016.

The Energy Charter Treaty and Settlement of Disputes – Current Challenges, Tribuna Juridica (Juridical Tribune), Vol. 6, No. 1, June 2016, co-author.

Public Policy and the Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards: Comparative Analysis of English, French and German Laws, Studii și cercetări juridice (Juridical Studies and Research), No. 1/2016.

Universality and Personality Principles in the New Romanian Criminal Code in the Context of Human Rights Universalization, in Mircea Dutu, Mihaela Tomita (Editors), New Criminal Legislation – an important step in the development of Romanian Law, Publishing House: Medimond –Monduzzi Editore International Proceedings Division, Bologna, 2014.

Contract de antrepriză cu element de extraneitate. Competența materială (Contractor Agreement with a Foreign Element. Subject-Matter Jurisdiction), Revista Română de Jurisprudență (Romanian Case Law Review), No. 1/2014.

Raport juridic cu element de extraneitate. Norme conflictuale. Determinarea legii aplicabile (Legal Relationship with Foreign Element. Conflicting Rules. Choice of Law), Revista Română de Jurisprudență (Romanian Case Law Review), No. 5/2013.

A Common Investment Policy for the European Union: What does it Mean for Romania and Bulgaria?, Studii și cercetări juridice (Juridical Studies and Research), No. 4/2013, co-authored with Victoria Petrikova.

Private International Law Today: Status, Content and Variability in a Global Society, Studii și cercetări juridice (Juridical Studies and Research), No. 3/2013, co-author.

Additional information:

Lecturer at the International Conference “The Energy Charter Treaty and Dispute Resolution Mechanisms”, Thessaloniki, 5 October 2024, organized by the International Hellenic University in collaboration with the University of Cyprus, under the auspices of ICC Hellas, with a presentation on “The Energy Charter Treaty Before the European Court for Human Rights: Energy Disputes and Human Rights, Friends or Foes?”.

Lecturer at the International Conference “Access to Justice and Arbitration”, London, 7 June 2019, organized by the School of Law at Royal Holloway, University of London and the School of Law at Middlesex University, with a paper on “Interplay Between Courts and Tribunals Assures Access to Justice”.

Lecturer at the 12th Annual Graduate Law Conference and the Dean Maxwell and Isle Cohen Seminar on International Law, 8-9 May 2019, Montréal, Canada, organized by The Graduate Law Students Association (GLSA) of McGill University’s Faculty of Law, with a presentation on “Agile Law: Between Reactive and Proactive law”.

Lecturer at the International Conference “60 Years of the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. Key Issues and Future Challenges”, Loyola University Andalusia, 4-6 April 2018, Sevilla, organized by: Universidad Loyola Andalucia, UNCITRAL, Universidad Zaragoza, Club Espanol del Arbitraje, with a paper on “Party Autonomy in Determining the Rules of Law Applicable in International Commercial Arbitration and its Limits derived from the New York Convention”.

Lecturer at the International Conference ''Perspectives of Business Law in the Third Millennium”, 16 November 2018, organised by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, with a paper on “The Arbitral Tribunal’s Authority to Determine the Applicable Law in International Commercial Arbitration: Patterns and Trends”.

Lecturer at the international conference ''Perspectives of Business Law in the Third Millennium”, organised by the Bucharest University of Economic Studies, with a paper entitled ‘‘Business and Human Rights: from Soft Law to Hard Law?”, Bucharest, 25 November 2016.

Lecturer at the international conference ‘‘New Criminal Legislation – an important step in the development of Romanian Law”, organized by the Romanian Academy’s Institute of Legal Studies, with a paper entitled ‘‘Universality and Personality Principles in the new Romanian Criminal Code in the context of Human Rights Universalization”, Bucharest, 21 March 2014.