Georgiana Sirbu practiced law at one of the biggest law firms in Bucharest, NNDKP. Following this, she was at the helm of the legal department of international energy giant AstroEnergy, part of the Chint Group with a presence in over 140 countries with more than 30,000 employees. As Head of Legal in Spain, she was in driving seat for the legal management of more than 15 offices in Spain, Romania, Chile, Mexico and Brazil.

Georgiana holds degrees in law and economics and a master’s degree in business law. She has taught at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona – a world-leading university ranked amongst the best universities in Spain where she has been involved in internationally renowned legal research groups.

She is valued for her ability to truly understand and empathize with her clients’ business interests and for her results-driven legal strategies and knowledge of public procurement, real estate and energy.

Roxana Vornicu is recognized nationally and internationally for her public procurement and EU law expertise and she combines academic excellence with legal practice for almost a decade. As a practitioner, Roxana specializes in procurement, construction and administrative law. She has worked for one of the biggest law firm in the country (NNDKP) for over 7 years, managing and working in some of the highest profile administrative disputes of Romania. She handles complex strategies for procurement and administrative disputes and holds comprehensive knowledge and thorough understanding of EU procurement law.

Her academic accomplishments are stellar. She holds a Magna Cum Laudae PhD in procurement remedies and is regularly invited as a speaker to elite universities and conferences in Europe, including for instance, Oxford Business School. Roxana is also a part time researcher at the King´s College London Centre of Construction law and Dispute Resolution in London. While at King´s, Roxana works in the field of emerging construction technologies like Building Information Modelling and their legal consequences throughout the procurement and development of construction projects.

Roxana has an impressive publication record of articles and papers in international and peer reviewed journals, having published with some of the elite publishers in the world, including Cambridge University Press and Oxford University Press on topics of EU law, public procurement law, construction law and comparative administrative law.

Stefan Dudas has over ten years of experience in international dispute settlement and has practiced law in several European jurisdictions, including France, Germany, Austria and Romania while working for world-renowned international law firms, such as Shearman & Sterling LLP and Derains & Gharavi International, and other market leading law firms in Romania, such as NNDKP and Musat & Associates.

He focuses his practice on investor-State disputes, as well as complex commercial arbitrations in the energy, infrastructure, insurance, and oil and gas sectors.  He has acted as counsel in arbitrations before ICSID, ICC and UNCITRAL under a variety of substantive laws. Recent cases in which Stefan acted include:

Andreea has been involved in a broad range of urbanism and construction disputes including arbitration proceedings, regarding matters such as the execution of FIDIC and public procurement contracts. Her experience also covers energy market issues, such as the energy market liberalization and reactive energy regulations.

Moreover, Andreea has been directly involved in disputes regarding major infrastructure and construction projects and has assisted clients in all stages of litigation. Her litigation and arbitration practices are completed by her advisory work on procurement contracts with a focus on construction contracts.

In addition to her experience in construction and energy law, Andreea is keenly interested in business law and different commercial matters, being involved in several projects initiated by the Romanian Institute of Commercial Law.

Outside of the courtroom, Andreea has been involved in the organizations of several academic events, including international conferences and mock trials competition for law students.

She is a very hard working and enthusiastic individual whose aspiration is to continuously broaden her theoretical and practical knowledge. Her eagerness to constantly learn new matters along with her devotion to grow on a professional level make her highly valuable.

Andreea has graduated Law School as a valedictorian and is currently pursuing a master’s degree in International Arbitration at the University of Bucharest

Highlights of her activity include assisting:

Andrei is a highly skilled litigator and experienced business advisor, having represented clients in complex cases before national courts of all jurisdictions, as well as domestic and international investment arbitration proceedings. His areas of expertise include FIDIC contracts, urban planning and construction law, corporate and M&A, with particular focus on insolvency related issues.

Before joining the Sârbu & Vornicu team, Andrei has achieved a wide experience within top tier law firms and led the litigation and insolvency department in a local reputed company. Throughout this practice, he has provided assistance in Romania s major insolvency proceedings, such as the ones related to Hidroelectrica S.A., Interagro S.A., Oltchim S.A., Prospecțiuni S.A. or Astra Asigurare Reasigurare S.A.

His versatile approach in settlement of contract disputes led him to advising clients in complex EPC projects carried out in Western Europe, Africa and Middle East, with a particular focus on overhead transmission lines and wind power parks.

Nicoleta is a tech-savvy lawyer and researcher. She started her career as a dispute resolution lawyer at NNDKP where she handled IP landmark cases and international arbitration disputes. She then moved on to join UiPath’s legal team for the Americas region and specialized in IT and IP matters. Nicoleta currently combines her practice with academic endeavors as researcher and expert in international and interdisciplinary consortia developing cutting-edge technology.

Whilst at UiPath, Nicoleta was in charge with drafting and negotiating global licensing agreements and partnership agreements with company’s biggest US based customers, both private companies (e.g. Amazon, Bank of America) and governmental ones (e.g. US federal agencies), and global system integrators (e.g. CGI, Deloitte). She also drafted, reviewed and negotiated tech alliance agreements, OEM agreements, IP insurance and source code escrow agreements and other related B2B and B2C agreements. On the product side, she carried out legal impact assessments and worked closely with the Product and Privacy teams during the release management process to identify and mitigate risks early in the product development stage (e.g. by performing code scans and reviewing third party licenses in order to identify and exclude viral OSS).

Thereafter, she started her own private practice and advised Romanian start-ups. She is the go-to person for all law and technology matters, as her experience spans from advising on GDPR requirements for computer vision technologies, trademarks registrations, IP territorial limitations from a competition law standpoint, to drafting and negotiating software licensing contracts, software/professional services contracts, IT procurement agreements, equity stock options plans, shares purchase agreements, NDAs, privacy and cookie policies, online platforms’ terms of service and use, etc.

At the same time, as international researcher she is involved as expert and consultant in many and robotics Horizon2020 projects, such as CONBOTS, INBOTS, and Robocom+++ where she analyses the legal, ethical and social implications related to the development and use of robotics and AI applications by tailoring and implementing risk-assessment tools, such as the ALTAI, DPIAs, and FRIAs and drafting reports on the basis of such analysis. She also acted as external consultant for the European Parliament on the liability of digital platforms and on AI liability models. She is also a Research Member (Law, Healthcare) of the Z-Inspection® Initiative and a member of the IEEE’s Global Initiative on the Ethics of Extended Reality.

CCIpR– Camera di Commercio Italiana per la Romania

BLRMCC– Belgian Luxembourg Romanian Moldovan Chamber of Commerce

PLAN – Procurement Law Academic Network

European Procurement Law Group

Transnational Alliance Group, King´s College London

ASEMER– The Association of Spanish Companies in Romania.

AAI– The Independent Directors Association.

Participant at PWN– Professional Women’s Network Romania.