Sorina Olaru

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution

Career

Sorina Olaru is recognized as a preeminent litigation and arbitration practitioner in the local market.

During an impressive career spanning 25 years, Sorina has represented clients before Romanian courts of all levels and specialization (civil, commercial, labor, or administrative), including the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Constitutional Court of Romania. Her expertise also includes representing 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).

Furthermore, Sorina is one the leading IP litigators in the local market, having acquired a breadth of experience in complex, multi-jurisdictional contentious IP issues, with a particular emphasis on patent claims. She coordinates the IP dispute resolution team in cases involving patents, trademarks, design and copyright, as well as regulatory and licensing matters.

Sorina joined NNDKP in 2007 and was appointed Partner in 2009.

Professional Memberships

Bucharest Bar, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Association for International Arbitration, Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF) FIDIC