Legal System:
Civil Law, Common Law, European Law, International Law
Practice Areas:
Agency - Distribution - Franchising, Arbitration, Commercial Law, Construction - Engineering, Corporate Law, Energy - Natural Resources, Finance - Banking, Information - Communication Technologies, Infrastructure, Intellectual Property, Investment - Concession agreements, Joint Ventures - Consortia - Cooperation, Oil - Gas - Mining, Public international Law, Real Estate, Sales - Purchases, Trade - Industry, Transport
Jurisdiction:
Brazil, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom
Publications
Crina’s academic work is widely cited by courts, including by the Court of Justice of the European Union in Moldova v. Komstroy, C-741/19; the Swiss Federal Tribunal in Case 4A_492/2021; and the Singapore Court of Appeal in Case [2018] SGCA 81; and by arbitral tribunals, including in Patel Engineering Limited (India) v. Republic of Mozambique, (Permanent Court of Arbitration Case No. 2020-21); Littop Enterprises Limited, Bridgemont Ventures Limited and Bordo Management Limited v. Ukraine (SCC Arbitration Institute Case No. V 2015/092), PV Investors v the Kingdom of Spain, (Permanent Court of Arbitration Case No. 2012-14), Isolux Netherlands, BV v. the Kingdom of Spain, (SCC Arbitration Institute Case No. V2013/153), LSG Building Solutions GmbH and others v. Romania, (ICSID-International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, World Bank, Case No. ARB/18/19) etc. Crina’s academic publications are frequently cited by the peers, and her submissions as amicus curiae were accepted by the US Supreme Court, in ZF Automotive US, Inc. v. Luxshare, Ltd., Judgment of 15 July 2022; and by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia in the joined cases NextEra Energy Global Holdings B.V., et al. v. the Kingdom of Spain, and 9REN Holding S.A.R.L. v. the Kingdom of Spain.
Teaching
January 2020 - present, Associate Professor in International Arbitration Law, Stockholm University
June 2017 – December 2019, Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Bedfordshire, UK
February 2010 – November 2010, Lecturer, University Fundação Getulio Vargas, School of Law, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
September 2007 – August 2009, PricewaterhouseCoopers Research Fellow in International Arbitration, Queen Mary University of London, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, UK
Education
Ph.D., Queen Mary University of London, 2012
LL.M., International Commercial Arbitration Law, Stockholm University, 2006
Master in International Business, Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, 2005
LL.B., University of Bucharest, 2003
Other Information
Member, Board of SCC Arbitration Institute
Chair Academic Council, and member of Executive Board, Institute for Transnational Arbitration
Arbitrator listed with various arbitration institutions, including, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC), the International Centre for Dispute Resolution of the American Arbitration Association (ICDR-AAA), the Korean Commercial Arbitration Board International (KCAB International), Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC), the Thailand International Arbitration Centre (THAC), the Mauritius International Arbitration Centre (MIAC), the Court of International Commercial Arbitration-Romanian Chamber of Commerce (CCIR-Romania), Abu Dhabi International Arbitration Centre (arbitrateAD), Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC) etc.
