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Ioana Hrisafi-Josan
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Work Department
Litigation and Arbitration; Insolvency.
Position
Ioana Hrisafi-Josan is a Partner at Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii and co-heads the firm's litigation and arbitration practice group, the largest department within the firm. She has successfully covered a wide range of commercial cases, including complex bankruptcy proceedings, competition law related litigations, labour disputes, contentious and administrative disputes, including tax disputes. She has also dealt with a variety of real estate litigation including claims on restitution of nationalized properties and expropriation.
A former President Judge of a Bucharest district court, Ioana Hrisafi-Josan is a pleading lawyer before Romanian courts of all levels, including in front of the High Court of Cassation and Justice and the Constitutional Court. In addition, she has been involved in complex domestic and international arbitration files. She is a Certified Expert in Public Procurement.
Ioana Hrisafi-Josan is a frequent lecturer at various local and international conferences and author of numerous articles in leading publications on litigation, restructuring and insolvency matters.
Career
Partner, Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii (from 2008 to present), Senior Associate, Tuca Zbarcea & Asociatii (from 2005 to 2007), Senior Associate, Muşat & Asociaţii (from 2002 to 2005), Judge, vice-president and president of the 5th District Court in Bucharest (from 1995 to 2002).
Languages
English.
Member
Bucharest Bar Association; National Union of Insolvency Practitioners of Romania.
Education
University of Bucharest (LL.B., 1995); National Union of Insolvency Practitioners of Romania (Insolvency Practitioner).
Romania
Dispute resolution
Within: Dispute resolution
Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii’s practice houses ‘real fighters for their clients’. Robert Roșu (‘a well-rounded litigator’) represented Raiffeisen Bank in loan restructuring litigation. The ‘assertive yet diplomatic’ Ioana Hrisafi-Josan acts for Swietelsky in a public procurement dispute. Cornel Popa and Levana Zigmund have expertise in arbitration mandates.
White-collar crime
Within: White-collar crime
Ţuca Zbârcea & Asociaţii’s expertise includes assisting defendants and claimants in alleged embezzlement, money laundering and fraud cases. The team is representing Philip Morris International in anti-smuggling cases. Robert Roșu and Ioana Hrisafi-Josan are the names to note.