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Ms Ioana Knoll-Tudor

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Work Department

International Arbitration

Position

Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor is a partner in the Paris office and member of the International Arbitration Practice.

Ioana has over 15 years of experience with arbitral practice and procedure, both in commercial and investment arbitration. She has represented and advised clients in numerous international and domestic arbitrations (both institutional and ad hoc), with a particular focus on the energy, construction, competition & distribution and post-M&A sectors. She also acts in post-arbitration proceedings (annulment and enforcement of arbitral awards) before French courts.

She is regarded as a Next Generation Partner in international arbitration by The Legal 500 – International Arbitration (2023).

Dr. Knoll-Tudor has an extensive knowledge of the CEE region, having dealt and worked with every Eastern European jurisdiction, and having spent 10 years in the Warsaw and Budapest offices of an international law firm.

Ioana regularly seats as arbitrator (chair, co-arbitrator, sole arbitrator) before major arbitral institutions, both international (such as ICC, ICSID and VIAC) and regional (CICA-CCIR, CCIJ), including with States and State-owned parties. She is the first Romanian arbitrator appointed on an ICSID panel (ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30).

She also speaks regularly on international arbitration at conferences and seminars, and frequently publishes on topical issues of arbitration and international law. Her book « The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Foreign Investment Law » (Oxford University Press, 2008) is a reference in the field of international arbitration, with a second edition expecting publication by 2024.

Ioana is currently the Secretary General of the Paris Arbitration Week and a member of the international board of the Vienna International Arbitration Centre (VIAC). Prior, she was appointed by the ICC as YAF Representative for the period 2019-2021. Ioana also co-founded the Romanian chapter of the Club Espanol de Arbitraje (CEA) in 2019, for which she is acting as vice-president.

Ioana is a qualified lawyer in France and Spain. Prior to joining Addleshaw Goddard, she worked for eight years in one of France’s largest international law firms where she launched and spear-headed the creation of a fully dedicated international arbitration stand-alone practice.

Career

• 2023 – Today – Addleshaw Goddard, Partner (Paris)
• 2020-2023 – Jeantet, Partner (Paris)
• 2017-2020 – Jeantet, Local Partner (Paris/CEE Region)
• 2015-2017 – Jeantet, Local Partner (Budapest, Hungary)
• 2012 -2015 – Gide Loyrette Nouel, Senior Associate Lawyer (Budapest, Hungary)
• 2007-2012 – Gide Loyrette Nouel, Associate Lawyer (Warsaw, Poland)
• 2004 – United Nations Conference for Trade and Development, Consultant (Geneva, Switzerland)

Languages

● Romanian: native ● French: spoken: excellent; written: excellent ● English: spoken: excellent; written: excellent ● Spanish: spoken: excellent; written: excellent ● Italian: spoken: excellent; written: very good ● German: beginner

Memberships

• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Member of the board of the Paris Arbitration Week – PAW (2021-2023)
• Founder and Vice-President of the Romanian Chapter of the Club Espanol de Arbitraje (CEA)
• ICC YAF Former Representative of Europe and Russia (ICC Young Arbitration Forum) (2019-2021)

Education

• Member of the Paris and Madrid Bars
• Doctorate in Law – European University Institute in Florence, 2006
• Law Degree – Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2006
• Master’s Degree in European Law – College of Europe, 2002
• Master’s Degree in Law – University Paris II Panthéon-Assas, 2001

Personal

TESTIMONIALS / RANKINGS

“Ioana Knoll-Tudor is a formidable opponent, you would not want her on the other side. She is highly skilled, a strategic thinker and an excellent debater.”

“Ioana Knoll-Tudor and her team provided us with excellent, prompt and pertinent advice and service.”

The Legal 500 (2023) – International Arbitration (EMEA)

Listed as “Next Generation Partner”

The Legal 500 (2023) – International Arbitration (EMEA)

Listed as “Rising Star Partner”

IFLR1000 – 2023

International Arbitration – Excellent (2022)

Commercial Litigation – Excellent (2022)

Mediation – Strong Reputation (2022)

Décideurs Magazine – 2022

Arbitration and Mediation

Best Lawyer (2021 > 2024)