Dr. Ioana Knoll-Tudor has over 15 years of experience with arbitral practice and procedure, covering commercial and investment arbitration. She has represented and advised clients in numerous international and domestic arbitrations (institutional and ad hoc), with a particular focus on energy, construction, competition & distribution and post-M&A sectors. She also handles post-arbitration proceedings before French courts.
With extensive knowledge of the CEE region, Dr. Knoll-Tudor has worked across Eastern European jurisdictions, spending 10 years in Warsaw and Budapest with an international law firm.
Ioana regularly sits as arbitrator before major arbitral institutions, both international (ICC, ICSID, 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 frequently speaks on international arbitration at conferences and seminars, and regularly 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.
Ioana was appointed member of the ICC Court of Arbitration for the 2024-2027 mandate, representing Romania, and is a Board Member of the SCC Arbitration Institute.
