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Cătălina Bîzîc

Associate
Paris
About
Catalina is a dual civil law and common law-qualified lawyer focusing her practice on international dispute resolution, especially commercial and investor-state arbitrations. She has experience across a variety of industries, including energy, media, pharmaceuticals and fintech conducted under several applicable arbitral rules (ICSID, ICC, SCC, LCIA), national laws and treaties.
Areas of FocusInternational ArbitrationRegulatory and Government AffairsCommercial ContractsEnergy and Natural Resources
Professional QualificationsAttorney-at-law admitted with the Supreme Court of New YorkAvocate admitted to the Paris Bar

EXPERIENCE

  • Representing a coal mining company in an ICSID arbitration against the Government of Mozambique in ICSID Case No. ARB/24/40.
  • Representing U.S. investors in an ICSID arbitration against Georgia relating to an investment in the field of industrial production in ICSID Case No. ARB/23/45.
  • Representing a Swiss real estate investor in a dispute against Georgia in ICSID Case No. ARB/23/23
  • Represented an Austrian renewable energy investor against an Eastern European State in ICSID Case No. ARB/21/54.*
  • Represented 44 renewable energy investors against an Eastern-European State in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/35.*
  • Represented a German bank against an European State in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/3 relating to the renewable energy sector.*
  • Represented four German banks against an European State in ICSID Case No. ARB/15/45 relating to the renewable energy sector.*
  • Represented a German investor against an European State in ICSID Case No. ARB/19/30 relating to the renewable energy sector.*
  • Represented an Estonian fintech investor against a South-Eastern European State in an ICC arbitration.*
  • Represented Germany in an arbitration brought by a Swedish nuclear energy investor in ICSID Case No. ARB/12/12.
  • Represented the Czech Republic in an arbitration brought by a French media investor in ICSID Case No. ARB/20/33.*
  • Representing a French manufacturer in a Singapore-based ICC arbitration.
  • Represented a U.S. company in an ICC arbitration in relation to a shareholder dispute governed by French law.*
  • Represented a U.S. company in a pharmaceutical arbitration under the SCC Rules.*
  • Advised an English company on the possibility of enforcement in Romania of an LCIA award rendered in Russia.*

*Denotes experience from previous firms

Languages
  • French
  • English
  • Romanian
  • Spanish

AWARDS

  • Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in Germany™ for International Arbitration and Arbitration & Mediation, 2023
Education

  • Penn State Law, LL.M., 2019

  • University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, Master’s degree in International Arbitration, 2018

  • University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, LL.B., 2017

Publications

  • “Arbitration and Technology. Technology and Arbitration. Views from Eastern Europe”, Event Report in the Romanian Arbitration Journal no. 4/2022, October-December 2022

Seminars

  • Trainer, European Film Business and Law LL.M., Erich Pommer Institute, Berlin, 2023-2025
  • Panelist, “Corruption and International Commercial Arbitration”, Ninth Bucharest Pre-Moot and Conference, 2023
  • Panelist & Trainer, “International Arbitration Workshop”, U.S. Department of Commerce Commercial Law and Development Program (CLDP) & Nepal Bar Association, Kathmandu, Nepal, 2022
  • Moderator, “Sustainability and Climate Change Disputes”, Bucharest Arbitration Days, 2022

Prior Experience

Catalina has experience in multiple jurisdictions, having previously practiced with international and regional law firms in Bucharest, Frankfurt, London and Dubai.

Memberships

  • Avocat registered with the Baroul Bucureşti (currently non-practicing).
  • Catalina was the Co-Chair of Young Romanian Arbitration Practitioners (YRAP) for the 2023-2025 term.
  • Catalina is also actively involved as an arbitrator and as a coach for the Willem C. Vis Moot Court Competition.
  • She coached the Penn State Law team that won the 26th edition in Vienna in 2019 out of 372 universities.
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Phone

+33 (0) 1 70 75 77 06
(Work, Paris)
+33 (0) 7 88 67 76 76
(Mobile, Paris)