Mihaela Apostol

Mihaela Apostol

Year of birth

1989

Nationality

  • Romanian

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • Romanian

Specializations

  • commercial agreements in general
  • corporate law
  • infrastructural projects
  • intellectual property law
  • media and new technologies
  • real estate, construction

Professional certification

Solicitor-Advocate of England and Wales (2021); Romanian Avocat (2013)

Education

  • Coding for Lawyers, King’s College of London (2025);

  • Course on Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (2022);

  • Public International Law Winter Course, The Hague Academy of International Law (2021);

  • LL.M – Master of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University (2016 – 2017);

  • LL.M. – Master of Laws in European and International Business Law, Paris I Sorbonne University & University of Bucharest (2012 – 2013);

  • Erasmus Exchange Programme – Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Montesquieu Bordeaux IV University (2011);

  • Bachelor of Laws, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Iaşi, Romania (2008 – 2012).

Professional career

  • Arbitrator, Counsel – Independent Practice (08/2023 – to date);

  • Tribunal Secretary – Independent Practice (11/2018 – to date);

  • Foreign Qualified Traineeship at Debevoise & Plimpton LLP (London) (01/2018 -11/2018);

  • Associate (International Investment Arbitration) at SCA Țuca Zbârcea & Associates (Bucharest) (10/2015 – 09/2016);

  • Associate (Dispute Resolution & Energy Consultancy) at SCA Tonucci & Partners (Bucharest) (03/2015 – 10/2015);

  • Trainee Lawyer (Dispute Resolution & Corporate) at SCA Hammond, Bogaru & Associates (Bucharest) (06/2013 – 02/2015).

Arbitration experience

Mihaela Apostol is an independent counsel and arbitrator based in London with 13 years of experience in international arbitration.

Mihaela Apostol is a civil and common law-qualified lawyer (Avocat of the Bar of Bucharest, Romania; Solicitor-Advocate of the Supreme Court of England and Wales). Mihaela has all-around experience in international arbitration, having worked as counsel, tribunal secretary, and arbitrator in investment and commercial arbitration and adjudication cases across construction, tech, intellectual property, energy, and oil & gas disputes.

Mihaela is an active member of the arbitration community and is involved in various projects and initiatives: co-founder and moderator of ArbTech; coordinator of the Cross-Examination Moot in international arbitration.

Membership in organizations

  • The Law Society of England and Wales;

  • The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Users’ Council;

  • The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);

  • International Bar Association (IBA) Task Force on the Use of AI;

  • Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC) Legal Tech Think Tank.

Publications

  1. “Conflict of Jurisdiction: Criteria for Assessing Jurisdiction in the Context of Cross-Border Emerging Digital Asset Disputes” in Maud Piers and Sean McCarthy (eds), Transforming Arbitration: Exploring the Impact of AI, Blockchain, Metaverse and Web3, Radboud University Press, 2025;

  2. “How National Courts in Several Jurisdictions Are Approaching the Emerging Field of Digital Assets Litigation”, co-authored with Sophie Nappert, Principia Journal (2023);

  3. “Tailoring the Proceedings to the Specificities of Digital Assets Disputes”, Romanian Arbitration Journal vol. 63 (7/2023);

  4. “Legal Forms and Justifications of Deference in International Arbitration”, in “Deference in International Commercial Arbitration”, co-authored with Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, eds. Professor Franco Ferrari and Dr Friedrich Rosenfeld, Wolters Kluwer (2023);

  5. “Rising to the Challenge of Digital Evidence in International Arbitration”, co-authored with Sophie Nappert, PAR, Vol. Arbitration and Technology (12/2021);

  6. “Provisional Measures in Investment Arbitration”, Jus Mundi (06/2020).