{"id":3114,"date":"2026-04-27T22:15:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:15:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/?page_id=3114"},"modified":"2026-04-27T22:52:05","modified_gmt":"2026-04-27T20:52:05","slug":"mihaela-apostol","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/court-of-arbitration\/list-of-arbitrators-recommended-by-court-of-arbitration-lewiatan\/mihaela-apostol\/","title":{"rendered":"Mihaela Apostol"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-2122300370\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n        <div class=\"page-title-bg\">\n      <div class=\"title-bg fill bg-fill\"\n        data-parallax-container=\".page-title\"\n        data-parallax-background\n        data-parallax=\"-\">\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"title-overlay fill\"><\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-bottom flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper is-xlarge flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Mihaela Apostol          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n     \n<style>\n#page-header-2122300370 .page-title-inner {\n  min-height: 22vh;\n}\n#page-header-2122300370 {\n  margin-bottom: 10px;\n}\n#page-header-2122300370 .title-bg {\n  background-image: url(https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/09\/IMG_20220928_124557-scaled.jpg);\n  background-position: 0% 25%;\n}\n#page-header-2122300370 .title-overlay {\n  background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);\n}\n#page-header-2122300370 .featured-title {\n  background-color: rgb(0,0,0);\n}\n<\/style>\n  <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-887515343\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-762202979\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-1 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2031573108\" class=\"col medium-10 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tHomepage\n<\/span><\/div>\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1606394079\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\t<div id=\"gap-1036629568\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; 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Romanian Avocat (2013)<\/span><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse\"  id=\"row-1953575813\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1599516520\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h4>Websites<\/h4>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-778248736\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p>LinkedIn: <a href=\"https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/mihaela-apostol\">https:\/\/uk.linkedin.com\/in\/mihaela-apostol<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mihaelaapostol.com\/\">https:\/\/www.mihaelaapostol.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-2044196242\" class=\"col medium-3 small-12 large-3 small-col-first\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" style=\"border-radius:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"image-cover\" style=\"padding-top:100%;\">\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2389\" height=\"2959\" src=\"https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1.png\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1.png 2389w, https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1-1292x1600.png 1292w, https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1-1550x1920.png 1550w, https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1-768x951.png 768w, https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1-1240x1536.png 1240w, https:\/\/sadarbitrazowy.org.pl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/04\/Mihaela-Apostol_photo-1-1653x2048.png 1653w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2389px) 100vw, 2389px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-358065600\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-1 small-12 large-1\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row row-collapse align-center\"  id=\"row-1085855844\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1416305966\" class=\"col hide-for-small medium-1 small-12 large-3\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-834872096\" class=\"col arbiter-bio medium-10 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<h4 class=\"arbitrator-exp-heading\">Education<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Coding for Lawyers, King\u2019s College of London (2025);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Course on Intellectual Property, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) (2022);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Public International Law Winter Course, The Hague Academy of International Law (2021);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">LL.M &#8211; Master of Laws in International Commercial Arbitration, Stockholm University (2016 \u2013 2017);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">LL.M. &#8211; Master of Laws in European and International Business Law, Paris I Sorbonne University &amp; University of Bucharest (2012 \u2013 2013);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Erasmus Exchange Programme \u2013 Faculty of Law and Political Sciences, Montesquieu Bordeaux IV University (2011);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Bachelor of Laws, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Ia\u015fi, Romania (2008 \u2013 2012).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"arbitrator-exp-heading\"><i class=\"fa fa-suitcase\"><\/i>Professional career<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Arbitrator, Counsel \u2013 Independent Practice (08\/2023 &#8211; to date);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Tribunal Secretary \u2013 Independent Practice (11\/2018 &#8211; to date);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Foreign Qualified Traineeship at Debevoise &amp; Plimpton LLP (London) (01\/2018 -11\/2018);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Associate (International Investment Arbitration) at SCA \u021auca Zb\u00e2rcea &amp; Associates (Bucharest) (10\/2015 \u2013 09\/2016);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Associate (Dispute Resolution &amp; Energy Consultancy) at SCA Tonucci &amp; Partners (Bucharest) (03\/2015 \u2013 10\/2015);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Trainee Lawyer (Dispute Resolution &amp; Corporate) at SCA Hammond, Bogaru &amp; Associates (Bucharest) (06\/2013 \u2013 02\/2015).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"arbitrator-exp-heading\"><i class=\"fa fa-balance-scale\"><\/i>Arbitration experience<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">Mihaela Apostol is an independent counsel and arbitrator based in London with 13 years of experience in international arbitration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">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 &amp; gas disputes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><span style=\"color: #282828\">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.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"arbitrator-exp-heading\"><i class=\"fa fa-id-card-o\"><\/i>Membership in organizations<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">The Law Society of England and Wales;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Users\u2019 Council;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">International Bar Association (IBA) Task Force on the Use of AI;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">Vienna International Arbitral Center (VIAC) Legal Tech Think Tank.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"arbitrator-exp-heading\"><i class=\"fa fa-file-text-o\"><\/i>Publications<\/h4>\n<ol>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">\u201cConflict of Jurisdiction: Criteria for Assessing Jurisdiction in the Context of Cross-Border Emerging Digital Asset Disputes\u201d in Maud Piers and Sean McCarthy (eds), Transforming Arbitration: Exploring the Impact of AI, Blockchain, Metaverse and Web3, Radboud University Press, 2025;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">\u201cHow National Courts in Several Jurisdictions Are Approaching the Emerging Field of Digital Assets Litigation\u201d, co-authored with Sophie Nappert, Principia Journal (2023);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">\u201cTailoring the Proceedings to the Specificities of Digital Assets Disputes\u201d, Romanian Arbitration Journal vol. 63 (7\/2023);<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p><span style=\"color: #282828\">\u201cLegal Forms and Justifications of Deference in International Arbitration\u201d, in \u201cDeference in International Commercial Arbitration\u201d, co-authored with Professor Stavros Brekoulakis, eds. 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