Contact
Cristina Elena Popa Tache
Dean, Faculty of Law and International Governance, Danubius International University
Arbitrator
Languages
Mother tongue: romanian
Working languages: Romanian, English, French
Nationality
Romania
Specialisation
Technology, ISDS & Foreign Investment, State & Public Contracts, Maritime Arbitration, Public International Law
Legal system
Common Law,European Law
Main jurisdiction
Romania
Details
Position
Dean, Faculty of Law and International Governance, Danubius International University
Year of birth
2025
Education
Institute of Legal Research of the Romanian Academy \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Acad. Andrei Rădulescu\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
PHD IN LAW / DIPLOMA (2015) - PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW, SPECIALIZING IN THE LEGAL REGIME OF FOREIGN INVESTMENTS. MAXIMUM QUALIFICATION Institute of Legal Research of the Romanian Academy \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Acad. Andrei Rădulescu\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" [ 01/02/2006 – 01/02/2015 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://www.icj.ro/despre-institut.htm | Level in EQF: EQF level 8 ▪ Visiting Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge – United Kingdom 2025–Present ▪ Vice Secretary-General, Centre International de Recherches et Études Transdisciplinaires (CIRET) – Paris, France 2024–Present ▪ Member, Diversity Advisory Body, European Society of International Law (ESIL) – Florence, Italy 2024–Present ▪ Academic Member, ISDS Academic Forum, University of Oslo and Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement 2024–Present ▪ President, International Institute for the Analysis of Legal and Administrative Mutation – Bucharest, Romania 2023–Present ▪ Co-Chair, International Business and Human Rights Interest Group, European Society of International Law (ESIL) – Florence, Italy 2023–Present ▪ Research Fellow in Public International Law, Institut de Recherches Europe-Asia, Aix-Marseille Université – Marseille, France 2022–Present ▪ Expert Member, COST Action CA19143 – GDHRNet and COST Action CA22162 – European Union Space 2022–Present ▪ Associate Professor and Research Scientist in International Law, Education and Transdisciplinarity, “Andrei Șaguna” University – Constanța, Romania 2021–Present ▪ Active Researcher, Centre International de Recherches et Études Transdisciplinaires (CIRET) – Paris, France 2021–Present ▪ Vice President, European Banking and Financial Law Association (AEDBF Europe and Romania) 2019–2024 ▪ PhD in Public International Law – Legal Regime of Foreign Investments, Institute of Legal Research “Acad. Andrei Rădulescu”, Romanian Academy – Bucharest, Romania 2015
From-To: 20.05.2009 - 20.06.2014
Degree: Doctor of Laws / Graduation Diploma
Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry
MEDIATOR / DIPLOMA (2011) - CONFLICT MEDIATION IN LAW, COMMUNICATION SKILLS, NEGOTIATION TECHNIQUES Bucharest Chamber of Commerce and Industry in partnership with Human-Toolkit [ 2011 – 2011 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://ccir.ro/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 7
Degree: Mediator/Graduation Diploma
ISDS Academic Forum- University of Oslo & Geneva center for IDS – Oslo, Norway City: Oslo | Country: Norway
https://www.jus.uio.no/ior/english/research/projects/copiid/academic-forum/ Exchange views, explore issues and options, test ideas and solutions, and make a constructive contribution to the ongoing discussions on possible reform of ISDS, in particular the discussions in the context of UNCITRAL’s Working Group III (WGIII). Also see https://www.cids.ch/academic-forum
From-To: 20.12.2024
Degree: Member
British Council, Bucharest
ADVANCED INTENSIVE ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDIES British Council [ 2006 – 2006 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://www.britishcouncil.ro/engleza? gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8MG1BhCoARIsAHxSiQkFScJATPfxcci1gmadtD0Iz45oDfLu7Fo3XPofOsg3CCDw92HaLDAaAhm | Level in EQF: EQF level 7
From-To: 20.06.2025
Degree: English language studies
University of Bucharest - Faculty of Law
LONG SPECIALIZED POSTGRADUATE STUDIES IN PRIVATE LAW. SPECIALIZED POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA University of Bucharest - Faculty of Law [ 2001 – 2002 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://unibuc.ro/studii/facultati/facultatea-de-drept/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 7 POSTGRADUATE (MASTER) IN COMMERCIAL LAW University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law [ 1999 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://unibuc.ro/studii/facultati/facultatea-de-drept/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 7
Degree: Specialized Postgraduate Studies in Private Law
University of Bucharest
POSTGRADUATE SPECIALIZATION STUDIES IN TAXATION, ECONOMIC AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRAINING CENTRE/ CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION University of Bucharest [ 2001 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://unibuc.ro/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 7
Degree: Postgraduate studies in taxation, Center for Economic and Administrative Training / graduation certificate
Italian Institute of Culture, Bucharest
INTENSIVE ITALIAN LANGUAGE STUDIES Italian Institute of Culture, Bucharest [ 1999 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://iicbucarest.esteri.it/ro/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 6
Degree: Italian language studies
University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law
POSTGRADUATE (MASTER) IN COMMERCIAL LAW University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law [ 1999 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://unibuc.ro/studii/facultati/facultatea-de-drept/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 7
Degree: Master in Commercial Law
Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University, Faculty of Legal and Administrative Sciences, Degree in Law from the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law
BACHELOR\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S DEGREE IN LEGAL SCIENCES / BACHELOR\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'S DEGREE Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University and University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law [ 1993 – 1998 ] City: București | Country: Romania | Website: https://unibuc.ro/studii/facultati/facultatea-de-drept/ | Level in EQF: EQF level 7
Degree: Bachelor of Laws / Bachelor\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s degree
Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge – Cambridge, United Kingdom
Academic Visitor [ 2025 – Current ] Research Area: International Investment Law, State Responsibility, and Emerging Technologies Research Title: \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Reimagining Investment Treaties for the AI Era: Shared Responsibilities of States, Tech Investors, and Key Stakeholders\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"
Degree: Academic Visitor
Practiced experience in arbitration
How many arbitrations have you participated in (domestic/international); under which Rules?
More than 300 in domestic arbitration under International Commercial Arbitration Court CCIR Bucharest plus other national arbitration tribunals under their own rules.
How often have you acted as Chairman?
How often have you acted as Sole Arbitrator?
0
How often have you acted as Co-Arbitrator?
12
How often have you acted as Counsel?
80
How often have you acted in a different function (e.g. Administrative Secretary)?
Publications and other activities in arbitration (e.g. training sessions, seminars, conferences, articles and others)
State Immunity, Between Past and Future, „AJEE (Access to Justice in Eastern Europe)”, Issue 1 (18) February 2023, pp. 97-110, https://ajee-journal.com/upload/attaches/att_1676384405.pdf.
Dates: 2023-01-01
L’évolution de la régulation bancaire et financière sous l’effet des règles de protection de la clientèle, în Banque et Droit NºHS-2023-1, Paris, https://www.revue-banque.fr/sommaire//meta/banque-et-droit-n-hs-2023-1 și https://www.revue-banque.fr/espace-banquedroit/la-protection-des-consommateurs-de-services-bancaires-en-roumanie-entreeducation-et-reforme-MD13766974.
Dates: 2023-01-01
Lawfare, Between its (Un)Limits and Transdisciplinarity, Precedente Revista Jurídica, 23, 37-66, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18046/prec.v23.5889, Web of Science, Scopus.
Dates: 2023-01-01
New Transdisciplinary Directions in International Law?, Lex Humana (ISSN 2175-0947), 15(4), 86–109, 2023. Retrieved from https://seer.ucp.br/seer/index.php/LexHumana/article/view/2705, Web of Science, Scopus
Dates: 2023-01-01
Evolutions in the scope of application of the institution of state responsibility regarding investments, article published in vol. Colloque International: ,,La Métamorphose de I Etat European, Editura Universul Juridic, 2010, pp 143-149, ISBN 978-973-127-453-9.
Dates: 2018-01-01
About the Human Rights and Consumer Protection in the Digital Age of Digital Services Act 2022 or What Aspects Interested Investors Should Pay Attention To, International Investment Law Journal Volume 3, Issue 2, July 2023, 121-132.
Dates: 2023-01-01
O corelare a cripto-activelor cu dreptul internațional al comunicațiilor și al noilor tehnologii/A Correlation of Crypto-assets with International Law of Communications and New Technologies, Revista de Drept Bancar și Financiar, nr. 1/2023 online (ianuarie-iunie), Editura Rosetti.
Dates: 2023-01-01
Between Human Rights and Consumers Protection in the Digital Age or the Rights of Digital Consumers in the European and International Context-The Digital Services Act Example, contribution to Report about the comparative content analysis of instruments adopted by international and European organizations/countries regarding human rights protection online (Deliverable No. 11), published by The Global Digital Human Rights Network (GDHRNet), 2023, available here as scientific publication: https://gdhrnet.eu/publications/scientificpublications/, accessed on 01.01.2024.
Dates: 2023-01-01
Allocation of Costs in ICSID Arbitration a Continuing Challenge to International Law, International Investment Law Journal Volume 3, Issue 1, February , pp. 4-16, 2023.
Dates: 2023-01-01
O corelare a cripto-activelor cu dreptul internațional al comunicațiilor și al noilor tehnologii / A Correlation of Crypto-assets with International Law of Communications and New Technologies, Revista de Drept Bancar și Financiar, nr. 1/2023 online (ianuarie-iunie), Editura Rosetti.
Dates: 2023-01-01
Between a Soft and a Hard Place: How the European Union’s Soft Law Restructures Global Financial Governance, Völkerrechtsblog, 20.05.2025, disponibil la: https://voelkerrechtsblog.org/between-a-soft-and-a-hard-place.
Dates: 2025-01-01
Expert Group. Less is More -=+ Proposals to Simplify and Improve European Rule-Making in the Financial Services Sector. Report, 10 February 2025. Foreword by Jacques de Larosière. https://eqrco.de/a/Report_LessIsMore.
Dates: 2025-01-01
Digital Boom – current issues from international investment to human rights, in Tiina Pajuste, Human Rights in the Digital Domain – Core Questions, Ed. Cambridge University Press, 2025
Dates: 2025-01-01
Yesterday and Today for State Contracts – Explicationibus on the Routes of Administrative Law and Public International Law, International Investment Law Journal 4, no. 2 (July 2024): 198207. DOI: 10.62768/IILJ/2024/4/2/06.
Dates: 2024-01-01
The New International Triangle: Human RightsDigitalization-Security, International Investment Law Journal Volume 4, Issue 1, February 2024, pp. 4-17. https://investmentlaw.adjuris.ro/articole/An4v1/1.%20Cristina%20Popa%20Tache. pdf
Dates: 2024-01-01
2. Cristina Elena Popa Tache, Eduardo Seino Wiviurka, Designing a Transdisciplinary Legal Curriculum Tailored to Fuse Social, Technological, and Ethical Considerations. Elevating the Voice of International Law, in Popa Tache, Cristina Elena, Hubert Landier, Leonardo da S.G. Martins da Costa & Mariana Thieriot Loisel (eds.), For an International Transdisciplinary Chair. About the Dialogue Between Culture and Technoscience, ADJURIS – International Academic Publisher, Bucharest, Paris, Calgary, 2024, p. 90-134, https://doi.org/ 10.62768/ADJURIS/2024/2/06.
Dates: 2024-01-01
13. Cristina Elena Popa Tache, Cătălin-Silviu Săraru, Konstantinos Kouroupis, Different perspectives concerning the right not to use the internet and some analogies with education | Diverse prospettive sul diritto a non usare internet ed alcune analogie con l\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'istruzione, in European Journal of Privacy Law & Technologies Issue 2024/1, Focus Section: https://universitypress.unisob.na.it/ojs/index.php/ejplt/index (Scopus).
Dates: 2024-01-01
12. Cristina Elena Popa Tache, Cătălin-Silviu Săraru, Evaluating Today’s MultiDependencies in Digital Transformation, Corporate Governance and Public International Law Triad, in Cogent Social Sciences 10 (1) by Taylor & Francis. DOI:10.1080/23311886.2024.2370945. 2024.
Dates: 2024-01-01
9. Cristina Elena Popa Tache, Silviu Constantin, Allocation of Costs in ICSID Arbitration a Continuing Challenge to International Law, International Investment Law Journal Volume 3, Issue 1, February , pp. 4-16, 2023.
Dates: 2023-01-01
An Overview of Certain Tendencies in Extending the Concept of Administrative Litigation in the European Union and International Law. Journal of Knowledge Dynamics, 1(1), p61- 74. https://doi.org/10.56082/jkd.2024.1.61 ISSN ONLINE 3061-2640.
Dates: 2024-01-01
Introduction to International Investment Law, published by ADJURIS International Academic Publisher (a Clarivate publisher), Bucharest, 2020, ISBN 978-606-94978-2-1 (E-Book), 202 pages, http://www.adjuris.ro/reviste/iiil/E-book%20Cristina%20Popa%20-Tache.pdf
Dates: 2020-01-01
Legal treatment standards for international investments. Heuristic aspects, Ed. Adjuris International Academic Publisher (a Clarivate publisher), 2021, ISBN 978-606-94978-7-6 (E-Book), 122 pages, http://www.adjuris.ro/reviste/ltsi/Legal%20treatment%20standards.pdf
Dates: 2021-01-01
Membership in arbitral institutions / functions in arbitral institutions/organizations
Austrian Arbitration Association - ArbAut
ADJURIS - Society of Legal and Administrative Sciences.
▪ Academic Member, ISDS Academic Forum, University of Oslo and Geneva Center for International Dispute Settlement
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators - CIArb London
▪ Co-Chair, International Business and Human Rights Interest Group, European Society of International Law (ESIL) – Florence, Italy
▪ Member, Diversity Advisory Body, European Society of International Law (ESIL) – Florence, Italy
▪ Vice Secretary-General, Centre International de Recherches et Études Transdisciplinaires (CIRET) – Paris, France
Mother Tongue
romanian
Languages
Romanian
English
French
In which legal system have you trained?
Common Law,European Law
What is your main jurisdiction of practice?
Romania
In which jurisdictions are you admitted to the bar?
Romania
Special expertise or specialisations
Technology
ISDS & Foreign Investment
State & Public Contracts
Maritime Arbitration
Public International Law
