Ioana Knoll-Tudor specializes in international commercial and investment arbitration. She is acting both as counsel and arbitrator (sole and party-appointed).
Ioana has an expertise in the CEE region and is also heading the Budapest office as well as the firm’s operations in neighbouring jurisdictions (Romania, Serbia, North Macedonia, Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, etc.).
Her book «The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard in International Foreign Investment Law» published by Oxford University Press, is a reference in the field of international arbitration.
Ioana teaches and speaks at international conferences. She regularly publishes in the field of international arbitration.
Before joining Jeantet in 2015, Ioana worked in the Warsaw and Budapest offices of a major international law firm.
She is recommended since 2014 by clients in the Chambers Europe, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000 rankings. Chambers Global, 2016 – Ioana Knoll-Tudor has “extensive experience on mandates across SEE and CEE”.
Skills
Lawyer since : 2007
Bar. : Budapest - Madrid - Paris
Language(s) : Romanian - French - English - Spanish - Italian
Training :
- Doctorate in Law – European University Institute in Florence, 2006
- Law Degree from – Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2006
- Master’s Degree in European Law – College of Europe, 2002
- Master’s Degree in Law – University Panthéon-Assas (Paris II), 2001
Member of :
- International Bar Association (IBA)
- Member of the board of the Paris Arbitration Week – PAW (2021-2023)
- Founder and Vice-President of the Romanian Chapter of the Club Espanol de Arbitraje (CEA)
- ICC YAF Former Representative of Europe and Russia (ICC Young Arbitration Forum) (2019-2021)
Publications
- Recognition or Enforcement and Annulment of Arbitral Awards in France: An Analysis of the Kluwer Research Results – Journal of International Arbitration, 06/01/2022
- The French Court of Cassation’s Perspective Over Consequences of Respondent’s Refusal to Pay its Share of the Advance on Costs under ICC Arbitration Rules – Romanian Arbitration Journal, 01/04/2022
- Paris Arbitration Week Recap: The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard – Update and Perspectives – Arbitration blog, 04/14/2022
- Paris Arbitration Week Recap: Do and Don’t’s When Choosing a Seat and Enforcing in CEE/CIS/Russia: State of Play – Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 07/14/20
- State of emergency and commercial leases: dispute resolution in the service of emergency
- International Chamber of Commerce Dispute Resolution 2020 Bulletin
- Arbitrating in CEE & CIS: Transparency, Accountability and Choise of Arbitrators – Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 16 Mai 2019
- Emergency arbitration: evidence and practice from seven arbitral institutions
- The European and Singapore International Commercial Courts: several movements, a single symphony
- Les chambres internationales européennes et de Singapour : plusieurs mouvements, une seule symphonie
- The 2018 Hungarian Arbitration Act: Implications of the New Setting Aside Provisions
- Les rencontres de l’arbitrage et du contentieux
- The Standard of Fair and Equitable Treatment in the International Law of Foreign Investment, Oxford University Press, 2008;
- Fair and Equitable Treatment and Human Rights, in Human Rights, International Investment Law and Investor-State Arbitration (ed. E-U Petersmann), Oxford University Press, 2009;
- Le droit des investissements et le droit de l’OMC, in Les mutations du droit de l’Organisation Mondiale du Commerce entre influences internationalistes et nécessaires réformes sectorielles (eds. Chaisse and T.Balmelli ), EDIS, Sept. 2007;
Best Lawyers in France : Rankings 2023
The firm is pleased to have 20 of its lawyers ranked, including 1 new entry in the following categories : Jean-François Adelle Banking and Finance Law Bertrand Biette Insolvency and Reorganization Law Jacques-Henry de Bourmont Tax Law Thierry Brun Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Yvon Dréano Corporate Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Karl Hepp […]
Paris | BANK-FINANCE-REGULATORY | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION | COMPETITION AND ECONOMIC LAW | CORPORATE – M&A – PRIVATE EQUITY | ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES LAW | TAX | REAL ESTATE | MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS | CAPITAL MARKETS AND STOCK EXCHANGE LAW | IP, TECH & DATA | PUBLIC LAW – PUBLIC CONTRACTS | RESTRUCTURING – LAW OF COMPANIES IN DIFFICULTY
Recognition or Enforcement and Annulment of Arbitral Awards in France: An Analysis of the Kluwer Research Results – Journal of International Arbitration, 06/01/2022
The results of the Kluwer Research showed that, despite Paris being one of the most popular arbitration seats, French courts were the least likely to recognize and enforce an arbitral award, but also those with the highest number of vacated arbitral awards. The article analyses these results and offers some possible justifications for them.
Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION
The French Court of Cassation’s Perspective Over Consequences of Respondent’s Refusal to Pay its Share of the Advance on Costs under ICC Arbitration Rules – Romanian Arbitration Journal, 01/04/2022
On 9 February 2022, the French Court of Cassation overturned the decision of the Pau Court of Appeal, which upheld Respondent’s objection to the jurisdiction of the French courts, in favour of the ICC…
Budapest, Paris
Paris Arbitration Week Recap: The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard – Update and Perspectives – Arbitration blog, 04/14/2022
As part of the Paris 2022 Arbitration Week, Jeantet organized a panel discussion on “The Fair and Equitable Treatment Standard: Update and Perspective”. This article summarizes the topics presented at the panel by the speakers.
Paris, Budapest | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION
[WEBINAR] Disputes in the Luxury Hotel Sector: How to avoid them and how to manage them?
Our partners Ioana Knoll-Tudor and Stephen Walters participated in the webinar organised by the International Luxury Hotel Association on “Disputes in the Luxury Hotel Sector: How to avoid them and how to manage them?”. Watch the replay Read the article
Paris | LITIGATION – ARBITRATION – MEDIATION
Romanian partner promoted in Paris – Global Arbitration Review, 09/16/2020
French firm Jeantet has promoted a Romanian partner in Paris who specialises in M&A and construction disputes and was recently appointed to her first ICSID panel.
Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION
Jeantet announces the promotion of two new partners, confirming its continuous development
Paris, 26th August 2020 – Jeantet is pleased to announce the nomination of Ioana Knoll-Tudor, in International Arbitration, and Bertrand Barrier, in M&A, as partners. Jeantet, one of the most renowned independent French law firms, continues its development in international matters by promoting two of its local partners in Budapest and Kiev to the rank […]
Kyiv, Paris, Budapest
Paris Arbitration Week Recap: Do and Don’t’s When Choosing a Seat and Enforcing in CEE/CIS/Russia: State of Play – Kluwer Arbitration Blog, 07/14/20
The third edition of the Jeantet “Arbitrating in CEE and CIS” roundtable was held virtually during the Paris Arbitration Week on Wednesday, 8 July 2020. The topic of this year’s edition laid stress upon “Do and Don’t’s When Choosing a Seat and Enforcing in CEE/ CIS/ Russia: State of Play”.
Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION
State of emergency and commercial leases: dispute resolution in the service of emergency
TRIBUNE. The CMAP and law firms JEANTET and 1804 call for the use of dispute resolution in rental disputes arising from COVID-19. The co-signatories are: Catherine Saint Geniest, Partner of the Real Estate department of Jeantet, Murielle Amsellem, Partner of 1804, Ioana Knoll-Tudor, Partner of the Dispute Resolution department of Jeantet, Sophie Enry, General Delegate […]
Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION | REAL ESTATE
International Chamber of Commerce Dispute Resolution 2020 Bulletin
The first 2020 International Chamber of Commerce Dispute Resolution Bulletin is now available. Download the analysis of our partner Ioana Knoll-Tudor on two recent decisions of the Court of Appeal of Bucharest which annulled two Emergency Arbitrator orders on the basis of the validity of the appointment of the Emergency Arbitrator and its competence to […]
| COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION
Coronavirus: launch of an arbitration solution for rental disputes – Décideurs, 15 May 2020
In collaboration with the Centre for Mediation and Arbitration (CMAP), the law firms Jeantet and 1804 are launching an arbitration offer designed to resolve rental disputes between lessors and lessees of commercial leases. A rapid solution for these disputes, which are flourishing as the health crisis continues.
Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION | REAL ESTATE
Award under UNIDROIT Principles upheld in Paris
Find out more about the article from the Global Arbitration Review regarding the Paris Court of Appeal decision, upholding for the first time an award rendered exclusively on the basis of the of the “UNIDROIT Priniples, in the event the parties do not agree on the applicable Law”in which Ioana Knoll-Tudor represented the Romanian company Uzuc S.A. […]
Paris | COMMERCIAL AND INVESTMENT ARBITRATION | MEDIATION