Derains & Gharavi International

Nicoleta Iftodi

Jurist

Biography

NATIONALITY: Moldovan
LANGUAGES: English, Romanian, French and Russian
ADMISSION: Paris (pending)
OFFICE: Paris

Nicoleta is a jurist at Derains & Gharavi, specialised in international arbitration. Her areas of practice include international commercial disputes and investment arbitration. She has acted in proceedings conducted under the arbitration rules of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), the arbitration rules of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA), the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) as well as under the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) Rules.

She holds a Master 2 in Arbitration and International Business Law (MACI) and a Master 1 in International and European Business Law from the University of Versailles – Paris Saclay. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in International Law at the University of Versailles – Paris Saclay.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Since 2022 Jurist, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
2020 – 2021 Trainee, International Arbitration Department,Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP (Paris)
June – Dec. 2019 Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
Jan. -  March – 2015 Trainee, ECHR’s Judgments Enforcement Department, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova

ACADEMIC POSITION

Sept. – Dec. 2021 Graduate Teaching Assistant (Chargée d’enseignements – 12 travaux dirigés) for the course “Introduction to private law” of Professor Clément François

EDUCATION

2022 – present EFB (Paris Bar School) Competition and intellectual property law (Employee regime)
2020 – present PhD Candidate in International Law, University of Versailles–Paris Saclay
PhD thesis on “Renewable energy dispute resolution in international economic law” under the supervision of Professor Sandrine Clavel and Professor Fabienne Jault-Seseke
2019 Master 2 Arbitration and International Business Law (MACI) (with Honors), University of Versailles–Paris Saclay
2018 Master 1 International and European Business Law (with Honors), University of Versailles–Paris Saclay
2017 Bachelor’s degree in private law (with high honors), State University of Moldova

Publications

Ruperea intempestivă a unor relații comerciale de lungă durată: „un divorț” care poate costa scump (IUSTITIA REVISTA BAROULUI DOLJ, No. 1 (15)/2018, pp. 72-77) – Original in Romanian (The legal effects of the sudden breach of established business relationships, in Iustitia Dolj Bar Review (Romania), No. 1 (15)/2018, pp. 72-77)

View all publications