Biography
| NATIONALITY: | Romanian |
| LANGUAGES: | English, Romanian and French |
| ADMISSION: | Paris |
| OFFICE: | Paris |
Iulia is an associate at Derains & Gharavi, specialising 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 International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC). Iulia also served as an editorial assistant for the Romanian Arbitration Journal in 2024 and 2025.
She obtained an LLM in Business Law from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas and an LLB from Queen Mary University of London.
Iulia is a member of the Paris Bar.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
| As from 11 May 2026 | Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) |
| July 2024–April 2026 | Associate, Tuca Zbarcea & Partners (Bucharest) |
| 2023 | Associate, Suciu Partners (Bucharest) |
| January–July 2022 | Paris Bar Trainee (élève-avocat), K&L Gates LLP – Litigation and Arbitration (Paris) |
| July–December 2021 | Paris Bar Trainee (élève-avocat), Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP – International Arbitration (Paris) |
| January –June 2020 | Intern, ICC International Court of Arbitration (Paris) |
| September 2018-March 2019 | Intern, Derains & Gharavi (Paris) |
| July – December 2017 | Trainee Lawyer Linguist, European Central Bank (Frankfurt) |
EDUCATION
| 2021 | CRFPA – École du Barreau de Paris (EFB) (Paris Bar School) – Admitted to the Paris Bar in 2023 |
| 2016 | LLM, Business Law – Paris II Panthéon-Assas University (Paris) |
| 2015 | LLB – Queen Mary University of London (London, UK) |