Lucian Mihai

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Professor Lucian Mihai is an Of Counsel of RTPR. A former President of the Constitutional Court and chairman of the drafting committee of the new Romanian Civil Code, he specialises in litigation, including arbitration, and intellectual property areas, having represented numerous high-profile clients.

Dr. Mihai has over 40 years of experience as professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, where he holds classes on civil law and IP law. He served as Head of the Private Law Department for two mandates. Professor Mihai is a former chairman of the Commission for drafting the New Civil Code and the Law for its Enactment, former President of the Romanian Constitutional Court (the highest legal position in Romania), former member of the Venice Commission (two mandates) and former Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies.

Professor Mihai is listed as arbitrator of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration, attached to Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1993. He has taken part in numerous international cases as counsel, arbitrator or expert-witness. Professor Mihai acted also as ad-hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights. Professor Mihai has been the “Honorary Legal Adviser” to the UK Ambassador in Bucharest since 1994.