PhD. Nicoleta Mirela Năstasie

PhD. Nicoleta Mirela Năstasie is a senior lawyer, insolvency practitioner and consultant in industrial property – trademarks and geographical indications.

Nicoleta has acquired significant experience in commercial and insolvency law, in the issue of commercial companies in financial difficulty and restructuring, private international law, as well as in the relevant litigation for these fields, working as a lawyer for 9 years and as a judge for 18 years.

Nicoleta participated as a specialist in international research projects such as: International insolvency project – “EU International Insolvency Law and Third Countries: Which Way(s) Forward?” (2022-2024); EU Project “Judicial Co-Operation supporting Economic Recovery in Europe” – JCOERE (2018-202); EUIPO “Network of IP Judges of the EUTM and RCD Courts on Mediation-Documentation” (2021-2022); EUIPO “Judges Quality Assurance and Legal Practice Panels J-QALPP” (2020-2022).

Nicoleta holds a doctorate in commercial law obtained at Titu Maiorescu University, Bucharest, Romania, 2020, summa cum laude, with the research topic “Cooperation, communication and coordination in cross-border insolvency of the group of companies”. She is the author of several publications and articles in the field of corporate law and insolvency. She has been involved in collaborative work and research in various international projects, organised by INSOL International World Bank, UNCITRAL, INSOL Europe, European Union Intellectual Property Office, Cork University. She has been involved in more than 45 international training programs for different areas of law, in particular European law, cross-border insolvency, and intellectual property law.

Since 2013, she has been involved in collaborative and research activities in various international programs and projects organized by INSOL International, the World Bank, UNCITRAL, INSOL Europe, the European Union Office for Intellectual Property, Cork University. Between 2013 and 2023, she participated in more than 45 national and international training programs in various fields of law, especially in European law, insolvency and intellectual property law.

Languages

• English, French

Memberships

• Bucharest Bar Association (1996-2004, 2023 – present)
• UNPIR (Romanian National Union of Insolvency Practitioners) – Bucharest Branch (since 2023)
• Member of Romanian Judiciary (2004 – 2022)
• Member of INSOL Europe’s Legal Tech & Digital Assets Wing
• Member of International Insolvency Institute
• INSOL Europe Council
• Fellow with INSOL International
• Member of INSOL ERA (The Group of Early Career Researchers INSOL International)
• Member of INSOL EUROPE
• Member of CERIL (The Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law – Judicial Conferee)
• Associate member of the Romanian Institute of Commercial Law
• Member of International Insolvency Review Editorial Board

Education

• 2015 – 2020 PHD in Commercial Law, Titu Maiorescu University
• 2017 – 2018 The Global Insolvency Practice Course INSOL International
• 2016 – 2017 High Level Course on Insolvency Law in Eastern, INSOL Europe
• 2016 – 2017 PGD in International Insolvency, Nottingham Trent University
• 1996 – 1997 Postgraduate Diploma in Civil Law, Bucharest University, Faculty of law
• 1991 – 1996 Bachelor’s Degree in law, Bucharest University, Faculty of law