Rodica Turtoi is specialized in international commercial and investment treaty arbitrations. She has experience acting as a counsel and administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals in proceedings conducted under the ICSID, ICC, SCC, SCAI and UNCITRAL Rules in both English and French. Prior to joining the firm, she trained in the international arbitration practices of leading international firms in Paris and London.
Rodica Turtoi graduated with a dual degree from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Bucharest Universities. She also obtained a Master 2 in International Trade Law from Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University and a Master of Laws (LL.M.) from Cornell Law School.
Rodica is admitted to practice in New York State (2015) and passed the Paris Bar (2016).
- Counsel, Peter & Kim (previously Peter & Partners) (2016-present)
- Jurist and Trainee, Hogan Lovells LLP, Paris (2015 – 2016)
- Trainee, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, London (2014)
- Research Assistant, Legal Information Institute – Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY (2013 – 2014)
- Trainee, Renault HQ, Paris (2013)
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) (full merit scholarship), Cornell Law School, Ithaca, NY (2013 – 2014)
- Master 2 Professional, International Trade Law, Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne University (2012 – 2013)
- Double licence en droit & Master 1 (European and International Business Law), Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne and Bucharest Universities (2008 – 2012)
- Counsel in a multi-billion dollar ad-hoc arbitration dispute between a state-owned enterprise and a sovereign state, involving aspects of public international law
- Counsel in an ICC arbitration for a major mining and metallurgy consortium with more than USD 500 million in dispute, under Swiss law
- Acting as part of a counsel team in an investment treaty arbitration between a French investor and a European State relating to tax reforms (ICSID), which concluded with a favorable decision for the client.
- Acted as counsel in an ICC arbitration under French law in a dispute between an Eastern European automobile producer and a North African distributor, seat in Geneva
- Assisted in a commercial arbitration between parties based in the Middle East related to the contractual review of the prices of gas (ICC Rules)
- Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal in an arbitration under the UNCITRAL Rules, related to an oil and gas concession, seat in London
- Secretary to the Arbitral Tribunal in an ICC arbitration, seated in Singapore, concerning a post-M&A dispute and allegations of fraud
- Swiss Arbitration Association below 40 (ASA)
- Young ICCA
- Young International Arbitration Group
- Co-author of the chapter Compensation for Expropriation in The Investment Treaty Arbitration Review, Edition 7, June 2022 (with Konstantin Christie)
- Co-author of the article Acceptance and Anxiety: Third-Party Funding in International Arbitration in Young Arbitration Review, Edition 30, July 2018 (with Daniel Greineder)