Dan Visoiu

Legal Expert | FCIArb, Board Certified (International Law)

Experience

·      Daniel has over 27 years of experience in the U.S., the European Union (EU) and especially the Central and East European region, focusing on cross-border/M&A transactions, having assisted numerous well-known multinationals, investment funds, founders/entrepreneurs and high-net worth individuals.

·      Daniel also has extensive international arbitration experience, including ICSID and ICC disputes. He is an arbitrator with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, and has been designated by his peers as a Recognized Arbitration Practitioner on The Legal 500 Arbitrator Power list 2021 Central and Eastern Europe.

·      Daniel has and continues to lecture in the U.S. and the UK on international sports arbitration and ICSID (investor-state) arbitration.

·      His pro bono activities include serving as the president of the Romania-U.S. Fulbright Commission’s board of directors(2012-2015, 2023 - present) and as the current Secretary General of the Bucharest International Arbitration Court (BIAC)

Recent highlights of his experience include:

· Daniel has been appointed as arbitrator by the claimant in an International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) case involving the gas supply industry;

· Daniel is assisting an international real estate investor with respect to its contemplated investor-state/ICSID claim against an EU member state;

· Daniel is assisting an international renewable energy investor with respect to its contemplated ICSID/ECT claim against an EU member state;

· Daniel is assisting a leading international real estate developer with its expansion into Western and Central Europe.

Awards

Education and qualifications

· Fellow (FCIArb), The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

· Florida (USA) Bar Board Certified/Expert in International Law

· Member of Florida (USA) Bar and Member of Bucharest Bar (Foreign Lawyers Register)

· Arbitrator, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS)

· Member of Advisory Board, Institute for Dispute Resolution, University of Florida, Levin College of Law

· University of Florida College of Law, Juris Doctor

· University of Florida College of Journalism, Bachelor of Science

· Institute of International and Comparative Law (Paris, France), Certificate

Area of expertise

· International Arbitration, Corporate and M&A, Cross-border Investments