Vlad Peligrad

Managing Partner | LL.M, PhD

Experience

  • Vlad Peligrad is a distinguished litigator, arbitrator and a legal expert with a focus on construction & infrastructure, corporate and M&A, financing, restructuring and insolvency.
  • With a PhD in law, he acted as leading litigator in various complex domestic and international litigation cases and arbitration cases in front of LCIA (London), ICC (Paris), VIAC (Vienna), CICA (Bucharest).  
  • Vlad is has been sitting as arbitrator in over 30 cases, mainly in FIDIC based construction and infrastructure disputes.
  • He has vast expertise in drafting and negotiating FIDIC contracts, as well as in disputes related to such contracts (both as lawyer and arbitrator).
  • Vlad has acted as legal counsel for numerous transactions, coordinating extensive due diligence processes, negotiating transaction documents, in various M&A transactions, financing projects and corporate restructurings.
  • Vlad was an assistant professor at the Law School of the University of Bucharest for 13 years teaching corporate law and commercial contracts.
  • His academic background and practical experience position him as a leading authority in corporate law, construction & infrastructure projects and arbitration.

Awards

Education and qualifications

  • Law Department of the Academy of Economic Studies, Bucharest, Romania – Ph.D. in law
  • Law School of the George Washington University, Washington DC – LL.M.
  • The Max Planck Institute for International Private Law, Hamburg, Germany – scholarship for doctoral studies
  • Law School of the University of Bucharest, Bucharest, Romania - Law Graduate
  • Academy of Economic Studies, Management Faculty, Bucharest, Romania - Business Administration and Economic Studies graduate

Area of expertise

Litigation & Arbitration, Corporate and M&A, Construction & Infrastructure, Banking & Financial Services