Mihaela Maravela

Romania flag Romanian

20+ years of experience

Language:

English, Spanish

Romanian

Present Function:

Independent arbitrator and counsel based in Bucharest, Romania. Experienced counsel in commercial and investment arbitration, acting under numerous rules, such as ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, VIAC, WIPO, CICA-CCIR Rules.

Sits as arbitrator in domestic and international commercial arbitration and she solved +15 domestic and international commercial arbitrations. Sits as domain name panelist and solved over 370 UDRP disputes at the World Intellectual Property Organisation and the Asian Domain Name Dispute Resolution Centre.

Ranked as a Global Leader in Arbitration and Trademarks since 2018 by Lexology (former WWL).

General Expertise:

Certifications and/or licenses

Attorney at Law with the Bucharest Bar.

Trademark attorney with the Romanian PTO.

Professional legal or litigation experience related to the scope of competence of the PMAC

She has over 20 years of experience representing clients before the Romanian courts in trademark disputes, including cancellation actions and counterfeiting cases. She has more than 15 years of experience serving as a domain name panelist at WIPO in Geneva, resolving disputes involving conflicts between trademarks and domain names, and has also represented clients in expedited domain name arbitration proceedings. In addition, she has over seven years of experience acting as arbitrator in commercial arbitrations conducted under the rules of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania (CICA-CCIR) and the Vienna International Arbitral Centre (VIAC).

Memberships and/or accreditations

Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual Property Organization of Geneva, Switzerland (domain name panelist, since 2008, list of arbitrators, since 2024). 

Asian Domain Names Dispute Resolution Centre, domain name panelist, since 2025.

Court of International Commercial Arbitration attached to the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Romania, since 2016.

Vienna International Arbitral Center, since 2019.