RTPR | Radu Taracila Padurari Retevoescu SCA

Dispute Resolution, Arbitration, Intellectual Property.

Of Counsel

Professor Lucian Mihai is an Of Counsel of RTPR. A former President of the Constitutional Court and chairman of the drafting committee of the new Romanian Civil Code, he specialises in intellectual property and litigation area, including arbitration, having represented a number of high-profile foreign clients doing business in Romania. Dr. Lucian Mihai has over 40 years of experience as professor at the University of Bucharest, Faculty of Law, where he holds classes on civil law and intellectual property law. He served as Head of the Private Law Department for two mandates. Professor Lucian Mihai is a former chairman of the Commission for drafting the New Civil Code and the Law for its Enactment, former President of the Romanian Constitutional Court (the highest legal position in Romania), former member of the Venice Commission (two mandates), as well as former Secretary General of the Chamber of Deputies. Professor Lucian Mihai is listed as arbitrator of the Court of International Commercial Arbitration, attached to the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry since 1993 and of, the Arbitration Panel of the Romanian Copyright Office since 1998. He has taken part in numerous international cases as counsel, arbitrator or expert-witness. Professor Lucian Mihai acted also as ad-hoc judge of the European Court of Human Rights. Professor Lucian Mihai has been the "Honorary Legal Adviser" to the Ambassador of the United Kingdom in Bucharest since 1994.

Professor Lucian Mihai is fluent in English.

Professor Lucian Mihai is a qualified Romanian lawyer, registered with the Bucharest Bar since 1990. He is also a member of the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations. He is a founding member of the Romanian Fulbright Alumni Association (and acted as its first president between 1996-1998). Professor Mihai is a member of the Academic Council of his School of Law and a member of the Senate of the University of Bucharest.

Professor Dr. Lucian Mihai graduated from the University of Bucharest, Law Faculty in 1976. He holds a PhD in Law with the highest honour (“summa cum laude”) with the Bucharest University Law School. Professor Lucian Mihai is also the first Romanian lawyer who was awarded as a Fulbright Fellow.