Catalina Diaconeasa

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London

Tel: +44 20 7786 9152

Overview

Catalina Diaconeasa is an associate in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group based in London. Ms. Diaconeasa joined Debevoise in 2020 ... Read Full Biography

Experience

- Sberbank in its successful challenge to the jurisdiction of the English High Court to hear a $300 million conspiracy claim brought by a subsidiary of Russian bank VTB.
- A private equity fund in a variety of cross-border disputes arising from the collapse of the Abraaj Group, previously the largest private equity firm in the Middle East.

Education

BPP Law School, L.P.C.
King's College London, LL.B.

Catalina Diaconeasa is an associate in the firm’s International Dispute Resolution Group based in London. Ms. Diaconeasa joined Debevoise in 2020 from a large international law firm. Her practice focuses on high-value and complex commercial litigation and international arbitration. She received an LL.B from King’s College London with First Class Honours in 2015, as well as the SJ Berwin prize for the best result in corporate law. In 2016, she completed the Legal Practice Course at BPP Law School in London and was awarded a Distinction. Ms. Diaconeasa was admitted as solicitor of the Senior Courts of England & Wales in 2018 and, as a Solicitor-Advocate, she exercises full rights of audience before all civil courts of England & Wales. She is fluent in Romanian and has a working knowledge of French and Spanish.