Radu Giosan is a Senior Associate in the international arbitration practice of Quinn Emanuel’s London office, dual qualified in New York and England & Wales. He is an expert in energy disputes, having resolved numerous high-value disputes concerning: oil, gas, LNG and gas price reviews (both pipeline gas and LNG). These include disputes over the extraction and exploitation of hydrocarbons, and those arising along the entire oil and gas value chain (upstream, mid-stream, and downstream). As a recent example, he was the lead associate on the QE team that won a EUR 14 billion award against Gazprom Export in a complex pipeline gas dispute.
In addition, Radu has experience with multi-jurisdictional, complex and high-value disputes involving high net worth individuals, major corporations, states and state entities. He has successfully resolved disputes arising from joint-ventures, the construction of power plants, sale of mines, and others related to the telecommunications and finance sectors. Overall, Radu has resolved disputes administered by all of the major arbitration centers (ICSID, ICC, LCIA, VIAC, SCAI, SIAC, and UNCITRAL).
Radu was recently ranked as a “Leading Associate” in the Legal 500 UK 2026 Edition in the “International Arbitration” practice area.
- The London School of Economics and Political Science
(LL.M., 2018) - The Pennsylvania State University, The Dickinson School of Law
(J.D., 2017)- Penn State Arbitration Law Review:
- Editor-at-Large, 2016-2017
- Associate Editor for Articles Section, 2015-2016
- Penn State Arbitration Law Review:
- McGill University
(B.A., Joint-Honours, Political Science & History, 2014)- McGill International Review:
- Editor, 2012-2013
- McGill International Review:
- Solicitor, England and Wales
- The State Bar of New York
- English
- Romanian
- Dr. Georg Adler and C. Radu Giosan, “Science and Technology in International Arbitration: But to What End?” in the Austrian Yearbook on International Arbitration (2020)
- Alina Leoveanu and Radu Giosan, “The 2021 ICC Arbitration Rules: Changes to the Arbitral Tribunal’s Powers”, 4 January 2021, available at Kluwer Arbitration Blog (http://arbitrationblog.kluwerarbitration.com/2021/01/04/the-2021-icc-arbitration-rules-changes-to-the-arbitral-tribunals-powers/)
- (Forthcoming) Prof. Catherine Rogers and C. Radu Giosan, “Ethics in International Contracts”, in Petra Butler, International Commercial Contracts: Law and Practice, Oxford University Press (2022). Pre-publication version available at: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709563