Matei is a senior associate in our dispute resolution practice based in Dubai.

After joining the firm in 2008 as an intern in our Paris office, Matei worked as an associate in the arbitration practice group of a leading Romanian law firm and qualified as advocate with the Bucharest Bar in 2009. During that time, Matei was also an external assistant lecturer in public international law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Bucharest in Romania.

Matei focuses his practice on investment treaty arbitrations as well as real-estate, engineering, construction and other major commercial disputes.

He has acted as counsel in matters before ICSID, ICC, DIAC and the Court of International Commercial Arbitration of Bucharest.

Matei also acts as an arbitrator or administrative secretary to arbitral tribunals in ICC and DIAC arbitration proceedings.

Matei is a regular external lecturer in dispute resolution in the construction sector for the International Arbitration LLM at the University of Bucharest .