MANUELA GROSU

Senior Fellow – Hungary

Manuela Grosu is a Managing Associate, lead attorney at law at the dispute resolution practice group of KPMG Legal Tóásó Law Firm. She is also a visiting lecturer at Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law in the Department of Private International Law and European Business Law and a trained mediator.

About Manuela Grosu

Her legal practice primarily focuses on dispute resolution and corporate/commercial law, international private law and different types of regulatory issues.

Her doctoral research focused on international commercial arbitration and mediation, with special emphasis on the interaction between non-binding ADR methods and arbitration in international commercial disputes, with additional emphasis on hybrid procedures.

Ms. Grosu regularly publishes on various ADR related topics and is invited as speaker to conferences and workshops about commercial dispute resolution, especially arbitration and mediation and the role of digitalization in the field of ADR. She is also involved in mediation training related activities.

ADR Achievements and Training

Central European Mediation Institute, Mediator Training (2021)
Mentee, Young ICCA Mentoring Program (2017)
Member of the Central European Mediation Institute, Budapest (2016-)
Participant, PartnersGlobal Training funded by the JAMS Foundation, “Pathways to Sustainable Mediation,” Vienna (2016)
Mediation and Other Methods to Foster Democratic Dialogue, Summer University organized by Central European University (CEU) in cooperation with Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, NY and Hamline University School of Law, MN (2010)
Certificate of Completion, 35-hours, Mediation and Other Methods to Foster Democratic Dialogue (part of an academic program fully accredited by the American Bar Association) (2010)
Summer University in connection with alternative dispute resolution in Berlin, organized by the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and Tulane University School of Law (2008)

ADR Teaching and Mentoring

Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences, Faculty of Law (Budapest), Visiting Lecturer (Courses: Private International Law, The Combination of Arbitration and Mediation in Resolving International Commercial Disputes, Freedoms of the Single Market – Free Movement of Services)
IBA-VIAC CDRC Vienna: The Mediation and Negotiation Competition, Expert Assessor
KPMG Legal Academy, Chief Instructor for dispute resolution courses
Regularly participates as an Arbitrator and Presiding Arbitrator in Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna

Publications and Education

Publications

Chapter 15: Hungary / In: Alexander Nadja; Walsh Sabine; Svatos Martin (editors): EU Mediation Law Handbook: Regulatory Robustness Ratings for Mediation Regimes, Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International (2017)

Hungary / In: Manon Schonewille; Fred Schonewille (editors), Variegated Landscape of Mediation: A Comparative study of Mediation Regulations and Practices in Europe and the World , Manon Schonewille; Fred Schonewille (editors) Hague: Eleven International Publishing (2014)

Editor, The Role of Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods in Legal Education, Pixel: The Future of Education Conference Proceedings, Simonelli Editore (2011)

Educational Qualifications

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Law – International Private Law, Commercial Arbitration, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences (Budapest) (2021)
Bar Exam (Hungary, Hungarian qualified lawyer) (2017)
Visiting Research Fellow, Yeshiva University, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, Kukin Program for Conflict Resolution, New York (2011-2012)
M. in U.S. and Global Business Law for International Business Lawyers, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, MA, in cooperation with Eötvös Loránd University Faculty of Law (2013)
Visiting Doctoral Student at Central European University, Budapest (2010—2011)
Erasmus student, T. C. Yeditepe University, Law School (Istanbul) (2008)