Nicoleta Mirela Năstasie is a member of the Romanian judiciary at Bucharest Tribunal, and she has PhD in commercial law (summa cum laudae), Titu Maiorescu University, Romania, with research theme “Communication, cooperation and coordination in cross-border insolvency of the group of companies”.
She is a Fellow INSOL International 2018, member of the Judicial Group INSOL International, co-chair
of the Judicial Wing INSOL Europe.
She followed The INSOL International Global Insolvency Practice Course 2017-2018, The Postgraduate Course in International Insolvency Law Distance Learning, Nottingham Trent University - Law School, 2016-2017. She is a graduate of the Bucharest University, Romania, 1996.
She was a researcher in the project “Judicial Co-Operation supporting Economic Recovery in Europe” (JCOERE), EU JUST/2017 involving the University College Cork, the University of Florence, Titu Maiorescu University Bucharest and INSOL Europe.
She has 25 years of experience, as following:1996 – 2004 lawyer; 2004 – present, judge (insolvency and bankruptcy law specialisation since 2011).
She participated in the jury of the Semi-final Moot for the Ian Fletcher International Insolvency Law Moot Competition, in Vancouver, 2018, Singapore, 2019, London, 2020, London 2021, organised by the INSOL International and International Insolvency Institute.
Education:
1979 – 1985 Dutch law, specialization Public International Law,
University Utrecht;
1985 – 1986 Diploma Program International Law and International Relations,
Institute of Social Studies, The Hague;
1993 PhD at the University of Nijmegen. Subject: “Remedies or Stubbling Blocks, Aspects of Public International Law and the International Debt Crisis”;
2015 Grotius Academy INSOLAD.
Experience:
1987 – 1990 Researcher in Public International Law University of Nijmegen;
1991 – 2002 Lecturer and assistant professor in Public International Law, Leiden University
2003 – 2007 Judge District Court of Amsterdam;
July 2007 – now Senior judge District Court of Amsterdam;
January 2018 – now Substitute Justice at the Court of Appeal Arnhem/Leeuwarden
Mr. Justice (Richard) Snowden obtained a first-class degree in law at Downing College, Cambridge in 1984 and an LLM from Harvard Law School in 1985.
At the Bar, Mr. Justice Snowden specialised in corporate, corporate insolvency and financial services litigation. His international insolvency cases included BCCI, Federal Mogul and acting for the US Lehman Brothers companies in the administration of LBIE.
Mr. Justice Snowden was appointed a High Court Judge of the Chancery Division and a Judge of the Financial List in 2015, and was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the County Palatine of Lancaster in September 2019.
Since appointment, he has decided numerous cases on creditor schemes of arrangement such as Van Gansewinkel, Indah Kiat and Noble Group; and OGX and Videology on the UNCITRAL Model Law.
Mr. Justice Snowden is an editor of Lightman and Moss on Administrators and a contributor to the Commentary on the EIR. He is a member of the International Insolvency Institute.