Academic Staff
Assistant Professor Dr. Sergiu GOLUB
Academic Involvement
- Commercial Law 1
- Commercial Law 2
- Insolvency Law
- Corporate Finance Law
- Current Issues in Commercial Law
Education and Professional Training
- Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2014, Summa Cum Laude): Fiducia and Fiduciary Transactions (supervisor: Ion Turcu)
- Master’s Degree in Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1999, European Business Law)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1998)
Publications
I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
- Volume Title: In Memoriam Ion Deleanu. Master of Metaphor and Legal Fictions in Romanian Legal Science, ISBN: 9786063915994, Publisher: UNIVERSUL JURIDIC, Publisher Type: nationally recognized, Editors: Gheorghe Buta, Ioana Veronica Varga, Marin Voicu, Year: 2024, Number of Pages: 24, Start Page: 105, End Page: 128, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Professor Ion Deleanu – The Commercialist! Or on the (De)Evolution of the Concept of “Business Fund”.
- Type of Work: study, Title: Some Reflections on the Competence of the Arbitral Tribunal to Rule on Its Own Jurisdiction. Vingt ans après… In Honorem Mircea Nicolae Costin, Volume Title: In Honorem Mircea N. Costin, ISBN: 978-606-27-1470-3, Publisher: HAMANGIU S.R.L., Publisher Type: nationally recognized, Year: 2020, Number of Pages: 20, Start Page: 276, End Page: 295.
- Type of Work: study, Title: Article 123 of Law no. 85/2014 or From the Romans to Labor Law and Beyond, Volume Title: Liber Amicorum Romulus Gidro. Concepts, Reflections and Legal Research, Publisher: Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2019, ISBN: 9786063904257, Publisher Type: nationally recognized, Editors: Eugen Hurubă, Daniela Cristina Valea, Year: 2019, Number of Pages: 47, Start Page: 397, End Page: 443.
- Type of Work: study, Title: Reservation Clause of Property Rights in Insolvency Proceedings: On the “Unopposable” Opposability or in Search of the Perfect Legal Oxymoron, Volume Title: In Honorem Dan Chirică. Between Legal Dogmatics and Practical Reason, ISBN: 978-606-27-1187-0, Publisher: HAMANGIU S.R.L., Publisher Type: nationally recognized, Editors: Dan Andrei Popescu, Ionut Florin Popa, Sergiu Golub, Marius Harosa, Year: 2018, Number of Pages: 31, Start Page: 364, End Page: 394.
II. Articole
- Again on False Tax Claims in Insolvency Proceedings, Volume No.: , Pages: 15-25, Number of Pages: 11, Type of Work: article, Year: 2017, BDI-indexed journal: Phoenix Revista de Insolventa, ISSN:
- False Claims in Insolvency Proceedings, Volume No.: 2, Pages: 44-54, Number of Pages: 11, Type of Work: article, Year: 2016, BDI-indexed journal: TAX MAGAZINE, ISSN:
- Golub Sergiu, Puscariu Nonu-Gheorghe, Some Considerations on Legal Compensation in Insolvency Proceedings, Volume No.: 2, Pages: 79-95, Number of Pages: 17, Type of Work: article, Year: 2016, BDI-indexed journal: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Again on False Tax Claims in Insolvency Proceedings, Volume No.: 9, Pages: 81-99, Number of Pages: 19, Type of Work: article, Year: 2016, BDI-indexed journal: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Fiducia. Substantive and Formal Conditions. Effects of the Fiduciary Contract, Volume No.: 4, Pages: 69-90, Number of Pages: 22, Type of Work: unspecified, Year: 2017, BDI-indexed in EBSCO, PROQUEST-CSA: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Fiducia. Analysis of the Legal Definition. Genus Proximus, Volume No.: 11/2016, Pages: 31-59, Number of Pages: 29, Type of Work: article, Year: 2017, BDI-indexed in EBSCO, PROQUEST-CSA: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Distinguishing Fiducia from Other Contracts or Legal Transactions, Volume No.: 1/2017, Pages: 67-84, Number of Pages: 18, Type of Work: article, Year: 2017, BDI-indexed in EBSCO, PROQUEST-CSA: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Fiducia. Analysis of the Legal Definition. Specific Difference, Volume No.: 12/2016, Pages: 23-44, Number of Pages: 22, Type of Work: article, Year: 2017, BDI-indexed in PROQUEST-CSA, EBSCO: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Fiducia. Parties and Characteristics of the Fiduciary Contract, Volume No.: 2/2017, Pages: 59-76, Number of Pages: 18, Type of Work: article, Year: 2017, BDI-indexed in EBSCO, PROQUEST-CSA: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN:
- Reservation Clause of Property Rights in Insolvency Proceedings: On the “Unopposable” Opposability or in Search of the Perfect Legal Oxymoron, Volume No.: 3-2018, Pages: 6-39, Number of Pages: 34, Type of Work: article, Year: 2018, BDI-indexed in CEEOL, HEIN ONLINE: Revista Societăților și a Dreptului Comercial, ISSN: 2601-0704
- General Meetings of Associates (AGA) – Quo Vadis? Part 1, Volume No.: 6-2019, Pages: 86-110, Number of Pages: 25, Type of Work: article, Year: 2020, BDI-indexed in EBSCO, HEIN ONLINE, PROQUEST-CSA: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN: 1583-493X
- Partnership in Participation – From Roman Fiducia to the Romanian “Ostrich-Camel”…, Volume No.: 6/2020, Pages: 83-114, Number of Pages: 32, Type of Work: article, Year: 2021, BDI-indexed in HEIN ONLINE: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN: 1583-493X
- …In Anticipation of a RIL Decision (ICCJ, RIL Decision No. 18/2020, Case No. 459/1/2020), Volume No.: 4/2020, Pages: 47-63, Number of Pages: 17, Type of Work: article, Year: 2021, BDI-indexed in EBSCO, CEEOL, HEIN ONLINE: Romanian Journal of Commercial and Company Law, ISSN: 2668-6872
- Is Property a Whim?!? Part 1, Volume No.: 77-78, Pages: 46-58, Number of Pages: 13, Type of Work: article, Year: 2022, BDI-indexed in CEEOL, HEIN ONLINE: Phoenix. Revista de Insolvență, ISSN: 1583-2368
- The Metamorphosis of Law No. 85/2014 or a Flight Over a… Transposition of a European Directive… (I), Volume No.: 6/2022, Pages: 117-140, Number of Pages: 24, Type of Work: article, Year: 2023, BDI-indexed in EBSCO: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN: 1583-493X
- Some Clarifications on the Concept of “Merger” Useful for Tax Matters, Volume No.: VI/2023, III, Pages: 204-220, Number of Pages: 17, Type of Work: article, Year: 2023, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): no, BDI-indexed in HEIN ONLINE: CLUJ TAX FORUM JOURNAL, ISSN: 2601-5730
- In the Wake of a RIL or a Critical Approach to ICCJ Decision (RIL Full Panel) No. 14/2024, Volume No.: 6/2024, Pages: 126-150, Number of Pages: 25, Type of Work: article, Year: 2024, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI): no, ERIH+ indexed: Romanian Journal of Business Law, ISSN: 1583-493X
- Some Considerations on the Definition of Fiducia in the Romanian Civil Code, Volume No.: , Pages: 46-56, Number of Pages: 11, Type of Work: unspecified, Year: 2016, ERIH+ and BDI indexed in ERIH PLUS, HEIN ONLINE: Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Iurisprudentia, ISSN: 1220-045X
- Golub Sergiu, Tamba Adrian–Alexandru, Guarding or Security in Delictual Liability for Things – Some Notes, Volume No.: 1/2017, Pages: 50-60, Number of Pages: 11, Type of Work: article, Year: 2017, ERIH+ and BDI indexed in IBSS, HEIN ONLINE, ERIH PLUS, EBSCO, CEEOL, PROQUEST-CSA: Studia Universitatis Babeș-Bolyai Iurisprudentia, ISSN: 1220-045X
- The Fiduciary Notary: From Theory to Practice, Volume No.: 1, Year XXII (2018), Pages: 22-34, Number of Pages: 13, Type of Work: article, Year: 2018, Non-BDI indexed journal: Buletinul Notarilor Publici, ISSN: 1453-388X
Recent Conferences
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: International Scientific-Practical Conference: “Real Rights > European Traditions and Modernization Challenges”, Role: speaker, Organization: Faculty of Law, USM, Organization Type: International, City: Chisinau, Country: Moldova, Year: 2023, Dates: 12-13 October 2023, Notes: Fiducia “a la moldave”: “European tradition” or “challenge to modernization”/Trust “a la moldave”: “European tradition” or “challenge to modernization”.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: International Biennial Conference “The Legal System Between Stability and Reform”, Role: speaker, Organization: Faculty of Law, University of Craiova, Organization Type: International, City: Craiova, Country: Romania, Year: 2023, Dates: 20-21 October 2023, Notes: Sergiu Golub, On the Asymmetric Distribution of Profit and Loss among Associates in LLCs.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: International Biennial Conference Timișoara, 15th Edition, Role: speaker, Organization: Faculty of Law, West University of Timișoara, Organization Type: International, City: Timișoara, Country: Romania, Year: 2024, Dates: 8 November 2024, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, The Economic Enterprise: Profit vs Non-Profit Purpose – (Non)Economic Dimensions of Business.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: What Does 2022 Bring for Businesses in Distress? – Early Warning and the Future of Restructuring Solutions, Role: speaker, Organization: Juridice.ro, Organization Type: National, City: Bucharest, Year: 2022, Dates: 28 January 2022, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca: “Restructuring Agreement Procedure – Presentation, Benefits”.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: National Insolvency Conference, Role: speaker, Organization: UNPIR Timiș Branch, Faculty of Law UVT, Hamangiu Publishing, Organization Type: National, City: Timișoara, Year: 2022, Dates: 1 April 2022, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub – Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca: “Asset Masses in the Insolvency Mix. From Law Lata to Law Ferenda”.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: National Commercial Law Conference 2022, 12th Edition, Role: speaker, moderator, organizer, Organization: Faculty of Law, UVT Timișoara, Faculty of Law, UBB Cluj-Napoca, Organization Type: National, City: Timișoara, Year: 2022, Dates: 17-18 June, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca – Again on the Fata Morgana – “Fiduciary Property” in Insolvency Procedures.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: National Insolvency Conference 2022 Vișeul de Sus, Role: speaker, Organization: UNPIR Cluj and UNPIR Maramureș, Organization Type: National, City: Vișeul de Sus, Year: 2022, Dates: 23-24 June, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Lector INPPI Cristina Ienciu-Dragoș, Restructuring Agreement – New Procedure for Preventing Insolvency.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Trends in the Insolvency Market, Role: moderator, Organization: Juridice.ro, Organization Type: National, City: Bucharest, Year: 2023, Dates: 9 June 2023, Notes: Moderator: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Current Issues in Business Law, 6th Edition, Role: organizer, moderator, speaker, Organization: Romanian Institute of Commercial Law, Organization Type: National, City: Bucharest, Year: 2023, Dates: 22-23 September 2023, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Increase of Share Capital with Claims – Some Considerations.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Law and its Challenges in the Socio-Economic and Administrative Field, Role: speaker, Organization: SOROCAPP, Tîrgu Mureș, Reghin, University “1 Decembrie 1918” Alba Iulia, Organization Type: National, City: Tîrgu Mureș, Year: 2023, Dates: 28-30 June 2023, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Taking Caesar’s What is Caesar’s? Some Considerations on the Subrogation of Fiscal Creditor Rights in Insolvency Procedures.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: National Commercial Law Conference, 13th Edition, Innovations and Solutions in Business Law, Role: organizer, moderator, speaker, Organization: Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, Organization Type: National, City: Cluj-Napoca, Year: 2023, Dates: 16-17 June 2023, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Professional Affected Assets Through the Eyes of the Civil and Fiscal Legislator – Myopia or Hypermetropia?
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: International Insolvency Conference, Iași, Role: moderator, speaker, Organization: National Institute for Insolvency Practitioners Training, Organization Type: National, City: Bucharest, Year: 2023, Dates: 29-30 September 2023, Notes: The Metamorphosis of “Control” within Enterprises in Distress and Insolvency.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Professional Training Seminar Colibița, UNPIR Bistrița-Năsăud and Sălaj Branch, Role: speaker, Organization: UNPIR, Organization Type: National, City: Bistrița, Year: 2023, Dates: 16-18 June 2023, Notes: Sergiu Golub, Professional Affected Assets Through the Eyes of the Civil and Fiscal Legislator – Myopia or Hypermetropia?
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: 360° Around Distress or How We Manage Difficulty in Business, Role: speaker, moderator, Organization: Cluj Bar, UNPIR Cluj, Organization Type: National, City: Cluj-Napoca, Year: 2023, Dates: 17-18 November 2023, Notes: .
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Joint Conference of Legal Professions in Arad, 9th Edition, Role: speaker, Organization: Arad Tribunal, UNPIR Arad, College of Legal Advisors Arad, Organization Type: National, City: Arad, Year: 2023, Dates: 24 November 2023, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub – Vice-Dean, Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca – “In the Seat of the Budgetary Creditor!” – Assignments or Subrogations in Budgetary (Fiscal) Creditor Rights in Insolvency Procedures.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: GDPR – Data Privacy Observer 2024 Conference, 4th Edition, Role: speaker, Organization: Universul Juridic Publishing, Organization Type: National, City: Bucharest, Year: 2025, Dates: 23 January 2025, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, In Search of the Last Mohican or Fiducia – The Last Mechanism Generating Bearer Value.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Role of Liberal Professions in Romanian Society, 3rd Edition, Role: speaker, Organization: UNPIR Hunedoara, Organization Type: National, City: Deva, Year: 2024, Dates: 2 November 2024, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Current Regulations Regarding Liberal Professions – From in abstracto to in concreto.
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: National Insolvency Conference, Iași, Role: speaker, Organization: INPPI, Organization Type: National, City: Bucharest, Year: 2024, Dates: 11 October 2024, Notes: Lect. univ. dr. Sergiu Golub, Issues of Professional Affected Assets in Prevention and Insolvency Procedures.
Research Projects
- Project Title (Romanian): e-Learning eficient, Individualizat și Adaptativ pentru învățământ la distanță (e-LIADA)
Administrative Unit: Research Management Directorate
Financial Management: Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Start Date: 01 May 2014, End Date: 01 May 2015, Duration: 12 months (1 year)
Category: Structural Funds, Authority: AMPOSDRU, Program Type: POS-DRU, Project Type: POS-DRU
Partnership Type: Single, Contract Number: POSDRU/156/1.2/S/133681
Project Title (English): —
Status: Ongoing
Total Value: 2,138,657 RON, Budget per Year: 2014: 1,454,089 RON, 2015: 684,568 RON
- Project Title (Romanian): Activități pentru reducerea abandonului în cadrul Facultății de Drept
Administrative Unit: Center for European Programs
Financial Management: Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Start Date: 18 September 2019, End Date: 18 August 2021, Duration: 24 months (2 years)
Category: National, Authority: MEN-UMPFE, Program Type: ROSE – Romania Secondary Education, Project Type: SGU – University Grant Scheme – Learning Center
Partnership Type: Single, Contract Number: AG 221/SGU/NC/II
Project Title (English): Activities to Reduce Abandonment within the Law School
Status: Ongoing
Total Value: 34,474,764 RON
- Project Title (Romanian): Specificitate și Complementaritate în Dreptul Privat European. Conflictele de Legi și de Jurisdicții și Integrarea Juridică Europeană
Administrative Unit: Research Management Directorate
Financial Management: Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Start Date: 01 January 2008, End Date: 01 January 2011, Duration: 36 months (3 years)
Category: National, Authority: CNCSIS, Program Type: Type A, Project Type: Type A
Partnership Type: Single, Contract Number: 2442
Project Title (English): —
Status: Ongoing
Total Value: 430,100 RON, Budget per Year: 2009: 132,825 RON, 2010: 159,275 RON, 2011: 138,000 RON
- Project Title (Romanian): Școala de vară a Facultății de Drept
Administrative Unit: Research Management Directorate
Financial Management: Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca
Start Date: 14 July 2020, End Date: 06 August 2023, Duration: 38 months (4 years)
Category: National, Authority: MEN-UMPFE, Program Type: ROSE – Romania Secondary Education, Project Type: SGU – University Grant Scheme – Summer Bridge Programs
Partnership Type: Single, Contract Number: 339/14.07.2020
Project Title (English): Law School Summer Camp
Status: Ongoing
Total Value: 570,505 RON
Teaching Mobilities and Research Fellowships
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Master’s courses, Organization: Alecu Russo University, Organization Type: International, City: Balti, Country: Moldova, Start Year: 2004, End Year: 2012, Period Details: 2004-2012, Notes: —
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Erasmus+ Mobility, Organization: State University of the Republic of Moldova, Faculty of Law, Organization Type: International, City: Chisinau, Country: Moldova, Start Year: 2016, End Year: 2016, Period Details: 27 March – 4 April 2016, Notes: —
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Erasmus+, Organization: State University of the Republic of Moldova, Faculty of Law, Organization Type: International, City: Chisinau, Country: Moldova, Start Year: 2017, End Year: 2017, Period Details: 7–15 November, Notes: —
- Golub Sergiu, Activity: Erasmus+, Organization: State University of the Republic of Moldova, Faculty of Law, Organization Type: International, City: Chisinau, Country: Moldova, Start Year: 2023, End Year: 2023, Period Details: 10–18 October 2023, Notes: Teaching mobility.
Affiliations
- Editorial board member: Revista Romana de Dreptul Afacerilor (2006–2009)
- Editorial secretary: Revista de drept international privat si drept privat comparat (2006–2007)
- Scientific Council member: Phoenix (national) (2015–2018)
- Editorial board member: Revista Societăților și a Dreptului Comercial (national) (2018–2020)
- Editorial board member: Revista Română de Drept Comercial (national) (2021–present)
National Professional Organizations
- Scientific Council, Romanian Notarial Institute, Bucharest, Counselor (2018–2022) – INR letter no. 561, dated 27.03.2018
- Romanian Institute of Commercial Law, Field: Commercial Law, Founding Member (2019–present)
International Representation
- Golub Sergiu, Representative, UN, UNCITRAL, Working Group V – Insolvency (International, Austria) (2018) – Representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, WG V Insolvency, 54th session, Vienna, 10–14 December 2018
- Golub Sergiu, Working Group Member, Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Moldova, Working Group for amendment and completion of the Civil Code (2013–2014)
- Golub Sergiu, Representative, UN, UNCITRAL, Working Group V – Insolvency (International, USA) (2018) – Delegate from Romania, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Golub Sergiu, Representative, UN, UNCITRAL, Working Group V – Insolvency (International, USA) (2019) – Delegate representing the Ministry of Foreign Affairs at the 55th session of Working Group V, New York, 28–31 May 2019
Awards
- Golub Sergiu, Award: Most Loyal Participant in ECFS from the Academic Environment, ECSF 5th Edition, ISF 2021, Organization: Institute of Financial Studies, National, Year: 2021 – Recognized as the most loyal participant in ECFS from the academic environment.