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    HomeFaculty TeamAcademic StaffDepartment of Private LawProfessor Dr. Radu Nicolae CĂTANĂ

    Academic Staff

    Professor Dr. Radu Nicolae CĂTANĂ

    Descarcă CV

    Academic Involvement

    • Commercial Law
    • Corporate Governance. Advanced Corporate Law (Master’s level, ENG.)
    • Law of Commercial Companies and Corporate Governance (Master’s level, RO)
    • PhD Supervisor

    Education and Professional Training

    • Fulbright Senior Award, UC Berkeley, School of Law, 2011
    • Research Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg, 2008
    • Postdoctoral Program in Comparative Business Law, Institut de Droit du Travail, Aix-en-Provence, France, 2005
    • Doctor of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (2002, “The Role of Justice in the Functioning of Commercial Companies“, supervisor: Prof. Dr. Ioan Turcu)
    • Bachelor’s Degree in Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca (1996)

    Publications

    I. Books, Book Chapters, and Studies in Collective Volumes
    1. Radu N. Catană, Adina Ponta (2022), Fiduciary Obligations in “Big Tech” Corporate Governance in Light of Future Digital Services Regulations, in Family for Europe, a Europe of Families, Editors: Dan A. Popescu, Sergiu Golub, Hamangiu Publishing, 2022, ISBN 978-606-27-2144-2, pp. 79-96
    2. Radu N. Catană, Alina Oprea, Ioan Sumandea-Simionescu (2019), Study on the Law Applicable to Companies: Country Report for Romania, eds. Carsten Gerner-Beuerle, Federico Mucciarelli, Edmund Schuster, Mathias Siems, The Private International Law of Companies, CH Beck – Hart – Nomos, Munich – Sussex, 2019, pp. 642-660
    3. Radu N. Catană, Ioan Sumandea-Simionescu (2018), Shareholders’ Agreements: National Report for Romania, in S. Mock, K. Csach, B. Havel, International Handbook on Shareholders’ Agreements: Regulation, Practice and Comparative Analysis, De Gruyter, Berlin, 1st ed., pp. 509-538, ISBN 978-3-406-71457-3 (C.H. Beck), ISBN 978-1-5099-2387-8 (Hart), ISBN 978-3-8487-4679-8 (Nomos)
    4. Radu Bufan, Lucian Bercea, Radu N. Catană (eds., 2015), Company Restructuring: Instruments of Company Law and Insolvency Law, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, ISBN 978-606-673-632-9
    5. Radu N. Catană, Teodora Raț, Laura Lazăr (2015), Competitiveness of Legal Studies Programs: Comparative Analysis of the Needs of Legal Professions and Students at the Faculty of Law, Babeș-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Hamangiu Publishing, Bucharest, 2015, ISBN 978-606-27-0469-8
    6. Radu Bufan, Radu N. Catană, Lucian Bercea (eds., 2013), Commercial Law at the Confluence of Two Codes, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, ISBN 978-606-673-099-0
    7. Radu N. Catană (2012), Commercial Law in PowerPoint, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012
    8. Radu N. Catană (2012), The Reform of Corporate Governance of State-Owned Enterprises in Romania: A Critical Analysis, Universul Juridic, Bucharest, 2012
    II. Articles
    1. Adina Ponta, Radu N. Catană (2023), Considerations on a Possible “Property Right” over Data and the European Legal Framework on Data-Related Rights, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 2/2023, pp. 90-112
    2. Ionut Florin Popa, Radu N. Catană (2022), An Autonomous Right of Electronic Contracts or E-Commerce?, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2022, pp. 15-18
    3. Radu N. Catană, Ioan Șumandea Simionescu (2022), Algorithmic Trading and High-Frequency Trading: Evolution and Efficiency of the European and National Regulatory Framework, Romanian Journal of Private Law, no. 1/2022, pp. 61-74
    4. Radu N. Catană, Adina Ponta (2021), Fiduciary Duties in Big Tech Corporate Governance in Light of Future Regulations of Digital Services, Legal Accelerators, https://legalaccelerators.com/fiduciary-duties-in-big-tech-corporate-governance-governance-in-light-of-future-regulations-of-digital-services, Nov. 2021
    5. Radu N. Catană, Ioan Șumandea Simionescu, Study on the Law Applicable to Crowdfunding – Country Report for Romania, Revue Internationale des Services Financiers / International Journal of Financial Services, no. 4/2016, Larcier, Brussels

    Research Projects

    • Grant Director – “Vision, Adaptability, and Performance in Master’s Programs in Legal Sciences”, AM-POSDRU/156/1.2/G/139077 (2014–2015)
    • Grant Director, “Legal Approach to Improving Corporate Governance in Response to Recent Economic and Financial Crises”, CNCS/UEFISCDI/PN-II-RU-TE-2011-3-0158
    • Grant Director, “Professional Practice Program Ab ACADEMIA ad ADVOCATUM”, POSDRU/109/2.1/G/81440
    • Grant Director, “Dynamics of Romanian Corporate Law Following the Adoption of Corporate Governance Principles: Towards a New Balance between Ownership, Management, and Control”, CNCSIS/UEFISCU/PNCDI II – IDEI Program, 385/1.10.2007, CNCSIS 493 IDEI

    Contests and Prizes

    • Diploma and Medal from the French Government: Chevalier des Palmes Académiques, 2016, for supporting Franco-Romanian academic cooperation
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