Catalina Diaconeasa is a Senior Associate in the Business and Commercial Disputes team in BCLP’s London office. Catalina was admitted as a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in September 2018 and, as a Solicitor Advocate, she exercises full rights of audience before all civil courts of England and Wales.

Catalina has experience in a wide variety of multi-party, complex litigation in multiple jurisdictions including England and Wales, the Cayman Islands, the DIFC and the UAE. Catalina has also advised clients in international arbitration matters under the rules of the LCIA, ICC, LMAA, GAFTA and ICSID, as well as ad hoc arbitrations under the Arbitration Act 1996. Her diverse and international practice focuses on contractual and company law disputes, professional negligence claims, civil fraud cases and jurisdictional challenges.

Catalina has also completed a six-month secondment with an international trading house in London, where she advised on commercial negotiations and on LMAA and GAFTA arbitrations, as well as corporate governance issues.

She is fluent in Romanian and has a working knowledge of French, Spanish and Italian.

Catalina is recommended for commercial litigation by The Legal 500 UK (2025) where she is recognised as an “excellent associate” and “one to watch”.