Erasmus University Rotterdam

dr.
(Alina) EA Ontanu

dr. (Alina) EA Ontanu
Assistant Professor Erasmus School of Law ERC Consolidator Project Building EU Civil Justice
Location
Burg. Oudlaan 50, Rotterdam
Room
L7-010
Telephone
0104081504
Email
ontanu@law.eur.nl

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Elena Alina Ontanu is an Assistant professor of Private International Law and collaborates with the Legal Informatics and Justice Systems Research Institute, National Research Council of Italy. Before moving to academia, she worked as a financial law lawyer in Romania. Alina wrote her doctoral thesis on European uniform procedures at Erasmus School of Law and obtained her LL.M in 2008 in International, Comparative, and European Law (Master 2, University Toulouse 1 Capitole).

Alina graduated in 2007 in Romanian law (University of Bucharest Law School), in French and European law (Maîtrise and Master 1, University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), and in management of public administrations (Academy of Economic Studies Bucharest).

Alina has contributed to various international research projects in the area of private international law and digitisation. She often works on multidisciplinary projects, conducting comparative and empirical research. Her research interests focus law and technology developments, digitalisation and private international law, techno-legal platforms, data ownership and AI accountability, dispute resolution in a transnational context, and quality of justice.

      • E.A. Ontanu (2017). Cross-Border Debt Recovery in the EU. A Comparative and Empirical Study on the Use of the European Uniform Procedures (Ius Commune Europaeum, 159). Antwerpen: Intersentia doi: 10.1017/9781780687193

      • A.A. Bootsma, R.S. Gauthier, E.A. Ontanu & E. Pannebakker (Ed.). (2013). PhD Guide 2013 Erasmus School of Law. Rotterdam: Erasmus School of Law

      • E.A. Ontanu (2019). Book review Cross-Border Litigation in Europe' [Bespreking van het boek Cross-Border Litigation in Europe]. Common Market Law Review, 56(4), 1159-1162.

        • E.A. Ontanu (2021, januari 11). The European Small Claims Procedure: A Simple Complexity. Online Workshop, What Future for Cross-Border Small Claims? Online Workshop, HEC Paris.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2020, maart 31). The European Small Claims Procedure in France & Abroad. Online Workshop Hautes Etudes Commerciales de Paris (HEC), France, Implementation issues and best practices in the ESCP Regulation - Small Claims Analysis Net (SCAN).
        • E.A. Ontanu (2020, februari 21). Access to Justice via e-Handling of Cross-Border Procedures. The Example of the European Uniform Procedures. Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Seminar on European Cross-Border Procedures, Erasmus School of Law - Sigmund Freud University.
        • E.A. Ontanu & M. Velicogna (2020, januari 21). Can Technology Provide an Answer to Cross-Border Litigation complexity? A Case Study on the e-CODEX Experience. Loyala University, Sevilla, Spain, Digitisation and Private Law, Law and Criminology in the New Digital Era (CT2020).
        • E.A. Ontanu (2020, oktober 8). Normalising the use of electronic evidence in civil procedure. Exploring ways to bring new forms of technology into a familiar normative path. Online Seminar, Technologies of Normalization, Series of Online Seminars organised by Centre for Social Studies (CES) University of Coimbra, National Research Council of Italy and Social Research Policy & Planning (S.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, november 21). The Application of the ‘Second Generation’ Regulations in the Netherlands. Insights, Complexities & Further Considerations. Antwerp, Belgium, The application in the Member States of EU Regulations on cross border collection of debts , Final Conference (IC2BE).
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, juli 18). International Commercial Courts Addressing the Needs of Cross-Border Litigation or Aiming that Way? Shanghai, China, International Civil and Commercial Dispute Resolution and Judicial Cooperation in Asia Pacific.
        • R. Amato, E.A. Ontanu & M. Velicogna (2019, september 4). Exploring the Complexity of Cross-Border Judicial Procedures: The Case of the Service of Documents. Wroclaw, Poland, ECPR General Conference.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, september 12). The Abolition of Exequatur in Cross-Broder Enforcement: When EU Rules Encounter National Practices. The Example of the Brussels I-bis and the European Order for Payment. Munchen, Germany, 8th Conference of the Journal of Private International Law.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, september 27). Discussant on the application of the European Order for Payment and the European Small Claims Procedure, Cross Border Recovery in the EU. Application of the “second generation” regulations I. Luxembourg, Second National Workshop, Border Debt Recovery in the EU. Application of the “second geberation" regulations in France and Luxembourg.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, november 14). European Account Preservation Order: Is There Any Use for i t in the Netherlands? Rotterdam, The Netherlands, (IC2BE), Workshop on the Application of the “second generation” regulations in the Netherlands.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, mei 11). Guest lecture I on European Private International Law. Moscow, Moscow State Law University.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, november 22). Technological progress and alternatives to the cross bor der enforcement of small claims. Antwerp, Belgium, The application in the Member States of EU Regulations on cross-border collection of debts , Final Conference (IC2BE).
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, mei 19). Guest lecture II on European Private International Law. Moscow, Moscow State Law University.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, mei 1). Course on ‘Introduction to International Litigation: A Global and European Perspective’. Kutafin Moscow State University of Law (MSAL), Visiting lecturer.
        • E.A. Ontanu & E. van Gelder (2018, september 7). A Consumers’ Crisis in EU Civil Procedure. Exploring Pathways to Ensure Consumer Access to Justice in the EU Internal Market. London, United Kingdom, Law in Troubled Times, The Society of Legal Scholars 2018, 109th Annual Conference.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, april 4). In Search of Certainty for Financial Operations. Ferrara, Italy, In Search of Certainty for Financial Operations, Voluntary Assignment and Contract Subrogation under Private International Law Conference.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, juni 8). ESCP in France. Luxembourg, Cross-Border Debt Recovery in the EU. Application of the “second generation” regulations in France and Luxembourg.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, augustus 23). The Application of Brussels I Bis in the Practice of EU Member States. Empirical Findings. T.M.C. Asser Instituut, The Hague, The Netherlands, Expert Meeting on the Application of Brussels I Bis.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, juli 1). Court and out-of-court procedures: in search of a comprehensive framework for consumers’ access to justice in cross-border litigation. Luxembourg, Privatizing Dispute Resolution and Its Limits, 3rd IAPL-MPI Post-Doctoral Summer School on European and Comparative Procedural Law.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, september 26). Encoding Justice: A Quest for Access to Justice via e-Handling in Cross-Border Litigation. The Example of the European Uniform Procedures. Max Planck Institute, Luxembourg, Current Challenges for EU Cross-Border Litigation in a Changing Procedural Environment Colloquium.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, oktober 22). Riconoscimento ed Esecuzione delle Decisioni Transfrontaliere nell’ambito del Regolamento Bruxelles I-bis. Prospettive Teoriche e Pratiche. Rovigo, Italy, Le Regole Europee sulla Competenza Giurisdizionale e il Riconoscimento delle Sentenze.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, oktober 23). European Uniform Procedures. Empowering Citizens and Businesses to Claim and Enforce Their Rights in Cross-Border Litigation. Ferrara, Italy, Private International Law Course Guest Lecture, University of Ferrara.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, juni 16). Comparing Judicial Performance of EU Member States. An Assessment of the European Justice Scoreboard. Hamburg, Germany, 5th Economic Analysis of Litigation Workshop.
        • E.A. Ontanu, M. Velicogna & F. Contini (2017, juni 17). How Many Cases? A Journey Around the Meaningfulness of Cross-Country Comparison of Case Data in the EU. Napoli, Italia, XXIV Bi-Annual Colloquium of the Italian Association of Comparative Law (AIDC), Ius Dicere in A Globalized World.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2017, juli 7). EU Justice Scoreboard: Steps Towards A Comprehensive Approach to Quality Evaluation. Copenhagen, Denmark, International Society of Public Law ICON-S Conference: Courts, Powers, Public Law.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2017, januari 12). Cross-Border Debt Recovery: Uniform European Procedures vs. National Procedures. Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Erasmus School of Law PhD Poster Presentation.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2016, juni 10). National Report for Romania. EU Commission Study on the Impact of National Civil Procedure. Luxembourg, Meeting of the Consortium and National Reporters Max Planck Institute for International, European and Regulatory Procedural Law.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2014, mei 27). Uniform European Procedures: a Way to Efficient Cross-Border Litigation and Enforcement? A Comparative and Empirical Research. Bologna, Italy, Presentation at Research Institute on Judicial Systems (IRSiG-CNR).
        • E.A. Ontanu (2014, november 21). Uniform European Procedures: a Way to Efficient Cross-Border Litigation and Enforcement? A Comparative and Empirical Research. Bucharest, Romania, Practical Exercises in Implementing the Judicial Cooperation Instruments in Civil and Commercial Matters, Final Conference.
        • E.A. OntanuUniform European Procedures: a Way to Efficient Cross-Border Litigation and Enforcement? A Comparative and Empirical Research. Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam, Poster Presentation.
        • X.E. Kramer & E.A. Ontanu (2013, juni 19). National Application of European Civil Procedures: An Empirical Approach. Rotterdam, Emirical Legal Studies at Erasmus School of Law (ELS at ESL).
        • X.E. Kramer & E.A. Ontanu (2012, mei 25). Cross-border small claims litigation: The Dutch perspective: guarded optimism and pragmatism. Istanbul, Turkey, Conference 'The Future of International Small Claims Litigation'.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2012, november 30). National experiences with the European Small Claims Procedure. Amsterdam, Ius Commune Conference 2012.

        • E.A. Ontanu (2020, februari 5). Electronic documents. School of the Judiciary, Ljubljana, Slovenia, Service of Documents and Taking of Evidence Abroad, EJTN Civil Law Project.
        • E.A. Ontanu & M. Velicogna (2019, juni 28). How much litigation? The challenge of comparing EU Member States judicial data. Onati, Spain, Too Much Litigation? Facts, Reasons, Consequences.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, september 25). Electronic documents. Thessaloniki, Greece, Service of Documents and Taking of Evidence Abroad, EJTN.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, juli 11). The European Small Claims Procedure. Thessaloniki, Greece, European Civil Procedure, EJTN.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2019, november 14). The European Enforcement and the European Order for Pa yment: From Title to Enforcement. Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Workshop on the Application of the “second generation' regulations in the Netherlands.
        • E.A. Ontanu (2018, juni 22). Legal, material, spatial and temporal dimensions in EU Cross-Border e-Justice procedures. Amsterdam, The Netherlands, New Ways of Working (NWW): Rematerializing Organizations in the Digital Age.

      • E.A. Ontanu & M. Velicogna (2018). EU Judicial Procedures and Case Law Databases: What’s Going On and What May Lay Ahead? Knowledge of Law in the Big Data Age - Law via the Internet 2018 Conference: Florence, Italy (2018, oktober 11).
      • E.A. Ontanu (2018). Encoding Justice: A Quest for Access to Justice via e-Handling of Cross-Border Litigation. The 50th Anniversary of the European Law of Civil Procedure: Court of Justice of the European Union, Luxembourg (2018, september 27 - 2018, september 28).
      • E.A. Ontanu (2018). Discussant for ICT Panel. Early Career Scholars Conference ‘New Business Models and Globalized Markets: Rethinking public and Private Responsabilities’: Erasmus School of Law, Rotterdam (2018, april 13).
      • E.A. Ontanu (2017). Presentation: 'The European Account Preservation Order'. Conference on English Legal Terminology in the Application of Instruments of EU Law: Ljubljana (2017, november 13).
      • E.A. Ontanu (2016). Presentation 'Incorporating EOP and ESCP in the national procedural system and practice'. Conference From Common Rules to Best Practices: Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2016, juni 25).
      • M. Velicogna, G. Lupo & E.A. Ontanu (2015). Presentation 'Simplifying Access to Justice in Cross-Border Litigation, the National Practices and the Limits of the EU Procedures. The Service of Documents Example'. Annual Conference 2015 of the European Group for Public Administration (EGPA), Permanent Study Group XVIII: Justice and Court Administration: Toulouse, France (2015, augustus 26).

      • E.A. Ontanu (2020-). Editor. European Association of Private International Law Blog (EAPIL Blog).
      • E.A. Ontanu (2020-). Member. European Association of Private International Law (EAPIL), the Working Group on the Feasibility of a European Private International Law Act and of the European Law Institute (ELI).

      • L.M. van Bochove & E.A. Ontanu (2013). Noot bij: Hof van Justitie. (2012, december 13), TvC 2013-6, Zaaknr. C-215/11, (Szyrocka/SiGer Technologie GmbH). p.285-293.

  • Research & Writing Skills

    Title
    Research & Writing Skills
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Research & Writing Skills

    Title
    Research & Writing Skills
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Research & Writing Skills (ITL)

    Title
    Research & Writing Skills (ITL)
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Research and Writing Skills (IABL)

    Title
    Research and Writing Skills (IABL)
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Company Law and Restructuring

    Title
    Company Law and Restructuring
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Thesis Master Private Law

    Title
    Thesis Master Private Law
    Year
    2020

    European Private International Law

    Title
    European Private International Law
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master, master, master, master, master

    Master thesis Maritime & Transport Law

    Title
    Master thesis Maritime & Transport Law
    Year
    2020

    Master thesis International Trade Law

    Title
    Master thesis International Trade Law
    Year
    2020

    National and International Civil Procedu

    Title
    National and International Civil Procedu
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master, master

    Private International Law Moot

    Title
    Private International Law Moot
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Master thesis Int. Arbit. and Bus. Law

    Title
    Master thesis Int. Arbit. and Bus. Law
    Year
    2020
    Year level
    master

    Master thesis Commercial and Company Law

    Title
    Master thesis Commercial and Company Law
    Year
    2020

  • Assistant Professor

    University
    Erasmus University Rotterdam
    School
    Erasmus School of Law
    Department
    ERC Consolidator Project Building EU Civil Justice
    Country
    The Netherlands
    Telephone
    0104081504

  • IRSIG-CNR

    Additional Information
    Research collaboration regarding me-Codex project, focusing on Regulations 655/2014 and 1393/2007 (EAPO and Service Regulations) IRSiG-CNR is located in Bologna, Italy
    Role
    Research collaboration
    Obtained Wage
    yes
    Start date approval
    Apr/2018
    End date approval
    Nov/2018

Address

Visiting address

Burg. Oudlaan 50 3062 PA Rotterdam

Postal address

Postbus 1738 3000 DR Rotterdam