Dogaru Carolina

About

Carolina Dogaru is a remarkable lawyer from the Republic of Moldova, specializing in investment law and fund management, with an impressive career in Luxembourg. A graduate of the Faculty of Law at Moldova State University, where she received a state scholarship placing her in the top 5% of her graduating class, she continued with an LLM in Commercial and Company Law at Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, benefiting from an academic scholarship. She passed the Luxembourg bar exam in French, becoming Avocat à la Cour, and currently works as a Senior Associate at Baker McKenzie Luxembourg, following extensive experience at Arendt & Medernach, where she advanced from intern to Supervising Associate. Throughout her career, Carolina has collaborated with prestigious institutions such as the European Investment Bank, where she conducted legal research on EU banking and finance regulations, and PIMCO in London, within the EMEA team. She has been involved in investment projects, regulatory compliance, and international commercial arbitration, participating in the Willem C. Vis Moot, where her team won awards in the pre-moots in Brussels and Paris. In Moldova, she worked as a legal advisor at ICS "Bemol Retail" SRL in Chisinau and as an intern at Țurcan Cazac Law Firm, contributing to civil cases and judicial reforms. In addition to her profession, Carolina is active in social initiatives, being a co-founder of the NGO "Taste of Health" in Moldova, which promoted a healthy lifestyle through training and won a $1000 grant from the Wilder World Challenge Canada. She is also a co-founder of Legal Fundraising at Impact Moldova and a member of LeaderSHE, where she developed leadership projects and won a study visit to the European Parliament. A polyglot, she speaks Romanian, English, and French fluently, demonstrating a deep commitment to the Moldovan diaspora community through charitable events in Luxembourg.