Gabriela Ivancu
Legal, AI, and transformation leadership built across large organisations, startups, and international ecosystems.
Gabriela Ivancu is a LegalTech founder and executive advisor with 17+ years of global experience at the intersection of law, technology, and business. She has been trusted with complex legal, business and transformation decisions in high-stakes environments — spanning large technology groups, startups, and investment ecosystems.
Her work focuses on helping organisations navigate AI adoption, contract complexity, and operational change with clarity and judgment.
A career across
law, tech & business.
Practitioner-led positioning, built through hands-on transformation projects rather than theoretical analysis.
Leads strategic advisory, transformation initiatives, and training programs focused on AI adoption, LegalTech governance, and operating-model evolution — translating between legal, technical, and business stakeholders.
Operated within large technology and industrial groups (leaders in global digital security): digital security, public tenders, M&A, and large-scale commercial contracts across Europe, Africa, and APAC.
Co-founded an AI contract automation initiative and contributed to early product, legal, and strategic foundations across AI and web3-related ventures.
An education and tooling initiative focused on practical AI use in legal and business contexts.
Evaluates a high volume of early-stage startups across sectors, and collaborates with venture capital actors specialised in LegalTech — without providing investment advice.
A strong foundation.
Executive MBA
HEC Paris — complemented by executive certificates in entrepreneurship (Station F, Silicon Valley).
M&A & Transformation
Executive certificate in M&A (France) and digital transformation (FDC, Brazil).
EU-qualified lawyer
Admitted to the Bucharest Bar, with multi-jurisdictional practice across Europe, Africa, and APAC.
Gabriela has lived and worked across several European countries, the United States, and Asia — accustomed to operating in cross-border and multicultural environments.
Actively involved in teaching, training, and mentoring — including startups and women executives — and a regular voice at industry events.
Navigating AI, contracts
& transformation?
The studio is designed to support organisations with rigor and pragmatism.