Roopa Mathews

Senior Associate, Zurich

+41 58 105 2000

rmathews@lalive.law

Roopa Mathews

Roopa specialises in international commercial and investment arbitration. She advises and represents clients in complex disputes in various industry sectors, including aerospace, chemical manufacturing, construction, and energy. Roopa has acted as counsel and tribunal secretary in arbitrations under various procedural rules, including the ICC, ICSID, LCIA and FAI Arbitration Rules.

Roopa is a lecturer in English law at Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.

Recent publications

The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement: what does it mean for Swiss businesses?
SAM MOSS, ROOPA MATHEWS, PULOMA MUKHERJEE
In: LALIVE Insights, 26 June 2025

Navigating the Evolving Landscape: Safety and Regulation in the Nuclear Industry
ROOPA MATHEWS, MAROOF MITTHA, COLLEEN SPAPENS
In: DISE Energy, 1 October 2024

Managing risk in nuclear construction projects
MELISSA MAGLIANA, ROOPA MATHEWS
In: Construction Law International, 26 July 2024 and LALIVE Blog, 06 May 2024

Recent conferences

Young MCIA - Arbitration in India: The in-house counsel’s perspective
ROOPA MATHEWS, Role: Moderator, Arbitration in India: The in-house counsel’s perspective
Online, 3 December 2024

INLA - International Nuclear Law Association Inter Jura Congress 2024
ROOPA MATHEWS, Role: Speaker, Survey of recent international licensing harmonization and improvement efforts
Warsaw, Poland, 5 November 2024

ASA below 40 - Spring Seminar
ROOPA MATHEWS, Role: Speaker, Early Dismissal & Preliminary Determination – Good or Bad Idea?
Geneva, 14 June 2024

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Current professional memberships

  • Member of the Steering Committee, Young Mumbai Centre for International Arbitration
  • Member of the International Nuclear Law Association (INLA)
  • Member of DIS and DIS40
  • Member of ASA and ASA below 40

Career history

  • Senior Associate, LALIVE, Zurich, 2024 – present
  • Associate, LALIVE, Zurich, 2021 – 2023
  • Associate, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Frankfurt, 2018 – 2021
  • Trainee Solicitor, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, London and Washington, DC, 2016 – 2018

Academic qualifications

  • Master of Laws in Public International Law, London School of Economics, 2015
  • Bachelor of Laws, University of Bristol (First Class Honours), 2014
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