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

Payward v Chechetkin: Consumer protection trumps enforceability of crypto award
ROOPA MATHEWS, KRYSTAL LEE
In: Lexology online, LALIVE Blog, 2023

Challenging Homogeneity in International Arbitration: Towards Greater Diversity and Inclusion in Counsel Teams
ROOPA MATHEWS, ELIANE FISCHER
In: The International Journal of Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management (Vol. 89, Issue 2), 2023

Amir Soleymani v Nifty Gateway: Arbitration and Consumer Protection in NFT disputes
ROOPA MATHEWS, LAURA AZARIA, RAPHAEL SCHMID
In: Jus Mundi, 2023

Recent conferences

Vis Moot School Switzerland – The Award – Recognition and Enforcement
ROOPA MATHEWS, Speaker
Zurich, 4 October 2023

ICC YAAF and YAAP – Young Approaches to Arbitration: Maximizing Your Advocacy Skills in International Arbitration
ROOPA MATHEWS, Speaker
Vienna, 1 April 2023

ARBinBRIEF – Regional Diversity in International Arbitration: The Way Forward
ROOPA MATHEWS, Moderator
Online, 28 September 2022

Current memberships

  • Organizing committee member of ARBinBRIEF
  • 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

Practices

  • Arbitration - International Commercial
  • Arbitration - Investment Treaty

Sectors

  • Construction & Infrastructure
  • Energy
  • Technology

Languages

  • English
  • French
  • German
  • Spanish
  • Malayalam

Nationality

  • Swiss

Admission

  • England & Wales, Solicitor-Advocate, 2021
  • Ireland, 2021
  • England & Wales, 2018