Roopa Mathews

Counsel
Nationality(ies): Swiss

Practice Areas

  • Arbitration
  • Commercial Law
  • Construction - Engineering
  • DRB (Dispute resolution board) - DAB (Dispute adjudication board)
  • Energy - Natural Resources
  • Public international Law

Bar Admission

COUNTRYSTATE / REGION
Bar Admission - Country and State:

Experience with other jurisdictions

Germany, Switzerland, United Kingdom

Education

LL.M., London School of Economics

LL.B., University of Bristol

Speaking Engagements

INLA - International Nuclear Law Association Inter Jura Congress 2024, "Survey of recent international licensing harmonization and improvement efforts", Warsaw 5 November 2024

ASA below 40, Debate on “Early Dismissal & Preliminary Determination – Good or Bad Idea?”, 14 June 2024, Geneva (speaker)

Co-chairs Circle Conference, Workshop on “How can diversity help to find the right fit for arbitral appointments of the future?”, 17 May 2024, Frankfurt (moderator)

ARBinBRIEF, Arbitration as a tool to facilitate settlement, 22 November 2023, Online (moderator)

Vis Moot School Switzerland, The Award – Recognition and Enforcement, 4 October 2023, Zurich (speaker)

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

ARBinBRIEF, Regional Diversity in International Arbitration (moderator), 28 September 2021

Teaching Experience

Lecturer, Introduction to English Law, Goethe University Frankfurt (2019-2025)

Main Country of Residence

Switzerland

Firm Name

LALIVE

Address

Stampfenbachplatz 48006 - Zurich -
Switzerland

Professional Phone

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Published elsewhere

The India-EFTA Trade and Economic Partnership Agreement: what does it mean for Swiss businesses? (co-authored with Sam Moss and Puloma Mukherjee) in LALIVE Insights, 26 June 2025

Navigating the Evolving Landscape: Safety and Regulation in the Nuclear Industry (co-authored with Maroof Mittha and Colleen Spapens) in DISE Energy, 1 October 2024

Managing risk in nuclear construction projects (co-authored with Melissa Magliana) in Construction Law International, 26 July 2024

The arbitrability of corporate disputes after Fulham Football Club v Richards -A decade on (co-authored with Boris Kasolowsky) in Journal of International Arbitration (2022) Issue 39(2)

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LALIVE
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