Raoul is a special legal consultant in the Washington, DC office, specialising in complex international commercial and investment arbitration.
Raoul is also active on pro bono matters within the firm, most recently assisting on an application for parole of an incarcerated client.
Prior to joining Three Crowns, Raoul represented global business at the United Nations General Assembly and related institutional fora as a Counselor in the Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations of the International Chamber of Commerce. Raoul also led the ICC working group on e-commerce and led reform efforts globally to promote the adoption of the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Transferable Records (MLETR).
Raoul holds an LL.M. from Columbia Law School, where he graduated with Honors and the Parker School Certificate for Achievement in International and Comparative Law. Raoul served as Submissions Editor on the American Review of International Arbitration, Research Assistant to Professors George A. Bermann and Kabir A.N. Duggal, and was a Board Member of the Columbia International Arbitration Association. He holds a J.D. from Melbourne Law School and won the prestigious King & Wood Mallesons Moot Court Competition, the Castan Centre Human Rights Moot, and the Sir Zelman Cowen State Championship Moot. Raoul also holds a B.A. (Philosophy and Mandarin Chinese) and a Diploma of Languages (Spanish) from the University of Melbourne.
Raoul has a working knowledge of Spanish and Mandarin Chinese.
Bar and court admissions
Languages
English
Spanish
Mandarin
Representing a Missouri-based artificial intelligence firm in a JAMS arbitration arising out of a contract dispute under Delaware law
Representing a subsidiary of an Australian mining company in a dispute with a joint venture partner relating to one of the world’s largest gold/copper mines under the laws of British Columbia
Representing one of the world’s leading technology companies in a CIETAC arbitration arising out of a master development and supply agreement with a Chinese supplier under English law
Representing a subsidiary of an Australian mining company in a dispute with a Central Asian State concerning tax and royalty demands in breach of stability guarantees
Representing the subsidiary of a New York headquartered asset management firm in a London seated LCIA arbitration relating to a breach of warranty claim under a shareholders’ deed
- LL.M. (Hons), Columbia Law School
- J.D., Melbourne Law School
- B.A., Dip. Lang., University of Melbourne