Romain Dupeyré

Partner, DWF

Romain Dupeyré is a partner in DWF’s international arbitration group. He is highly experienced in arbitration proceedings, especially ICC, CMAP and Paris Chamber of International Arbitration. He acts as counsel and arbitrator in a large number of arbitrations, ranging from small claims to large bet-the-company disputes.

Romain has specific expertise of disputes relating to investment in Africa, M&A and shareholders' disputes, as well as construction and mining disputes and insurance and reinsurance matters.

Representative experience includes acting as sole arbitrator in two consolidated arbitrations between French and Spanish companies relating to a post-M&A dispute; acting as arbitrator in an ICC arbitration between a Belgium and a US company relating to the termination of a distribution contract; acting as counsel in a large ICC construction dispute relating to works on a power plant; representing an investment fund in an ICC arbitration relating to a dispute arising out of a shareholders' agreement as a result of an acquisition in Algeria; representing an investment fund in an ICC arbitration relating to a dispute arising out of a shareholders agreement subject to Moroccan law.

Romain is a chartered arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CArb and FCIArb) and the President the Association of the French avocats registered as specialists of arbitration law (CASDA). He is a member of the ICC Commission on arbitration and the co-authored of a legal treatise on French international arbitration law and practice.