IPBA 2021

Rodolphe Ruffié

Partner
Clifford Chance
Perth

Rodolphe Ruffié specialises in international commercial arbitration, investor-state dispute settlement, and public international law. His practice encompasses Europe, Asia-Pacific, Africa, and North America.

Rodolphe advises parties to high-stake cross-border disputes in a wide range of industries and jurisdictions. In addition to energy, mining, infrastructure projects, he has a specific focus on space activities, esports, and medical cannabis.

Rodolphe has acted both on the counsel side and as tribunal secretary under most of the main arbitration rules, including the ICC, UNCITRAL, ICSID, SIAC, HKIAC, CIETAC, and WIPO’s UDRP, the fully online arbitration service for the resolution of domain name disputes. He is registered as an arbitrator with the International Arbitration Centre of the Chinese Arbitration Association (CAAI) and the Pacific International Arbitration Centre (PIAC).

Rodolphe also has experience handling international trade disputes (WTO) and award enforcement proceedings, including against sovereign states.

He speaks French, English, Mandarin, and Spanish.