K&L Gates has added Rodolphe Ruffié-Farrugia as a partner in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. He joins the firm’s Perth office from Clifford Chance, and will work with the International Arbitration practice group across the Asia-Pacific region and beyond. Ruffié-Farrugia focuses his practice on international commercial arbitration, investor-state dispute settlement and public international law, advising parties involved in high-stakes cross-border disputes and projects across the Asia-Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa, Western Europe and North America. His clients operate across key industry sectors, primarily resources, energy, infrastructure, as well as emerging sectors, including space, esports and video gaming. Having acted as counsel, arbitrator, mediator and negotiator in both common and civil law jurisdictions, he provides clients with valuable multicultural dispute prevention and resolution insights and multijurisdictional advisory strategies. He also has experience handling international trade disputes before the World Trade Organization, and award enforcement and execution proceedings, including in relation to sovereign states. Ruffié-Farrugia is admitted to practice in Western Australia, New Zealand and the US (New York, Texas, Washington and Washington DC). He also holds a dual Bachelor’s degree in French and English Laws (Paris Nanterre), a Master’s degree in International Arbitration (Paris-Saclay), and an LLM in International Business and Economic Law (Georgetown). In addition to being a native French speaker, he is fluent in English and Chinese (Mandarin), as well as conversant in Japanese and Spanish.
