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Roula Harfouche

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Global Elite Thought Leader - Arbitration 2024
Global Elite Thought Leader - Financial Advisory and Valuation - Quantum of Damages 2023
Global Elite Thought Leader - Commercial Litigation 2023
IP - Experts 2023
Expert Information
Qualifications MSc Management
Dip Business Studies
Professional Memberships Fellow of the ICAEW (FCA), SSBV
Industries Aerospace and Defence, Financial Services, Healthcare and Life Sciences, Oil and Gas, Power and Utilities, Production and Manufacturing, Real Estate and Tourism, Sports and Entertainment, Technology, Media and Telecoms, Transportation Infrastructure
Regional Experience Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Oceania
Expert Highlights
  • Highly regarded damages expert witness.
  • Proven as a credible expert witness under cross-examination.
  • Specialises in contentious valuations and the assessment of complex damages.
  • Extensive international arbitration experience across multiple jurisdictions.
  • Recognised by Who’s Who Legal in the Thought Leaders Global Elite list, in Arbitration, for the quantum of damages and in forensic accounting.

Roula Harfouche is a Chartered Accountant with more than 20 years of experience across multiple industries. She has provided valuation or damages assessment services in more than 80 disputes.

“Roula is very thorough, insightful and collected” “She is dedicated to her work and a well-known name in the market” “Roula is one of the best damages experts out there”

WWL Global Elite Thought Leader – Arbitration Expert Witnesses 2024

Roula has testified in both English and French and has worked on matters before the UK High Court, the UK Family Division, the Patents Court, the French Commercial Court and the Singapore International Commercial Court (SICC), and in mediation. Her vast international arbitration experience spans numerous forums including the LCIA, ICC, SCC, HKIAC, PCA, Cairo Regional Centre For International Commercial Arbitration (CRCICA), SCIA, and ICSID, and under the UNCITRAL rules.

Roula has worked as a damages and contentious valuation expert at Accuracy, FTI Consulting and Ernst & Young. She was formerly a member of the forensic accounting group at Clifford Chance, an equity analyst at Morgan Stanley, and a member of the economic and financial consulting division of Arthur Andersen. As a consultant, she has supported clients across a diverse range of sectors including telecoms, professional services, utilities, energy, industrial, pharmaceuticals, chemicals and transport.

Roula specialises in the assessment of damages and complex valuation issues in litigation and international arbitration contexts. She is experienced in matters involving breaches of contract, investment treaty claims, transaction-related disputes and intellectual property infringements. She has been valuing companies, listed and unlisted securities, and intellectual property rights in commercial and contentious contexts since 2000.

Roula is recognised as a leading expert witness by Who’s Who Legal in the Thought Leaders Global Elite list, in Arbitration, for the quantum of damages and in forensic accounting. She is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) and a member of the Valuation and Forensic Groups of the ICAEW, as well as a member of the Society of Share and Business Valuers. Roula has contributed to numerous publications on dispute resolution and expert matters and is a regular speaker regarding valuations, damages and the role of experts across the international arbitration arena.

The “highly recommended” Roula Harfouche is singled out by market sources as “a very experienced expert who is able to explain complex matters easily.”

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Location: London, United Kingdom
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