Roula Harfouche
Profile
Roula is a Partner in the London office of Accuracy, Forensics, Litigation & Arbitration practice. She specialises in contentious valuations and the assessment of quantum issues in international arbitration and litigation cases.
Her primary expertise is in the field of valuation, whether of businesses, contracts, damages or intellectual property, and she has worked on engagements in a variety of sectors.
Roula has a broad range of experience in the assessment of damages both in litigations in national courts and in high-value international arbitration in matters involving, inter alia, alleged expropriation, breach of contract, patent infringement and shareholder / joint venture disputes. She is fluent in English, French, and Arabic.
Roula has been appointed as expert on numerous occasions and has testified. Roula has also acted as an independent expert appointed under a shareholders' agreement or joint venture agreement to determine the value of shares or joint venture interests.
She has been actively involved in over 50 contentious cases, and has worked on matters in LCIA, ICC, SCC and ICSID arbitration forums and under the UNCITRAL rules, before the UK High Court, the UK Family Division, and Patents Court, as well as in mediation.
Roula is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales and a member of the Society of Share and Business Valuers. She holds a graduate diploma in business studies from the London School of Economics and from a French business school (EDHEC), and an MSc in Management (Distinction) from the London School of Economics.