Derains & Gharavi

Romane Frouté-Mfayokurera

Associate

Biography

NATIONALITY: French
LANGUAGES: English and French
ADMISSION: Paris (pending admission to the Paris Bar)
OFFICE: Paris

Romane is an associate at Derains & Gharavi, specialised in international arbitration. Her areas of practice include international commercial disputes and investment arbitration. She has acted in proceedings conducted under the arbitration rules of the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the International Court of Arbitration of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC). Prior to joining Derains & Gharavi, Romane trained in case management at the ICC, where she was involved in the administration of dozens of ICC arbitrations.

She obtained a Master in International and Comparative Law from the University of Zürich and a Master 1 in International Law from the University Paris II Panthéon-Assas.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

As from November 2025 Associate, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
January–October 2025 Trainee, Derains & Gharavi (Paris)
July–December 2024 Trainee, International Chamber of Commerce (Paris)
February–March 2023 Trainee, Temple Chambers (Hong-Kong)
September-December 2021 Trainee, Nataf, Fajgenbaum & Associés (Paris)

EDUCATION

2025 CAPA – École du Barreau de Paris (EFB) (Paris Bar School)
2024 Master, International and Comparative Law, University of Zürich
2021 Master 1, International law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
2020 Bachelor, Law, University Paris II Panthéon-Assas
2018 Bachelor, Mathematics and Economics, McGill University