Mathilde Raynal

Staff Attorney, Frankfurt

Biography

Overview

Mathilde is an Attorney and Counselor at Law (New York) in White & Case's International Arbitration Practice Group. She represents clients in international commercial and investment arbitration proceedings.

Mathilde has experience in disputes relating to post-M&A, construction and international investment law (ICC, DIS, VIAC, ICSID).

Prior to joining White & Case, Mathilde worked in the international arbitration practice of a leading German law firm, and in multiple top-tier international law firms in France, Germany and the United States.

Her international professional experience, combined with her legal studies in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States, enables her to effectively manage the multijurisdictional and multicultural aspects of complex disputes.

Bars and Courts
New York
Education
LLM
International Economic Law (with International Arbitration & Dispute Resolution Certificate)
Georgetown University Law Center
Master of Laws ("Master 2"), International Economic Law
University of Paris II Panthéon-Assas
LLM
Comparative Law
Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg
Master of Laws
Comparative Law
University of Basel
Master of Laws ("Master 2"), Comparative Law EUCOR (The European Campus),
University of Strasbourg

EUCOR (The European Campus)

Maitrise de droit ("Master 1")
University of Strasbourg
LLB ("Licence de droit")
University of Strasbourg
LLB
University of Leicester
Languages
French
German
English

Experience

Republic of Albania
Representation of the Republic of Albania in ICSID arbitration proceedings initiated by a German investor in relation to a harbor terminal.

Global Chemical Group
Representation in a post-M&A arbitration under the DIS Rules concerning various Environmental Liability Claims.

Industrial Machinery Manufacturing Company
Representation of a German investor in an ICSID arbitration against a central Asian State under a bilateral investment treaty, in relation to the construction of multiple mill complexes, bakeries and shops.*

Off-shore Construction Company
Representation of a construction company in an arbitration relating to the construction of a wind park.*

*Experience prior to joining White & Case

Publications

Assistant editor in: Wilske, Stephan, Happ, Richard: ICSID Rules and Regulations 2022: Article-by-Article Commentary (C.H. Beck), 2022

Raynal, Mathilde, Ebert, Dr. Björn: "Intra-EU Investor-State Arbitration, Now all Clarified? – Case Note Green Power v. Spain, SCC Case No. 2016/135, Award of 16 June 2022", SchiedsVZ (Vol. 6), 2022

Raynal, Mathilde, Wilske, Stephan: "Book Review: UNCITRAL Model Law & Arbitration Rules: The Arbitration Act 2005 (Amended 2011 & 2018) and the AIAC Arbitration Rules 2018, by Sundra Rajoo. Published by Sweet & Maxwell (2019, 931pp)", Arbitration International (Oxford University Press), 2021

Raynal, Mathilde, Wilske, Stephan: "Book Review: Abuse of Rights in International Arbitration, by M. El Far", Dispute Resolution International (International Bar Association), 2021

Raynal, Mathilde, Wilske, Stephan: "Scrutiny of the award – Is it really helpful?" Arbitration Quarterly (Chinese Arbitration Association), 2021