Romain Droitcourt

Romain Droitcourt
Associate | Montréal
514.879.2126
[email protected]
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Biography
Romain Droitcourt joined Miller Thomson’s administrative law and environmental law
practice groups after completing the Quebec Bar training program at the Firm.
Before studying law and management in Quebec, Romain studied law in France at the
Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne. His studies were focused on public law, international
law and international commercial arbitration. He wrote his master’s thesis on international
commercial arbitration, including on issues related to arbitrators’ jurisdiction. He completed
several internships in law firms on business law and litigation and worked for a year in Brazil
at the French Desk of a major Brazilian law firm. Romain also acted as lecturer in compared
civil procedure at the Pontifícia Universidade Católica de São Paulo (Brazil), as research
assistant for the Task Force on online games (Quebec) and as research assistant in new
information technologies law. He also assisted Canadian companies in their business
development in Brazil.
Thought leadership
Les accords commerciaux du Brésil en vigueur, Guide pratique des affaires au Brésil,
Sergio Amaral (former Minister of Industry and Foreign Trade and Brazilian
Ambassador), Anneliese Moritz and Romain Droitcourt, France-Brazil Chamber of
Commerce, 2010
Le Brésil, plateforme des échanges régionaux, Anneliese Moritz and Romain
Droitcourt, Classe Export, #188, 2010
Travailler au Brésil : Autorisations de travail et visa , Website of Agence wallonne à
l’exportation et aux investissements étrangers
Community involvement
Member of the Canadian Property Tax Association;
Observer, Brazil and OHADA sub-committee of the Montreal Bar;
Treasurer and President of International Arbitration Committee, University of Montreal
(2012-2013);
Vice-President, professional development of Association of graduate students in law,
University of Montreal (2011-2012);
Recipient of Scholarship for student implication, University of Montréal (2012);
Honourable Mention at the Werner Melis Award: Best Memorandum for Respondant,
Willem vs. Vis Contest (2012)
Professional memberships
Young Bar of Montréal
Languages spoken
English
French
Portuguese
Bar admissions & education
Québec Bar, 2015
LL.B., Université de Montréal, 2014
Graduate Diploma in Management, HEC Montreal, 2012
Master II Anglo-American business, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2009
Master, International Law, Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2008
Bachelor of laws (public law), Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, 2007
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