Raphael is a corporate and M&A lawyer, with almost 40 years of practicing experience. ALB Top 15 M&A Lawyers in Asia (2022), Key Lawyer, Corporate and M&A, Malaysia (Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021). Honorary Life Member LAWASIA.

Apart from his practice as a corporate and M&A lawyer, Raphael has been the Chairman of the LAWASIA Moot Standing Committee since 2008 Raphael is also the Programme Director of the “LLM (Applied Law) in ASEAN+6 Legal Practice” programme and the subject-matter expert and Teaching Fellow of the Cross-border Contracts and Cross-border M&A courses within this programme at the College of Law (Australia). He also authored the syllabus for, and annually coordinates and lectures as Adjunct Lecturer, the “ASEAN Business and Investment Law” course at Chulalongkorn University (Thailand) for its LLM International Business Law programme. Raphael was formerly Council Member of the Inter-Pacific Bar Association (IPBA) for the year 2024 and the Chair of the IPBA’s Legal Development and Training Committee for the year 2020 – 2024.