The experience of our team covers the spectrum of the field of public international law, ranging from state-state disputes before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and ad hoc arbitral tribunals to advising on human rights disputes (including before U.N. committees) and international law in national courts.

We have an established investor-state arbitration practice with numerous investment treaty arbitration cases, including under the auspices of ICSID and the PCA, representing both international investors and sovereign states. We also have a leading specialist practice advising a number of Governments on drafting investment treaties and investment legislation, a rare specialism in private practice in the field of public international law.

The team includes Hussein Haeri who has fifteen years of experience of practicing public international law and international dispute resolution in London, Paris, New York and South Africa. His experience includes acting as counsel on state-state disputes such as before the ICJ. It also includes contentious and advisory work on international energy law, international environmental law, human rights, international humanitarian law and the law of the sea. Hussein has extensive experience advising Governments on treaty and legislation drafting and interpretation. He has also acted on matters of public international law in domestic courts, including in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Emma Lindsay has more than fifteen years of experience of practicing public international law in New York, Geneva and The Hague. Emma represents and advises States, corporations, individuals, international organisations and non-governmental organisations. Her recent engagements span the negotiation, interpretation and application of treaties, sovereignty over territory, land and maritime boundaries, state immunity, international investment law and international human rights law. She has particular expertise in matters before the ICJ.

Aniruddha Rajput, a member of the United Nations International Law Commission, brings to the team extensive academic and professional experience in public international law.

‘The nexus between public international law and commercial issues for both Governments and multinational corporations continues to expand rapidly’, Hussein Haeri explains, ‘with the result that specialist public international law advice is increasingly needed and sought’.

The members of our team are fluent in numerous languages, including French, Spanish, Italian, Russian, Arabic and Turkish and are qualified in both common and civil law jurisdictions, with extensive experience working in international organisations and emerging markets. These key factors contribute to the strength of our practice. We are able to advise different clients, namely Governments, multinational corporations, international organisations, non-governmental organisations and individuals, in the context of sensitive disputes involving different regions of the world, including in the Middle East, Africa, Asia, CIS countries, Europe and Latin America.

Our clients have praised the team’s ‘deep technical knowledge’ and ‘impressive ability to assess and navigate complex legal and factual situations’, whilst also acknowledging our ‘responsiveness and professionalism’ as being ‘of a very high order’ and appreciating our ‘excellent customer focus’. Members of the team have also been commended for blending ‘strategic thinking with excellent client management skills’, and are known for their ‘practical and creative strategies’.