public international law

Experience

Our recent experience includes:

Our experience of advising in this area includes working with

making an application to the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of a major international financial institution against an eastern European state, on state interventions in the banking sector;
representing the interests of the Principality of Liechtenstein against the Federal Republic of Germany before the International Court of Justice concerning reparations following the second world war;
arguing human rights issues before the English courts, including submissions before the House of Lords on behalf of the Bank of England, in its defence of proceedings brought by the liquidators of BCCI;
successfully arguing fundamental human rights issues in a commercial context before the European Court of Justice, notably in the Mannesmannrohren-Werke case on the privilege against self-incrimination in EU competition proceedings (the leading EU law authority on procedural human rights issues);
advising a major international insurance company on human rights and other corporate social responsibility issues; and
advising on a number of pro bono matters spanning the full range of Convention rights, including the right to life, prohibition of inhuman and degrading treatment, freedoms of expression, religion and association and non-discrimination.

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Commercial Arbitration Law Firm of the Year - Who's Who Legal (2008)

Competition/Regulatory Team of the Year - Lawyer Awards (2008)