Volterra Fietta is a team of public international lawyers, with a top-tier global reputation in both contentious and advisory matters. We combine outstanding academic credentials with the practical experience of seasoned legal professionals. We are the world’s first public international law firm and London’s only international arbitration firm.

We act for States, international organisations and private entities in both contentious and non-contentious matters related to every continent and region of the world. Our team has a range of practical public international law experience within the governmental and commercial sectors that is unmatched by any other law firm in the world.

We listen to our clients. We think about their issues. We act effectively to achieve their objectives.

	RECENT ACCOLADES
	Robert Volterra and Stephen Fietta were selected in a peer-review survey for inclusion in the second edition of Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom. Both Robert and Stephen were selected by their peers in the practice area of Public International Law. Robert’s peers also selected him in Arbitration and Mediation as well as International Arbitration.
	Volterra Fietta won the International Dispute Resolution Law Firm of the Year-UK category in the Lawyers World Global Awards 2013. Volterra Fietta has retained its top tier ranking in Public International Law in the latest Legal 500 UK directory.		Stephen Fietta is recognised as one of the world's leading international arbitration practitioners in the Global Arbitration Review's "45 under 45". In March 2013, Stephen was also named among the top 100 lawyers in London by the inaugural UK edition of Super Lawyers.
	Finance Monthly has named Volterra Fietta the winner in the category of Arbitration Law Firm of the Year – UK.
	Volterra Fietta is named once again as one of the 100 leading international arbitration practices in Global Arbitration Review’s GAR100 2013.		The Legal 500 and the Chambers & Partners directories have ranked Robert Volterra's and Stephen Fietta's practice in the top tier for the past 15 years.
	Chambers & Partners Global 2013 ranked Robert Volterra and Stephen Fietta in the first and second tier for Public International Law, respectively.
	The American Lawyer 2009 and 2011 biennial Global Arbitration Reports ranked Robert's and Stephen's practice as one of the top investment treaty arbitration practices in the world.		Robert Volterra is the exclusive winner of the Client Choice 2013 award for Public Law in the United Kingdom.
	Legal 500 Latin America ranks Volterra Fietta in the international arbitration category.
	VOLTERRA FIETTA SCHOLARSHIP IN PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW
	Volterra Fietta has established a relationship with the University of Oxford Faculty of Law to create the Volterra Fietta Scholarship in Public International Law. Starting in 2013, Volterra Fietta is supporting a doctoral candidate at Oxford whose thesis is in the field of public international law.