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Highlights of our team's non-confidential State-to-State dispute resolution experience includes:

  • Qatar v Bahrain Representing the State of Bahrain in its territorial and maritime boundary dispute with the State of Qatar before the International Court of Justice
  • New Zealand v France (the Nuclear Tests Case) Legal Team of New Zealand in the case before the International Court of Justice against the French Republic
  • The Republic of Chile v The Republic of Argentina (the Laguna del Desierto arbitration) Legal Team of the Republic of Chile in its territorial boundary dispute with the Republic of Argentina
  • Barbados v The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Co-Agent of the State of Barbados in the first UNCLOS Annex VII maritime boundary delimitation arbitration against the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, under the aegis of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
  • Eritrea/Yemen Representing the State of Eritrea in its island and maritime boundary dispute with the Republic of Yemen (Phase 2 - the maritime delimitation phase of the arbitration), under the aegis of the Permanent Court of Arbitration
  • Eritrea - Ethiopia Claims Commission Representing the State of Eritrea in the Permanent Court of Arbitration proceedings against the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, under the aegis of the UN Security Council
  • Eurotunnel v The French Republic and the United Kingdom Agent and Counsel of Eurotunnel in a Permanent Court of Arbitration case simultaneously against France and the UK under a sui generis treaty regime, including involving issues of expropriation and other public international law investment protection treaty issues, in relation to a concession agreement for the provision of railway services
  • Grenada Advising the government in its maritime delimitation negotiations with its neighbours
  • Lea Combier v The Republic of Croatia Advising the Republic of Croatia in relation to the public international law aspects of litigation in the French courts
  • Malaysia Advising the government in its maritime delimitation negotiations with its neighbours
  • St Kitts and Nevis Advising the government in its maritime delimitation negotiations with its neighbours
  • Secretariat of the European Energy Community v The Republic of Macedonia Representing the Respondent in the first ever contentious proceeding brought by the Secretariat of the European Energy Community involving issues of energy market regulation
  • The Attorney General of an Asian State Advising the government in relation to maritime delimitation claims and offshore oil revenue claims of constituent internal provinces
  • The Kingdom of Spain v Canada Legal Team of Canada re its maritime dispute with Spain
  • The Organisation of American States Member of the OAS Secretary General's Verification Commission for the Good Offices Mission to Colombia and Ecuador (re the boundary incident of 2008)
  • The State of Eritrea v the Republic of Ethiopia Advising the State of Eritrea in its boundary dispute with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
  • The State of Eritrea v the Republic of Ethiopia Representing the State of Eritrea in its diplomatic and consular law dispute with the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia brought to the International Court of Justice
  • State X v State Y Advising the government of a European State in preparation for bilateral negotiations and the eventual launching a maritime boundary and land territory case before the International Court of Justice or other international law tribunal
  • Tatar and Tatar v Republic of Romania Representing the Claimant in a case before the European Court of Human Rights involving issues of international human rights law
  • Antigua and Barbuda v The United States of America Advising Antigua and Barbuda in its WTO Disputes Panel proceedings against the United States of America
  • AY Bank Limited (In Liquidation) and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia, the Republic of Slovenia, the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (now the Federal Republic of Serbia and the Federal Republic of Montenegro), Embassy of Serbia and Montenegro Representing the Republic of Croatia in its English High Court Chancery Division dispute (before the Chancellor) involving the dissolution and partition of the assets of the former Yugoslavia