Angela Ha (Counsel)

Counsel

Angela is an Australian-qualified solicitor.  She holds a BA (majoring in European Studies) and an LLB (Hons I) from the University of Sydney and a BCL (Dist) from the University of Oxford, focusing on public international law.

Angela advises governments and private clients on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious public international law and international dispute resolution issues.  Highlights of her practice include successfully defending a Southeast Asian State in an ICSID arbitration brought by a US power plant developer and acting for a Latin American State in a major maritime boundary dispute before the International Court of Justice.

Before joining Volterra Fietta, Angela was an Associate to the Honourable Justice Mortimer at the Federal Court of Australia.  Angela’s prior experience also includes working as a litigation lawyer at a major Australian law firm, where her practice included representing major commercial clients in a variety of litigation disputes and regulatory investigations, as well as working in the international arbitration group of a global law firm in Paris, acting for sovereign and commercial clients in investment arbitrations and interstate disputes.

Direct dial: +44 (0)207 380 4398

Education

BCL (Dist), University of Oxford, United Kingdom

BA/LLB (Hons I), University of Sydney, Australia

Languages

English, Cantonese Chinese (spoken), intermediate French

Bar admissions

New South Wales, Australia