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Outer Temple International

Outer Temple International (OTI) is the international arm of Outer Temple Chambers.  Clients from around the world can engage English qualified barristers to undertake a range of specialist legal and associated services through Outer Temple International. 

Our barristers and other professionals provide advice, representation and other legal services to clients around the world and especially in the Middle East and the USA.   

We offer advocacy and representation, international arbitrations, mediation,interim lawyer and expert witness services together with advice on English law, or conflict of laws. 

Our areas of expertise include banking law, general commercial litigation and advisory work, financial services and Islamic finance, extradition, fraud, asset tracing and recovery, international criminal work, international employment and business immigration, environment, inquiries, inquests, product liability and international personal injury and medical claims.

We are able to receive direct instructions from lawyers, businesses or individuals based outside the UK to provide the following services: 

  • Specialist advice on all areas of the law in England and Wales, and International Law, including Human Rights law;   
  • Specialist advice and assistance on the drafting, interpretation and enforceability of contracts governed by the law in England and Wales, or the laws of other common law countries; 
  • Specialist advice on commercial situations presenting legal, factual or technical difficulties;   
  • Arbitration services in England & Wales and in most other jurisdictions (the English Bar is one of the leading professions in the field of international arbitration);   
  • Mediation and other alternative dispute resolution services (as mediators, advocates or advisers);   
  • Expert witness services;  
  • Specialist advocacy services before European and international courts and tribunals;  
  • Specialist advice and assistance in the preparation of litigation or in a non-litigious context.

Our international team of barristersis well-qualified to provide a range of international services in the Courts of Northern Ireland, New York, Saudi Arabia and in the Dubai International Financial Courts.  They will appear in any jurisdiction subject to obtaining temporary rights of audience.  Our barristers have extensive experience of international commercial arbitration especially under the ICC, UNCITRAL and LCIA rules and include Fellows and Members of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

We have offices in London, Abu Dhabi and New York and full video and telephone conference facilities to link clients and barristers around the world.

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