Our International Organisations Law barristers (the IOL Team) have unrivalled experience in the laws, systems and frameworks of international organisations, having been instructed in cases involving more than 30 international institutions worldwide. Such organisations enjoy a number of privileges and immunities and, as a result, have created internal justice systems that are not bound by domestic jurisdictions.

Most international organisations are created by multilateral treaties concluded between sovereign states and they are, therefore, products of public international law. All cases relating to international organisations require expert lawyers with an understanding of the complex workings of each institution, whether they deal with corruption, regulation, employment rights, whistleblowing or policy making in the context of advocacy, litigation, investigations and advisory work.

International Organisations Experience

International Administrative Tribunals

  • World Bank Administrative Tribunal (Washington DC)
  • United Nations Dispute Tribunal (New York)
  • United Nations Appeals Tribunal (New York)
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Administrative Tribunal (London)
  • International Labour Organisation Administrative Tribunal (Geneva)
  • Commonwealth Secretariat Arbitral Tribunal (London)
  • Inter-American Development Bank Administrative Tribunal (Washington DC)
  • Black Sea Trade and Development Bank Administrative Tribunal (Thessaloniki)
  • Asian Development Bank Administrative Tribunal (Manila)
  • African Union Administrative Tribunal (Addis Ababa)
  • International Monetary Fund Administrative Tribunal (Washington DC)
  • Organization of American States Administrative Tribunal (Washington DC)
  • Islamic Development Bank Group Administrative Tribunal (Jeddah)

International Organisations Internal Bodies

  • Pan American Health Organisation Board of Appeal (Washington DC)
  • European Investment Bank Appeals Panel (Luxembourg)
  • International Maritime Organisation Staff Appeals Board (London)

European Union Courts

  • General Court (Luxembourg)
  • Court of Justice of the EU (Luxembourg)

International Criminal Courts

  • International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (The Hague)

International Sanctions Boards

  • World Bank Sanctions Board (Washington DC)
  • Asian Development Bank’s Integrity Oversight Committee (Manila)

Multilateral Development Banks and International Financial Institutions

  • World Bank Group
  • International Monetary Fund
  • African Development Bank
  • Inter-American Development Bank
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  • Black Sea Trade and Development Bank
  • Asian Development Bank
  • Caribbean Development Bank
  • The Bank for International Settlements

The United Nations System

  • United Nations (UN)
  • United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
  • World Food Programme (WFP)
  • Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
  • International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD)
  • International Labour Organisation (ILO)
  • International Maritime Organisation (IMO)
  • International Telecommunication Union (ITU)
  • United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO)
  • World Health Organisation (WHO)
  • United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)
  • Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organisation (CTBTO)
  • World Trade Organisation (WTO)

Other International Organisations

  • African Union (AU)
  • International Criminal Court (ICC)
  • The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
  • The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS)
  • European Patent Office (EPO)
  • Commonwealth Foundation
  • The Commonwealth Secretariat (COMSEC)
  • The European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo (EULEX)
  • International Coffee Organisation (ICO)
  • Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO)

International Organisations Barristers

John McKendrick KC

Call: 1999 Silk: 2016

Fiona Horlick KC

Call: 1992 Silk: 2019

Paul Rogers

Call: 1989

Oliver Powell

Call: 2006 (England & Wales); 2010 (Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI))

Clare Baker

Call: 2007

Alex Haines

Call: 2007 (England & Wales); 2019 (New York); 2020 (Ireland); and 2024 (District of Columbia)

Sophie O’Sullivan

Call: 2011

Stephen Butler

Call: 2014

Victoria Brown

Call: 2014

Gus Baker

Gus Baker

Call: 2015

Elizabeth Grace

Call: 2017

Lucian ILIE

Call: 2021 (Solicitor Advocate since 2018); 2016 (Bucharest); 2013 (Paris)

Jeremy Scott-Joynt

Call: 2018

Carin Hunt

Call: 2018

Joshua Cainer

Call: 2019

Ludovica Moro

Call: 2015

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