Public International Law

OTC members, such as Lucian ILIE, have substantial experience in Investment Arbitration, with multi-lingual skills, trained under many different common law and civil law systems, and with strong academic backgrounds in public international law and investment arbitration. They represent both investors and states in international arbitration cases involving bilateral and multilateral investment treaties, political risk disputes, sovereign debt, long-term energy concessions, joint venture and distribution agreements, shareholder disputes, power and energy disputes and construction and engineering projects. Members also advise on the structuring of investments to secure investment treaty protection.

OTC’s International Organisations Law team, headed by Alex HAINES, has unrivalled experience in the laws and frameworks of IOs, having been instructed in cases involving more than 35 IOs worldwide including the UN, World Bank, IMF, NATO, African Union and African Development Bank. IOs enjoy privileges and immunities and, as a result, have created internal justice systems not bound by domestic jurisdictions. IOs are created by multilateral treaties concluded between sovereign states and are, therefore, products of public international law. All cases relating to IOs require specialist counsel with an understanding of the complex workings of each institution (of which there are hundreds), whether in the context of challenging privileges and immunities, or corruption, regulation, employment, whistleblowing and policy-making cases.  

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