International Organisations

Chambers’ IOL practice is divided as follows:

• Debarment Regimes of Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs) and International Financial Institutions (IFIs): international corruption and bribery, representing companies and individuals accused of fraud, corruption collusion and coercion (together, the Sanctionable Practices) before MDB sanctions regimes as well as global investigations and settlement negotiations.
• Sanctions Law: advising companies and individuals on all aspects of sanctions law across all regimes, particularly those affecting financial transactions and trade between the US, UK, EU, Russia and Iran. Members of the IOL team regularly represent and advise clients on sectoral sanctions risks relating to prospective commercial transactions, the interaction between UN Security Council resolutions and EU and US law, the EU Blocking Regulation, US secondary sanctions regime, the scope and effect of the Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA) and the post-Brexit statutory framework of the UK sanctions regimes . Members also advise on reporting obligations to the UK’s Office of
• Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI), as well as US, EU and UK delisting applications and civil or criminal penalties arising from sanctions breaches.
• International Administrative Law: representing international civil servants, class actions of individuals, staff associations and international organisations themselves before international administrative tribunals and other international judicial and quasi-judicial bodies.
• International Arbitration and ADR: representing parties in commercial arbitrations (including UNCITRAL and LCIA), mediations, conciliations and settlement negotiations with an international dimension, often involving international organisations.
• International Regulatory and Disciplinary Law: representing both international civil servants and international organisations themselves – with an emphasis on misconduct related to fraud before the disciplinary bodies, committees and appeals panels of international organisations.
• Immunities of International Organisations and diplomatic immunities: advising on prospects of challenging acts of international organisations before national courts and the applicability of international human rights law to organisations (including domestic litigation before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court).
• International Criminal Law and International Humanitarian Law: instructions before the UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former
• Yugoslavia (ICTY) and in case involving the crime of torture under the UN Convention against Torture.
• Legal consultancy for international organisations including designing internal justice systems and institutional rules and regulations so that they are compliant with international administrative law.

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)