Public International Law

Daniel Bethlehem KC is in a class of his own. He's peerless when it comes to his insights on public international law. He's the full package.

Sir Michael is a superb advocate. The court likes to listen to and hear from him.

Philippa Webb is a truly outstanding barrister.

She is, in my opinion, the best of her generation (and probably well beyond) when it comes to public international law matters.

Dr Webb is a superlative lawyer. She's brilliant and collegial, with a superb depth of knowledge in PIL. Her oral submissions never fail to inspire.

Philippa is one of the PIL stars at the Bar. She is an absolute go-to barrister when it comes to any questions relating to immunities and operates at silk level.

Kate blows away the courtroom with her excellent, clear, persuasive submissions.

She is an unwavering and efficient advocate in hearings, a very effective cross-examiner and always on top of all procedural aspects of the case. You intuitively feel safe with her on your side.

Kate is an absolutely first-rate legal thinker. She will know a case inside out. When you have her on a team, you know that you can fight a case with an extra gear.

Kate's strategic vision and insight into the International Court of Justice is invaluable. She is a very talented advocate and a true expert in public international law.

Penelope provides pragmatic, commercial advice built on the foundations of excellent experience. She is accessible and able to deliver her advice in front of solicitors and clients alike.

Penelope speaks with authority and confidence, which makes it easier to trust her knowledge and judgement.

Penelope is phenomenal on matters of public international law. She's a very safe pair of hands and a great advocate in court, even in the most complex of cases.

Penelope is superb. She is hard-working, friendly and clear.

Simon has serious legal horsepower. He is a silk in waiting and a consummate modern counsel. His drafting and advocacy is stylish.

Simon is a very knowledgeable public international lawyer.

Belinda has very shrewd judgement beyond her year of call. She's also the ultimate team player. She will roll her sleeves up and get the job done.

Belinda is an extremely intelligent and skilled advocate. She is able to get across complex matters with impressive speed. She's an asset to any counsel team.

Belinda is one of the pre-eminent juniors in PIL.

Lord Verdirame KC represents an unbelievable combination of a brilliant legal mind, experience and a complete grasp of factual detail of the case. You want him to be your lead barrister in a hearing.

Guglielmo is stellar. He's very sophisticated in his understanding of international law issues, a compelling advocate, and someone whose knowledge and expertise are obvious and evident.

Lord Verdirame has a real talent for reducing complex concepts to digestible submissions that judges will listen to.

Guglielmo is super clever, measured and thoughtful in his approach and a persuasive and elegant advocate.

Guglielmo is extremely able and polished. He's extremely well liked by solicitors and clients. We trust him to deliver pithy, razor-sharp advice. He hits the nail on the head every time.

Monica is amazingly talented and very detailed. She isn't afraid to get into the weeds and find the elusive knockout points.

Monica is very responsive and very strong on subject matter expertise. She exceeded our expectations.

Paolo is an extremely user-friendly barrister. He's collaborative, very thorough and quite creative in thinking about solutions to problems.

Paolo is really impressive. He really knows the law and straddles that with deep understanding of international relations and diplomacy.

What I really love about working with Sudhanshu is his attention to detail and his precision, concision and elegant oral statements.

Sudhanshu Swaroop KC has extremely in-depth knowledge on matters of PIL.

Sudhanshu is incredibly tenacious and really takes the bull by the horns. I've been very impressed by how he picks up the fight.

Sudhanshu is substantively excellent and always a pleasure to work with.

Wendy is realistic but has really interesting and innovative perception. She will always look for a really smart solution to get things done.

Wendy has a real expertise in international arbitration and is an authoritative figure in the field.