Chambers Review
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Public International Law - Global Market Leaders
What the Team is Known For
Volterra Fietta is a renowned London-based boutique with deep expertise in contentious and advisory PIL matters as well as commercial and investor-state disputes. The law firm is:
• Praised for the breadth of its practice, which encompasses investor-state arbitrations and inter-state disputes involving boundary delimitation and Law of the Sea issues.
• Frequently mandated by private sector clients to handle expropriation cases in the energy, natural resources and financial services sectors.
• Well regarded for its role as PIL counsel to a number of sovereign states.
Strengths
The Volterra Fietta team has always been available and on time.
I can recommend the Volterra Fietta lawyers to anyone, any time. They have been great.
Volterra Fietta, with the number of its staff, its logistics and its availability to work under pressure while meeting the requirements of the Court, made a strong impression on me.
Notable practitioners
Robert Volterra, a founding partner of Volterra Fietta, is an esteemed practitioner who maintains a prominent arbitration and public international law practice. His experience sees him advise sovereign states, international organisations and global corporations on issues surrounding BIT arbitrations, state immunity, human rights, maritime law, treaty law and state sovereignty.
Robert is an extremely professional and sophisticated lawyer with vast knowledge in the field of public international law.
Robert's knowledge of investment arbitration is first-class, totally first-class. Whatever question you give, he always knows the answer. He has a high level of professionalism.
Robert Volterra is fantastic in international law.