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About
Provided by Can Yeginsu
Practice Areas
Commercial litigation, civil fraud, international arbitration (commercial and investor-state), public and administrative law, civil liberties and human rights, and public international law.
Frequently instructed as lead Counsel in the Commercial Court, Administrative Court, and the Chancery Division; acted in over 45 cases before the Court of Appeal, UK Supreme Court, the European Court of Human Rights, and the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. Experience of acting as co-counsel before the ECOWAS Court of Justice, Federal Court of Malaysia, Turkish Constitutional Court, and the Supreme Court of The Gambia.
Counsel and international arbitrator, with extensive experience of arbitrations under the LCIA, ICC, GAFTA, LMAA, CIArb, ICSID, and UNCITRAL Rules.
Career
M.A. (Oxon); LL.B. (London); LL.M. Harvard Law School; Procter Fellow, Princeton University; called to the Bar in 2007 (Inner Temple, Princess Royal Scholar).
Adjunct Professor of Law, Columbia Law School (New York), Georgetown University Law Center (Washington D.C.), and Visiting Professor, Koç University Law School (Istanbul). Fellow, Lauterpacht Centre for International Law, University of Cambridge.
Deputy Chair of the High Level Panel of Legal Experts on Media Freedom, the advisory arm of the Media Freedom Coalition of States (currently co-chaired by the Netherlands and Estonia).
Professional Memberships
ALBA, COMBAR, LCIA, ICC UK, ICCA, BIICL (Member of Investment Treaty Forum), ASIL (Executive Council Member), Member of IBA Arbitration Subcommittee on Investment Treaty Arbitration.
Publications
Investment Treaty Arbitration Review (2023), Jervis on Coroners (Sweet & Maxwell, 2020), Jackson & Powell on Professional Liability (Sweet & Maxwell, 2017), The Protections for Religious Rights: Law and Practice (OUP, 2013).
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Can Yeginsu of 3 Verulam Buildings is a highly respected barrister with strengths spanning various civil liberties and human rights matters, and a focus on Convention rights. His recent experience includes freedom of expression, unlawful surveillance and protection of religious rights cases, concerning a variety of international jurisdictions. He is recognised for co-authoring an acclaimed textbook on the subject of religious rights.
Can Yeginsu assists with the full gamut of international arbitration including those governed by LCIA, ICC and ICSID rules. He is experienced in disputes relating to conflicts of law and jurisdiction, and is well versed in matters concerning a wide range of industries including the IT, energy, insurance, shipping and financial services sectors.
Can Yeginsu of 3 Verulam Buildings is a highly respected barrister with strengths spanning various civil liberties and human rights matters, and a focus on Convention rights. His recent experience includes freedom of expression, unlawful surveillance and protection of religious rights cases, concerning a variety of international jurisdictions. He is recognised for co-authoring an acclaimed textbook on the subject of religious rights.
Can Yeginsu is instructed in a broad range of international law disputes, tackling issues relating to diplomatic immunity, bilateral investment treaties, human rights and state responsibilities. His work in the ECtHR is particularly notable, and he produces strong advocacy in ICSID proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Can is a silk standard junior. He's an excellent strategist and an excellent cross-examiner."
"Can works very hard for his clients. He's imaginative, innovative and great at thinking his way around problems which sometimes seem insurmountable."
"Professor Yeginsu has deep expertise across the full spectrum of public international law. You will not find a better advocate."
"Can is an absolute star. He works with great facility in PIL and investment arbitration, and has standing in the field beyond his years."
"Can is a star performer and a phenomenal advocate. He's very switched on with the law and very good in distilling the issues. He wins the room."
"Can Yeginsu is a silk-standard junior. He's an excellent strategist and an excellent cross-examiner who often strips away key witnesses. He's a real star."
"Can has provided consistently superb advice on complex national and international cases."
"Can is a superlative advocate combined with a world-class legal strategic thinking. He is a rare, highly effective talent."
"Can's advocacy and cross-examination of key witnesses and experts is to be noted. He's outstanding in his field."
"Can Yeginsu is holistically excellent in international arbitration."
"Can is a star performer and a phenomenal advocate. He's very switched on with the law and very good in distilling the issues. He wins the room."
"Can is a really top lawyer who works very hard for his clients. He is imaginative, innovative and great at thinking his way around problems which sometimes seem insurmountable."
"Can is a silk standard junior. He's an excellent strategist and an excellent cross-examiner."
"Can works very hard for his clients. He's imaginative, innovative and great at thinking his way around problems which sometimes seem insurmountable."
"Professor Yeginsu has deep expertise across the full spectrum of public international law. You will not find a better advocate."
"Can is an absolute star. He works with great facility in PIL and investment arbitration, and has standing in the field beyond his years."
"Can is a star performer and a phenomenal advocate. He's very switched on with the law and very good in distilling the issues. He wins the room."
"Can Yeginsu is a silk-standard junior. He's an excellent strategist and an excellent cross-examiner who often strips away key witnesses. He's a real star."
"Can has provided consistently superb advice on complex national and international cases."
"Can is a superlative advocate combined with a world-class legal strategic thinking. He is a rare, highly effective talent."
"Can's advocacy and cross-examination of key witnesses and experts is to be noted. He's outstanding in his field."
"Can Yeginsu is holistically excellent in international arbitration."
"Can is a star performer and a phenomenal advocate. He's very switched on with the law and very good in distilling the issues. He wins the room."
"Can is a really top lawyer who works very hard for his clients. He is imaginative, innovative and great at thinking his way around problems which sometimes seem insurmountable."
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