Penelope Nevill
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 1 : Public International Law
Band 1
About
Provided by Penelope Nevill
Practice Areas
Penelope is a specialist in international law. Her practice focuses on disputes and transactional advice across a range of areas, including public international law, EU law, public law and human rights, commercial disputes raising questions of international and EU law and the interaction between legal systems and regimes.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Formerly a practising solicitor in New Zealand, Penelope Nevill advises on all aspects of PIL law. She regularly lectures on the topic at Cambridge University and King's College London, and attacks a wide variety of leading cases including heavy investor-state arbitration and work examining the jurisdiction of sovereign states in relation to foreign nationals.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Penelope is superb. She is hard-working, friendly and clear."
"Penelope speaks with authority and confidence, which makes it easier to trust her knowledge and judgement."
"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 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."
"Penelope speaks with authority and confidence, which makes it easier to trust her knowledge and judgement."
"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 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."
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