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Provided by Robert Spano
Robert is one of Europe's leading platform and technology litigators before the Court of Justice of the European Union and leads a multidisciplinary team on regulatory compliance and strategic engagement with regulators in the field of digital rights, online platform regulation, data protection and on the intersection between artificial intelligence and fundamental rights. He is among Europe's foremost experts on the EU's Digital Services Act and the EU AI Act. He leads a team that coordinates cross-border disputes with local counsel before the national courts of the United Kingdom and Member States of the European Union, in particular in the field of climate change. He is a Barrister of the Courts of England and Wales and a member of the French and Icelandic Bars.
He is a leading expert in geopolitical strategy, ESG, business and human rights and climate change law, in particular advising multinational companies and sovereigns navigating the interplay between the United States and the law and regulatory structure of the European Union, including under the CSDDD and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. He is one of the world's leading authorities in public international law and the law of the European Convention on Human Rights, governmental affairs and policy, bringing unparalleled experience from senior roles in the judiciary, private practice and academia.
He is the former president of the European Court of Human Rights, the youngest judge ever to be elected to the presidency in the Court’s 60 year history. When leaving the Court his colleagues published a Liber Amicorum in his honour stating that ‘during his term as president he demonstrated exceptional leadership qualities, showing creativity and imagination in improving the functioning of the Strasbourg institution”.
Robert sits on the Panel of Arbitrators and Conciliators of the World Bank's International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), and is an honorary bencher of the Middle Temple. He is the Chair of the Board of the Council of Europe’s Register of Damage for Ukraine caused by the Aggression of the Russian Federation.
Provided by Chambers
Robert Spano is based in both London and Paris and is well known name in the field given his previous position as president of the European Court of Human Rights. His practice includes advising regulatory issues, AI-related human rights matters, as well as on ESG.
Provided by Chambers
Robert has human rights expertise and can bring that into a corporate context.
Robert has human rights expertise and can bring that into a corporate context.