Africa’s Premier Advisory on Matters of

Public International Law, Trade and Policy

We provide focused advice on public international law and policy issues to states, international organisations and multi-national corporations. Our highly qualified and experienced team of advisers has expertise across a broad spectrum of public international law and policy issues.

  • International environmental law and climate change, including the determination of issues arising out of international treaties and conventions and where necessary the resolution of disputes in courts and tribunals.

  • Human rights matters including unlawful detention, torture, asylum, refugees and where applicable state responsibility for injury caused to human beings or groups of people.

  • International trade law including the cross-border trade in goods and services, the protection of intellectual property rights and matters involving monetary sovereignty.

  • The economic relations between states on the one hand and between states and investors on the other, including the protection of assets invested abroad and the resolution of disputes when they happen.

  • International criminal law and the representation of parties at the International Criminal Court at the Hague.

  • The law of the sea, including maritime zones and the permissible use of natural resources from the ocean or under the ocean such as minerals, oil and gas and fishing.

We have extensive expertise in negotiating agreements, resolving international disputes, and representing clients in international courts and arbitration tribunals, with a strong track record of success.

We assist individuals and corporations whose home states refuse to assist them. We do this by invoking laws that may trigger an obligation on the part of their home state to intervene on their behalf, diplomatically or otherwise.