EXPERIENCE
Beside my advisory work, I have acted in a number of disputes as advisor, counsel and advocate before major international courts and tribunals. My experience covers inter-State disputes concerning public international law, land and maritime delimitation, treaties, State responsibility, Human rights and European Union law. I have also acted in investment arbitration and commercial arbitration proceedings.
Highlights
Highlights of my career as counsel and advocate before international courts and tribunals include the following examples:
I have acted as advisor, counsel and advocate in more than a dozen of cases before the International Court of Justice, the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, in the Hague.
Some recent examples include:
International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea
I have acted as advisor, counsel and advocate in cases referred to the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea in Hamburg pursuant to the provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
Inter-State Arbitration
I have acted as advisor, counsel and advocate in arbitration proceedings brought under Chapter VII of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea or before arbitral tribunals constituted on an ad hoc basis.
European Court of Human Rights
African Commission of Human and Peoples’ Rights
Court of Justice of the European Union
I have acted as advisor and counsel in several disputes concerning the protection of international investments representing both investors and host States under different applicable laws and treaties, and before different fora and institutions.
Some recent examples include:
United Nations Compensation Commission
Iran-United States Claims Tribunal
Commerical Disputes and Arbitration
New generic Top Level Domain (gTLD) Program
I acted as co-ordinator of the team of legal representative of the Independent Objector, Professor Alain Pellet, during ICANN's New generic Top Level Domain Program and its objection and dispute resolution mechanism, including expert determination before dispute resolution service providers.
Some examples of the procedures engaged by the Independent Objector included: