International Law

Expertise:

• Public international law and in particular concerning investment treaty protection, state immunity, state succession and maritime law
• Conflicts of law

Representative matters:

• Maritime Dispute: advising on maritime boundary disputes and questions concerning exploitation of straddling gas reserves in Europe, East Mediterranean and Africa
• Inter-State Disputes: advised on two inter-state disputes
• BITs and Free Trade Agreements: member of the Slovenian government team which negotiated Bilateral Investment Treaties and Free Trade Agreements
• Sovereign Immunity: advising states and financial institutions on issues of sovereign immunity and customary international law in proceedings brought in US and UK courts
• Climate Change and environment: member of task force of Energy Charter Secretariat revising IGA and HGA; advising on EU and international law issues concerning climate change and plastics in oceans, member of ICC Task Force on Arbitration and Climate Change
• Self determination: advising on the right to self determination and inter-relationship with EU law and human rights law
• Financial state succession: advising on financial state succession
• Conflicts of law: advised a multinational energy company on issues of conflicts of law, constitutional law and public international law issues arising under a power purchase agreement