COVID-19: We remain fully operational, though working remotely. Read more » BARRISTERS NEWS Practice areas Administrative & public Civil liberties & human rights Commercial & regulatory JR Community care Education Environment Aviation, road & rail Chancery commercial Civil liberties & human rights Commercial dispute resolution Community care Competition State aid Fast track competition claims Private damages claims Merger control Administrative proceedings and judicial review Consumer law & business regulation Data protection & information Education Energy & utilities regulation Environment EU Immigration International arbitration Professional negligence Public international law, WTO & investment treaties Public procurement Shipping & commodities Sport Tax & duties Telecommunications Public international law, WTO & investment treaties Public international law This is a fast growing area of practice within Monckton Chambers. As an indication of this, there are now three members of Monckton Chambers on the Attorney General’s Public International Law Panel: Public International Law A Panel: Thomas Sebastian. Public International Law C Panel: Nikolaus Grubeck. Members’ practice focus on the issues arising out of Brexit as well as human rights, EU and public law cases. International economic law, consisting of WTO law, sanctions issues, and bilateral investment treaty arbitrations is also a core part of Monckton’s public international law practice. Members of Chambers have also served as members of ICSID tribunals, WTO dispute resolution panels and the WTO’s Appellate Body. WTO law Effective WTO advocacy requires, in addition to a comprehensive knowledge of WTO law, an understanding of the multilateral institutional context in which WTO dispute settlement occurs, the ability to devise effective strategies within a system that does not allow for monetary or retrospective remedies, and the capacity to present arguments in a manner which WTO adjudicators (who are drawn from a wide variety of professional backgrounds and legal cultures) will find convincing. Our members can offer this combination of expertise. Members of Chambers have acted in numerous WTO disputes for a broad range of government and corporate clients. We often work directly with inter-agency teams created by our government clients as well as with representatives of industry. We can advise on and act in every type of WTO case, including those involving: General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) commitments; Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) issues and Technical Barriers to the Trade (TBT) issues; Subsidies; and Trade remedies (anti-dumping, countervailing duties and safeguards). Investment protection treaties We regularly advise on and act in disputes arising under bilateral investment treaties (BITs) and multilateral investment treaties (such as the Energy Charter Treaty and NAFTA). We offer a combination of: high-quality advocacy; assured handling of the procedural and evidentiary issues which arise in ICSID and ad-hoc arbitrations; and a strong understanding of public international law standards relating to the treatment of foreign investment. We are also able to draw on our expertise in related areas such as EU law, international human rights law and (domestic) public law relating to economic regulation to develop sophisticated arguments and case strategies for our clients. CONTACT THE CLERKS News 29 Jun, 2021 High Court grants permission to challenge domestic implementation of UK-Morocco Association Agreement 24 May, 2021 First post-Brexit case on WTO law in domestic judicial reviews 12 Mar, 2021 First Legal Challenge to UK’s New Post-Brexit Trading Arrangements 30 Oct, 2020 Attorney General Panel appointments: Thomas Sebastian appointed to Public International Law A panel 09 Feb, 2017 Monckton barristers speaking about ‘Brexit: The Future of International Trade’ 17 Nov, 2016 Monckton’s WTO experts provide insight into the UK’s trade landscape post a “Hard Brexit” Public international law, WTO & investment treaties barristers Sir Christopher Bellamy QC Call: 1968 | Silk: 1986 Christopher Vajda QC Call: 1979 | Silk: 1997 Anneli Howard QC Call: 2002 | Silk: 2021 Nikolaus Grubeck Call: 2010 Thomas Sebastian Call: 2012 Jack Williams Call: 2015 Will Perry Call: 2018 Barristers regulated by the Bar Standards Board. News & events Subscribe to get all our latest news straight to your inbox. SUBSCRIBE Contact 1 & 2 Raymond Buildings Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5NR [map] Tel: +44 (0)20 7405 7211 Fax: +44 (0)20 7405 2084 DX: LDE 257 CONTACT Terms of work Complaints procedure Privacy Disclaimer & copyright Cookie policy Accessibility © Monckton Chambers 2021. All rights reserved. Websites for barristers by Square Eye Ltd. Menu We use cookies to optimize our website and our service. See our cookie policy. Functional cookies Statistics Marketing Accept all Save preferences