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Tariq Baloch
Position
Specialises in international arbitration (international investment treaty claims and internationl commercial arbitration), public international law and general commercial litigation. Expert in the English laws of obligations.
Career
Before transferring to the Bar in 2014, Tariq was a senior associate within the international arbitration and public international law groups of Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. The international dimension of Tariq’s experience is further reinforced by the three years he spent practicing international arbitration in Freshfields’ offices in the Middle East, North Africa region and Paris. Prior to entering the practice, Tariq taught the English law of obligations full-time as an assistant professor at the LSE. He has also developed a practice advising governments and government agencies on a range of PIL issues, including those that sit at the cross-section of law and policy. Tariq regularly speaks and writes on arbitration, public international law, commercial law and legal history topics, including delivering lectures at Harvard Law School and the British Institute of International and Comparative Law. Publication of note: ‘Unjust Enrichment and Contract’ (Hart, Oxford 2009).
Memberships
ICC; LCIA; SCC; ICSID Panel of Arbitrators, UNCITRAL and DIAC.
Education
Queen Mary University; University of London (LLB); Harvard Law School (LLM); University of Oxford (Dphil, PhD).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Public international law
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Tariq Baloch –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Tariq is a thoughtful and persuasive advocate. He is good at thinking outside the box and adopts an innovative approach. He is also collegial and client-focused in his delivery.’
With the arrival of Zachary Douglas KC and Can Yeginsu, 3 Verulam Buildings ‘has really moved up from being a strong set for public international law to one of the two or three top sets in London’, with ‘unrivalled bench strength’ and outstanding capabilities in international investment treaty disputes, in which Tariq Baloch is particularly sought after. Yeginsu acts for states, international organisations, including the UN, and non-governmental bodies, advising on investment treaty arbitration, international claims commissions and reparations, and matters of diplomatic and state immunity. He currently acts as lead counsel to international media outlet Radio Free Europe/ Radio Liberty in its challenge to the Russian Federation’s designation of the organisation as a “foreign agent”. Christopher Harris KC maintains a busy practice with significant instructions as lead counsel in a variety of major international investment disputes as well as in complex enforcement proceedings. Cameron Miles, with particular expertise in investment treaty arbitration and state immunity questions arising in English courts, is advancing into the inter-state arena with high-level instructions in the Permanent Court of Arbitration and the ICJ.
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 1Tariq Baloch –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Tariq is super-smart, super approachable, straight-forward and is one of the few barristers with a strategic and tactical brain as well as book-smarts. He writes beautifully: crisp and to the point, and is a master absorbing what is key to the client and their case and relaying it to the court or tribunal and his advocacy is superb: logical, smooth, easy to follow and persuasive. One of the best advocates around.’
London Bar > Energy
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Tariq Baloch – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Tariq is a thoughtful and persuasive advocate who is good at thinking outside the box and adopting an innovative approach.’