Ms Angela Ha > Volterra Fietta > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Ms Angela Ha
Position
Counsel at Volterra Fietta
Career
Angela is an Australian-qualified lawyer specialising in public international law and international dispute settlement. She is ranked by Legal 500 as a “Rising Star” in public international law.
Since joining in 2016, Angela has worked for Volterra Fietta’s government and commercial clients across the full range of public international law, including land and maritime boundary disputes, international human rights, the law of the sea, international investment law, sovereign immunities and the laws of war. She has gained a stellar reputation acting for both claimants and respondents in high-stakes, high-profile investment treaty arbitrations. She has represented clients in multiple State-to-State disputes, including cases before the International Court of Justice. She also has significant experience advising clients in judicial proceedings involving public international law issues before domestic courts.
Highlights of her practice include successfully defending a Southeast Asian State in an ICSID arbitration brought by a US power plant developer, representing a mining investor in multibillion dollar claims against a G20 State, acting for a Latin American State in a major maritime boundary dispute before the International Court of Justice and advising a State in the Middle East in relation to proceedings before the International Court of Justice and before United Nations bodies. She has advised and represented parties in ICSID proceedings involving the energy, mining, financial services, construction, manufacturing, telecommunications, media and hospitality sectors.
Angela regularly lectures in international investment law, public international law and international energy law, including at University College London and SOAS University of London. She has been invited to speak on international law issues at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, by the American Society for International Law and at the Investment Treaty Forum of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
Clients and peers have praised her as “thorough and savvy”, “a formidable advocate and cross-examiner” and “one of the up-and-coming stars in this field”.
Angela holds a BA (majoring in European Studies) and an LLB (Hons I) from the University of Sydney and a Bachelor of Civil Law (Dist) from the University of Oxford, focusing on public international law.
Languages
English, Cantonese Chinese (spoken), intermediate French
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
(Rising stars)‘Able to draw on a range of backgrounds, language skills and cultures‘, Volterra Fietta is consistently mandated by states, international organisations and private parties across the gamut of PIL issues. The team’s representative expertise covers including ICJ claims, maritime boundary disputes, investment treaty arbitration (including ICSID matters), and state immunity issues. The recent track record of Robert Volterra
includes high-profile PIL matters at global levels; Peter Flint represents both investors and states in disputes that arise under investment treaties and host state investment protection legislation. Also integral to the group, PIL and international dispute resolution specialist Gunjan Sharma is at partner level since May 2022; energy and natural resources disputes expert Ahmed Abdel Hakam is a March 2023 recruit from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP; and Angela Ha is a recently-elevated counsel. Jehad Mustafa and Magdalena Kowalczuk Asher are the associates to note. Former partner Graham Coop left for Pinsent Masons LLP in March 2023.
London > Dispute resolution > International arbitration
Volterra Fietta represents states and foreign investors in arbitrations before ad hoc tribunals, the PCA, ICSID, and the SCC. The practice is also constantly involved in commercial arbitrations. Robert Volterra ‘has excellent judgement‘, and Peter Flint focuses on international arbitration, cross-border litigation and ADR. Gunjan Sharma and Angela Ha were recently raised to partner and counsel, respectively; and in March 2023, Ahmed Abdel Hakam arrived as partner from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, while former partner Graham Coop joined Pinsent Masons LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
- Public international law London > Dispute resolution
- Rising stars London > Dispute resolution > Public international law
- International arbitration London > Dispute resolution