Mr Ben Burnham > Volterra Fietta > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Volterra Fietta
8 MORTIMER STREET, FITZROY PLACE
LONDON
W1T 3JJ
England
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Position

Associate at Volterra Fietta

Career

Ben is qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and an attorney at law in New York.  He has over ten years’ experience in international dispute resolution, having acted for States and private entities in complex, high-value disputes.

Ben has participated as counsel or tribunal secretary in numerous investor-State and commercial arbitrations under all the major institutional arbitration rules, as well as in ad hoc proceedings.  He has extensive experience advising clients on matters pertaining to investment (re)structuring and public international law.  He has also represented clients in arbitration-related proceedings before the English courts.

Ben has been recognised repeatedly in the Legal 500, as well as the UK edition of Best Lawyers. He holds an LLM in public international law from the University of Leiden and an MA in law from the University of Cambridge.  He has taught international investment law and has authored various articles on public international law subjects.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Dispute resolution > Public international law

Exclusively focused on public international law, Volterra Fietta represents states, international organisations, and private parties on ICJ cases, maritime boundary issues, and investment treaty arbitrations, including ICSID claims. The practice is also expert in state immunity cases before the English courts, the laws of war and international humanitarian legislation, along with WTO matters, international trade law, international human rights and state responsibility. ‘One of the best public international lawyers of his generation’, Robert Volterra represents governments, international organisations and private clients in an array of public international law and international dispute resolution issues; and Peter Flint acts for states and investors in disputes involving investment treaties and host state investment protection legislation. The practice further showcases Gunjan Sharma, whose ‘strategic guidance is clear and comprehensive’; state-to-state disputes expert Ahmed Abdel Hakam, whose investment treaty caseload covers the energy and natural resources sector; and Angela Ha, who is experienced in international human rights, the Law of the Sea, international investment law, sovereign immunities, the laws of war, and land and maritime boundary disputes Florentine Vos, Ben Burnham and Magdalena Kowalczuk Asher are also key team members.