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Ben Juratowitch KC
Position
Ben Juratowitch KC is widely recognised as an outstanding advocate. He serves as counsel before international courts and tribunals in disputes between states, disputes between foreign investors and states, and disputes between commercial parties. He appears before domestic courts in cases involving international law or international arbitration.
He has been counsel for states, corporations, international organisations and individuals in disputes before:
- The International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Human Rights and the Caribbean Court of Justice
- Arbitral tribunals constituted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and arbitral tribunals applying the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
- The courts of England, France and Belize
The legal directory Chambers and Partners has on the basis of feedback from clients described Ben as having “an outstanding ability to communicate complex legal arguments with conceptual clarity and persuasiveness” and as combining “high-level legal expertise with a strategic and innovative approach.”
Career
2001-2002 Judicial Assistant to the Chief Justice of New South Wales, The Hon James Spigelman AC
2007 Associate at Shearman and Sterling
2008-2013 Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2013-2021 Partner in the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
2014-2021 Head of the public international law practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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2003 Admitted as a solicitor in Queensland, Australia
2010 Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales
2017 Appointed by the Attorney General of the United Kingdom to the ‘A panel’ of counsel for Public International Law matters before English courts and international courts and tribunals
2017 Queen’s Counsel, England and Wales
2018 Member of the Belize Bar
2019 Member of the Paris Bar (avocat à la cour)
2021 Member of the Bar of England and Wales
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Public international law
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Ben Juratowitch KC – Essex Court Chambers ‘Ben is a super silk in the making. He combines dedicated PIL expertise, with outstanding advocacy as well as excellent touch with clients.’
With ‘ the perfect combination of expertise and commercial awareness‘, pre-eminent public international law set Essex Court Chambers fields an outstanding portfolio of commercial and academically accomplished barristers who are highly adept at handling the full spectrum of public international law matters with particular expertise in state-versus-state disputes, land and sea territorial disputes, international trade and investment arbitrations, and state immunity issues. Alison Macdonald KC who was recently asked by the Ukrainian government to join a high-profile working group on the seizure of Russian assets to provide reparations following Russia’s 2022 invasion. Ben Juratowitch KC is representing the Gabonese government in its dispute with Equatorial Guinea in its boundary dispute over three islands. On the junior end, Amy Sander, Naomi Hart and Jackie McArthur stand out, forming parts of counsel teams in state-versus-state disputes. Thomas Sebastian, joined from Monckton Chambers in July 2023, bringing with him expertise on WTO matters.
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 4Ben Juratowitch KC – Essex Court Chambers ‘Ben is very well versed in the intricacies of the European Court of Human rights and his advocacy is uparalleled.’
Human rights matters form a key pillar of Essex Court Chambers‘ practice, often crossing over with its public international law expertise. In a prominent case highlight, Alison Macdonald KC and Amy Sander are representing the claimants in Duarte Agustinho v Portugal and others, a case brought against 33 member states of the Council of Europe, alleging that the states’ climate change policies violate their rights under articles 2, 8 and 14; the case is due to be heard before the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights. Ben Juratowitch KC is well versed in handling inter-state cases concerning human rights issues, while Edward Brown KC is regularly instructed by the British government in heavyweight human rights litigation before the English courts system.
London Bar > International arbitration: counsel
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3Ben Juratowitch KC – Essex Court Chambers ‘Ben is persuasive, concise, responsive, reasonable, fair, honest and powerful. His pleadings are based on thorough preparation and awareness of all details in the file. Strategic thinking, excellent planning and sound decision making. His conduct of cross-examinations – including on very technical causation and quantum points – are outstanding.’
Essex Court Chambers is ‘a market leading set with an excellent line up of senior and junior counsel‘ for international arbitration work. Members are instructed as counsel to lead on the most complex, high-profile arbitrations and often politically sensitive matters, from commercial to investment treaty claims, involving the full spectrum of arbitral rules, spanning a broad geographical area and sectors. Alison Macdonald KC is representing the claimant telecom operator in Axiata Investments v Nepal, an ICSID case in concerning a disputed 22.5bn NPR (£134m) tax bill. Governments draw on Ben Juratowitch KC’s expertise for sensitive arbitrations, including an Energy Charter Treaty dispute concerning the RAFO Onești refinery in Romania. Angeline Welsh KC and Siddharth Dhar KC and took silk in March 2023, boosting the set’s senior ranks further. With expertise in international commercial arbitration, Thomas Sebastian, who is also qualified in India, joined the set in July 2023 from Monckton Chambers.