Profile
Position
Joe is an international lawyer who operates in diverse national and international jurisdictions, including fragile and conflict-affected regions.
He is dual-qualified before the Bars of England and Wales and New York. He speaks Spanish and some French.
Joe offers expertise in international criminal law, public international law, international humanitarian law, strategic litigation, counter-terrorism and human rights law. He is a recognised subject matter expert in rule of law capacity-building, deployable to conflict-affected countries.
His clients have included the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), the Egyptian government, the African Centre for Rights and Governance and the former préfet of Butare, Rwanda.
Joe has represented high-profile individuals in international criminal law for more than 10 years – appearing before courts and tribunals for Rwanda and Sierra Leone, along with the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT), arguing long and complex cases at trial and appellate levels.
Career
State of New York, Attorney – passed bar exams in 2007. Licensed to practise in New York State and federal jurisdictions in the USA.
Axiom International Ltd, Senior Justice Reform Advisor. Axiom International provides expert services in the defence, policing, criminal justice and forensic sciences sectors. Joe is regularly deployed as a subject-matter expert in criminal justice to consult on and implement institution and capacity-building projects in developing jurisdictions
Global Rights Compliance LLP, Legal Consultant. GRC provides advice to Governments, corporations and NGOs on matters of international human rights law, international humanitarian law, transitional justice and business and human rights
Languages
Memberships
Education
BVC, College of Law
LPC, Nottingham Law School
BA Law with European Law, University of Nottingham
Diploma en Derecho Espanol, Universitat de Valencia
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