Members of Brick Court Chambers have experience acting for states, companies and individuals in significant disputes. Acting unled, Edward Ho represented Patel Engineering in a case against Mozambique related to an alleged breach of obligations under the Mozambique-India Bilateral Investment Treaty. Ali Al-Karim and Emilie Gonin acted for the World Wildlife Fund on the issue of biodiversity in the ICJ proceedings in its Advisory Opinion on Climate Change. Gonin also represents the Dutch government in an ICSID case relating to allegations by ExxonMobil that the Netherlands is in breach of the Energy Charter Treaty in phasing out gas extraction. With particular experience in BIT and ICSID claims, Vernon Flynn KC is instructed as counsel to states in numerous matters.
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