Fielding ‘hard-working advocates’, Jones Day’s London practice is experienced in maritime boundaries, sanctions, sovereign immunity, human rights, climate change, INERPOL red notices, and international organisations’ immunity. The team also comprises experts in state responsibility, treaty interpretation, and state recognition and succession. It is further experienced in public international law issues concerning the UN, corruption, bribery, export controls, ESG, and embargoes. Michelle Bradfield assists states, private entities and international organisations with a range of public international law matters; Lee Coffey focuses on complex international disputes; and Julian Bailey is experienced in investor-state matters.
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‘Jones Day remains one of the mainstays in this field in London.’
‘Outstanding team. They leave no stone unturned and are extremely responsive.’
‘The Jones Day team comprises highly intelligent and hard-working advocates.’
‘Michelle Bradfield and Sahba Mohtadi are excellent across the board. They are strategic, detail oriented and on top of every aspect of the case. They are always available and understand the work preferences of people in multiple jurisdictions.’
‘Michelle Bradfield and Sahba Mohtadi are extremely hands on. They are unafraid to challenge and go the extra mile for their clients.’
‘Michelle Bradfield is very experienced and devotes enormous energy to her cases.’
‘Michelle Bradfield - hugely resourceful, committed, and easy to work alongside.’
‘Michelle Bradfield is a great partner in the firm. She is extremely intelligent, motivated and results driven.’
Key clients
- World Wide Minerals
- Gold Pool JV
- Windoor
Work highlights
Represented Gold Pool in an arbitration involving novel issues of treaty succession.
Acting for Abed El Jaouni in the annulment phase of ICSID proceedings against Lebanon, arising from the politically-motivated expropriation of his investment in a private jet company.
Represented Canadian uranium mining company WWM in its treaty claims against the Republic of Kazakhstan, arising out of the expropriation of its uranium mining assets in the late 1990s.
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Practice head
Michelle Bradfield
Other key lawyers
Lee Coffey; Julian Bailey; Elizabeth Oberle-Robertson; Sahba Mohtadi