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Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Contact

Contact with chambers should be made through the Practice Management Team. They are happy to discuss client requirements and provide further information on such matters as the expertise and experience of individual members, fees, working practices and languages spoken. We have members able to work in French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Swedish, Greek and Chinese (Mandarin).

Outside working hours, a member of our team is always available to be contacted on matters of an urgent nature. Contact should be made using the Chambers main number or email.

For our Singapore office, for client enquiries please contact our BD Director, Asia Pacific, Lara Quie and for all other queries please contact Lynn Quek. Out of office hours calls will automatically be diverted to our clerking team in London.

London

20 Essex Street
London
WC2R 3AL

enquiries@twentyessex.com
t: +44 20 7842 1200

Singapore

28 Maxwell Road
#02-03 Maxwell Chambers Suites
Singapore 069120

singapore@twentyessex.com
t: +65 62257230

Public international law

Twenty Essex has been at the forefront of public international law for over 70 years.

Current members have built on the legacy of such luminaries as Lord Arnold McNair, Sir Francis Vallat, Sir Hersch Lauterpacht, Sir Arthur Watts, Sir Elihu Lauterpacht and Professor David Caron. Amongst current members are two former principal Legal Advisers of the UK Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Sir Michael Wood KC (1999–2006) and Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC (2006–2011); a Judge ad hoc of the International Court of Justice (The Hon. Charles N Brower); and numerous senior arbitrators and conciliators appointed in inter-State, investor-State and other public international law proceedings.

Members have outstanding reputations and experience advising and representing States, governments, corporations, individuals and NGOs across the full spectrum of public international law. They appear regularly before a wide range of international forums, including the International Court of Justice, International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Iran-US Claims Tribunal, European Court of Human Rights, investor-State tribunals, ICSID annulment panels, and WTO panels and Appellate Body. They are equally at home in domestic court proceedings. A number also act as expert witnesses on questions of public international law.

Twenty Essex also provides expert practical advice on all aspects of procedure and case management, including selection of judges, arbitrators and experts, procedural rules, interlocutory matters, interim relief, and the organisation of hearings. Members work alongside lay and professional clients at every stage of the case, drafting pleadings, rules of procedure and other documents.

Charles Connor

Call: 2022

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Alexander Yean

Call: 2022

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Isabelle Winstanley

Call: 2022

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Kevin Lee

Call: 2013 (Singapore); 2017 (England and Wales)

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Baiju Vasani

Call: 2001

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Rishab Gupta

Call: 2007 (India); 2008 (New York); 2021 (England and Wales)

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Matthew McGonagle

Call: 2021

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Alexandros Demetriades

Call: 2021 (England and Wales); 2021 (Cyprus)

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Sarah Grimmer

Call: 1998 (New Zealand); 2023 (Solicitor, Hong Kong)

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Courtney Grafton

Call: 2020

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Jonathon Redwood SC

Silk: 2020 SC (New South Wales) - Call: 2013 (England and Wales)*; 2006 (New South Wales & Victoria); 2002 (New York)

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Brendan Plant

Call: 2019 (England and Wales); 2004 (Solicitor, Australia)

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Talia Zybutz

Call: 2020

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Manuel Casas

Call: 2012 (Venezuela); 2016 (New York); 2020 (England and Wales)

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Joshua Folkard

Call: 2013 (England and Wales); 2020 (British Virgin Islands)

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Professor Hi-Taek Shin

Call: 1977 (Korea)

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Andrew Ayres KC

Silk: 2015 - Call: 1996 (England and Wales); 2019 (British Virgin Islands); 2020 (Cayman Islands)

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Daniel Kalderimis

Call: 1999 (New Zealand); 2005 (New York); 2006 (Solicitor, England and Wales); 2021 (Barrister, England and Wales)

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Maria Kennedy

Call: 2018 (England and Wales); 2022 (British Virgin Islands)

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Fiona Petersen

Call: 2018

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Wendy Miles KC

Silk: 2015 - Call: 2020 (England and Wales); 1994 (New Zealand); 2000 (Solicitor, England and Wales)

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Simon Olleson

Call: 2002

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Gordon Nardell KC

Silk: 2010 - Call: 1995

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Andrew Feld

Call: 2013

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Michael Ashcroft KC

Silk: 2011 - Call: 1997

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Michal Hain

Call: 2017

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Mahnaz Malik

Call: 2002 (New York); 2012 (England and Wales)

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Julie Anderson

Call: 1993

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Sir Daniel Bethlehem KCMG KC

Silk: 2003 - Call: 1988

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Penelope Nevill

Call: 1998 (New Zealand), 2010 (England and Wales)

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Zannis Mavrogordato

Call: 1999

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J William Rowley KC

Silk: 1983 - Call: 1970 (Ontario); 1984 (Alberta)

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Dr Michael Moser

Call: 1981 (New York)

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Professor Stefan Talmon

Call: 2007

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Professor Philippa Webb

Call: 2006 (New York); 2016 (England and Wales); 2023 (Belize)

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Philip Riches KC

Silk: 2020 - Call: 2001 (England and Wales); 2021 (British Virgin Islands)

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Paolo Busco

Call: 2014 (Italy); 2017 (Registered as a European lawyer with the Bar of England and Wales); 2021 (England and Wales)

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Sir Michael Wood KC

Silk: 2023 (Hon) - Call: 1968

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Monica Feria-Tinta

Call: 2014

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Mark Tushingham

Call: 2012 (New Zealand); 2016 (England and Wales)

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Kate Parlett

Call: 2015 (England and Wales); 2010 (Solicitor, England and Wales); 2005 (Solicitor, Australia)

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Jonathan Ketcheson

Call: 2016 (England and Wales); 2022 (British Virgin Islands)

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Simon C Milnes KC

Silk: 2022 - Call: 2005 (England and Wales); 2010 (British Virgin Islands)

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The Honourable L Yves Fortier, PC, CC, OQ, KC

Silk: 1976 - Call: 1961

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The Honorable Charles N Brower

Call: 1962 (New York); 1971 (District of Columbia)

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Belinda McRae

Call: 2014

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Alistair Wooder

Call: 2015

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Alexander Thompson

Call: 2014

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Sudhanshu Swaroop KC

Silk: 2016 - Call: 1997

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Professor Julian DM Lew KC

Silk: 2003 - Call: 1970 (Solicitor: 1981; Attorney-at-law, New York: 1985)

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Lord Verdirame KC

Silk: 2019 - Call: 2006

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Alexander Layton KC

Silk: 1995 - Call: 1976

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Duncan Matthews KC

Silk: 2002 - Call: 1986 (England and Wales); 2003 (BVI)

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