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Chambers Global 2020 rank Fietta LLP among the top global practices for both International Arbitration and Public International Law. Stephen Fietta is also ranked among the world’s leading practitioners in both categories. See Chambers review: Fietta Chambers Profile

18 February 2020 – Chambers Global 2020 rank Fietta LLP among the top global practices for both International Arbitration and Public International Law. Stephen Fietta is also ranked among the world’s leading practitioners in both categories. See Chambers review: Fietta Chambers Profile

23 January 2020 – Laura Rees-Evans spoke at All Souls College, University of Oxford, on “Brexit and international agreements: the Withdrawal Agreement and beyond”, as part of the Law Faculty’s PIL Discussion Group Series. Further details of the event and Oxford’s PIL Discussion Group are available here.

23 January 2020Laura Rees-Evans spoke at All Souls College, University of Oxford, on “Brexit and international agreements: the Withdrawal Agreement and beyond”, as part of the Law Faculty’s PIL Discussion Group Series. Further details of the event and Oxford’s PIL Discussion Group are available here.

December 2019 – Who’s Who Legal 2020 has again recognised Stephen Fietta as among the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners, identifying him as a “Thought Leader” and a “Recommended Global Leader”. Ashique Rahman has been recognised again as a “Future Leader” in the field.

December 2019 – Who’s Who Legal 2020  has again recognised  Stephen Fietta QC as among the world’s leading international arbitration practitioners, identifying him as a “Thought Leader” and a “Recommended Global Leader”Ashique Rahman has been recognised again as a “Future Leader” in the field.

December 2019 – Stephen Fietta QC has contributed a chapter on arbitral jurisdiction under the ICSID Convention in the new textbook ‘The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules – A practical Commentary‘, published by Edward Elgar. The textbook can be purchased here

December 2019Stephen Fietta QC has contributed a chapter on arbitral jurisdiction under the ICSID Convention in the new textbook ‘The ICSID Convention, Regulations and Rules – A practical Commentary‘, published by Edward Elgar. The textbook can be purchased here.

3 December 2019 – Stephen Fietta QC and Laura Rees-Evans attended the European Commission’s 2nd Stakeholder Workshop on intra-EU investment. The event allowed the Commission and Member States to update the investor community on recent developments and provided investors with an opportunity to provide critical feedback on the future of ISDS in Europe ahead of the anticipated termination of most intra-EU BITs.

3 December 2019Stephen Fietta QC and Laura Rees-Evans attended the European Commission’s 2nd Stakeholder Workshop on intra-EU investment.  The event allowed the Commission and Member States to update the investor community on recent developments and provided investors with an opportunity to provide critical feedback on the future of ISDS in Europe ahead of the anticipated termination of most intra-EU BITs.

Stephen Fietta, alongside Aniruddha Rajput of the International Law Commission, has delivered a Lexis Nexis webinar titled, ‘The World Bank: ICSID – settlement of investment disputes (2019)’. The webinar addresses the ICSID Convention and Arbitration Rules, recent developments in intra-EU investor-State dispute settlement and areas of potential reform. For further details about the webinar and how to access it, please click here.

26 November 2019 – Stephen Fietta QC, alongside Aniruddha Rajput of the International Law Commission, has delivered a Lexis Nexis webinar titled, ‘The World Bank: ICSID – settlement of investment disputes (2019)’. The webinar addresses the ICSID Convention and Arbitration Rules, recent developments in intra-EU investor-State dispute settlement and areas of potential reform. For further details about the webinar and how to access it, please click here.

5 November 2019 – Laura Rees-Evans spoke at Young ITA’s conference on “Investment Arbitration and the Environment – Emerging Themes”, hosted by Latham & Watkins in London.  For further information, see here.

5 November 2019Laura Rees-Evans spoke at Young ITA’s conference on “Investment Arbitration and the Environment – Emerging Themes”, hosted by Latham & Watkins in London.  For further information, see here.