Laura is an English-qualified solicitor and Solicitor-Advocate (Higher Courts Civil Proceedings). Laura’s practice focuses on contentious and non-contentious aspects of public international law (PIL) and international arbitration. Laura maintains a broad PIL practice, advising State, corporate and individual clients on a range of PIL matters. She has represented State clients in State-to-State proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and under the auspices of the Permanent Court of Arbitration (PCA). She has also advised clients in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) and the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU). She acts for claimant investors and respondent States in complex and high-value international investment arbitrations across a range of industry sectors and has experience of all the major arbitral rules (ICSID, SCC, UNCITRAL). Laura also regularly advises on PIL issues before domestic courts (including, in particular, State immunity issues, recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards, and set-aside proceedings).
Laura has delivered numerous training courses to officials of State clients and lectures at academic and other institutions on topics of PIL and international arbitration; and frequently publishes on these topics. Laura has recently been appointed to the UK Attorney General’s PIL Panel, members of which advise the UK Government on PIL matters and undertake cases involving PIL in international courts and in the courts of the UK. She is a Member of the PIL Advisory Panel of the British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL)), and an inaugural Honorary International Law Practice Fellow of BIICL. She is a member of the International Law Association (ILA) (British Branch) and a Member of the ILA Committee on Protection of People at Sea. In 2018-2019, Laura spent six months at the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office advising the British Government on PIL issues arising out of Brexit.
Laura is widely recognised in the leading legal directories for her expertise in these fields. She has been recognised in the Legal 500 UK Solicitors for PIL annually since 2022. She has been ranked in Chambers UK for Public International Law and International Arbitration since 2023 and 2026, respectively. She is recognised in the GAR 100 2025, which described Laura as “brilliant – cool, calm and a pleasure to work with”. Laura has been included in the (biennial) Lawdragon 500 Leading Global Litigators guide since 2021 for her expertise in PIL (in 2025, one of only 17 globally). She has been included in the Lexology Index: Arbitration as an “Arbitration Future Leader” (based on recommendations from peers and clients) for the last two years. Chambers reports that clients describe Laura as “dedicated” and “committed”, a “phenomenal lawyer”, and an “astute strategist”, who “has deep expertise in international arbitration and public international law” and provides “high-quality advice”.
Laura’s full curriculum vitae is available here.