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Climate and Natural Resources Governance

Select cases

  • Counsel to the Democratic Republic of Congo before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law
  • Counsel to the Democratic Republic of Congo before the International Court of Justice, Request for an advisory opinion on the obligations of States in respect of climate change, submitted by General Assembly Resolution 77/276
  • Counsel to the Democratic Republic of Congo before the International Court of Justice, Armed Activities on the Territory of the Congo (reparations phase) (DRC v. Uganda)
  • Counsel for the Kingdom of Belgium in the PCA Iron Rhine Arbitration (Kingdom of Belgium v. Kingdom of the Netherlands) regarding the interpretation of Belgium’s right of transit under a 1839 treaty governing issues regarding the separation of Belgium from the Netherlands in the light of modern environmental law

Select conferences and publications

  • “Energy Disputes resulting from Transition to Green Economy and the Energy Charter Treaty Reform”, panel chair, 39th Investment Treaty Forum Public Conference, Energy Disputes in ISDS, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London, 21 April 2023
  • “Legal Implications of a modified ECT or the withdrawal of the EU and Member States”, Debating the Future of the Energy Charter Treaty, conference organized by the Australian National University and Maastricht University, 29 June 2022
  • “Energy and Climate Change: Arbitration and Investment Law under Fire?”, Paris Arbitration Week, conference organized by Castineira Arbitration, 31 March 2022
  • “International Investment Arbitration in the Energy Sector: What does renewable energy mean to international investment law and arbitration?”, presentation at the international conference on Energy at Sea, University of Athens, 22-23 October 2015