Prof. Dan Sarooshi K.C. Email & Phone Number

Argued over 100 cases as advocate and counsel for States, international organisations, and corporations in international courts (International Court of Justice, European Ct HRts, WTO, UN Tribunals), investment arbitrations (ICSID, ICSID AF, ECT, PCA, NAFTA, ICC, UNCITRAL, and LCIA), and highest domestic courts in the UK, Hong Kong, and Bahamas. Has a track record of success in high profile cases. Clients include 25 States (e.g. UK and USA), 23 international organizations, and corporations (e.g. BAT, Exxon Mobil, Hitachi, & Tesco). Examples of cases include:• Acted for UK in the International Court of Justice (ICJ).• Acted for UAE in the ICJ.• Successfully acted for USA in 8 separate State immunity cases in the UK, including two appeals.• Successfully acted for UK in the Elgin Marbles – Parthenon Sculptures dispute.• Successfully acted for ExxonMobil in investment treaty arbitration against Canada.• Successfully acted for Venezuela's Central Bank in UK Supreme Court case re. control of $2 billion of gold held in Bank of England.• Successfully acted with Lord Pannick KC for Gina Miller in UK Supreme Court “Brexit case”.• Successfully acted for UK in European Court of Human Rights.• Acted for investor in a gold mine in a PCA arbitration against Kazakhstan.• Successfully acted for large-scale farmers in ICSID arbitration against Zimbabwe.• Acted for steel plant owners in ICSID arbitration against Montenegro.• Successfully acted for State oil company in commercial/State immunity case.• Acted in case which changed UK State immunity law to allow Embassies to be sued by employees.• Successfully acted for International Oil Pollution Fund in London obtaining dismissal of $60 million case.• Acted in billion pound judicial review case of UK “plain packaging” regulation of cigarette sales.Legal Directories - Chambers&Partners, Legal500, BestLawyersUK, & Spears500 - say he has “superior skill and creativity as an elite advocate,” “has the well-earned reputation to be counted among the finest in London”, he “wins again and again and again”, “is a superstar”, is “as good as they come”, “clearly one of the leaders at the Bar for public international law”, “an exceptional and experienced advocate armed with encyclopedic knowledge of international and investment law”, “an excellent record of representing governments, international organisations and FTSE 100 companies” and has “a wealth of experience of appearing before international and domestic courts, including the ICJ and the English High Court”. “Clients trust him with bet-the-country/company cases”.