‘VB: Attorneys- At-Law’ offers an unrivalled range of practical public international law experience in the sovereign and commercial issues. We offer to act for States, private entities and international organisations in contentious and advisory matters all over the world. We advise on dispute resolution between foreign investors and host States, or between two or more States. We provide key solutions after keenly analysing the effect of private and public international law on international commercial transactions in all sectors.

We can assist our clients in:

• bilateral investment treaties
• land and maritime territorial and boundary disputes
• the law of treaties and treaty interpretation
• property rights and expropriation
• the Energy Charter Treaty
• oil concessions
• air and water rights
• treaty negotiations and accession
• State responsibility
• choice of law, jurisdiction and enforcement proceedings
• international maritime law
• sovereign and diplomatic privilege and immunity
• project-specific international agreements between host States
• offshore oil and gas (and other resources)
• straddling resources
• transboundary pipelines
• international human rights law (including its relevance to transnational business enterprises and transnational litigation)
• State succession issues
• international environmental law
• Sovereign debt
• energy, mining and infrastructure projects
• international trade and WTO law
• foreign corrupt practices
• the laws of war
• economic sanctions