Our experience
The members of FAR Avocats are dedicated to deliver outstanding, competent and efficient service in all areas of international law, including in particular land and maritime delimitation, the law of treaties, State responsibility, State immunities, Human rights, Investment protection and arbitration, and European Union law. We have represented States and individuals before all major international courts and tribunals in more than 50 cases and proceedings.
Inter-State Disputes
Members of our Team have acted in more than 35 proceedings and disputes between States before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, arbitral tribunals, and other international courts and tribunals. Some examples and highlights include:
ICJ
Assisting a State in the advisoriy proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change
ICJ
Representing a State in Equatorial Africa in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning titles relating to territorial and maritime delimitation and sovereignty over islands
ICJ
Representing a Central American State in proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning territorial, insular and maritime claims
ICJ
Advising an Asian State in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the legal consequences of the separation of the Chagos Archipelago from Mauritius in 1965
CJEU
Representing a Central European State in infringement proceedings under Article 259 TFEU before the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning violations of several obligation under European Union law
ICJ
Representing an Asian State in proceedings concerning a request for revision of a previous judgment concerning sovereignty over islands in the Strait of Singapore rendered by the International Court of Justice
Other experiences
Members of our Team advise and represent States, individuals, and non-governmental organisations in all matters concerning international law. Some examples include:
Advising an African State in pre-litigation negotiations concerning the delimitation of its maritime boundaries, in particular those of its continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles
Advising and assisting an European Union Member State in relation to the negotiation and implementation of various European Union regulations and directives relating to energy and fisheries
Advising a State on its proposal for a unilateral declaration to accompany its ratification of a regional environmental treaty
Investment Disputes and Arbitration
Members of our Team have advices and represented States and investors in more than 15 cases and arbitration proceedings under several bilateral and multilateral investment instruments, investment laws or investment contracts, conducted before major arbitration institutions. Some examples and hightlights include:
ICSID
Representing investors in the hotel industry in arbitration proceedings against a West African State on the basis of an investment law before ICSID
ICSID
Representing investors in the fishing industry in arbitral proceedings before ICSID against a Northern European State
PCA (UNCITRAL)
Representing a South-Eastern European State in an investment dispute before an arbitral tribunal (UNCITRAL) concerning nationalisations