Savoie Arbitration advises and represents clients in matters involving the application and interpretation of international public law. Our experience spans treaty law, state responsibility, the law of international organizations, and matters involving the interface between international and domestic legal orders.
We act for states, international organizations, private parties, and non-governmental entities on public international law issues.
The firm has also developed a specialty in the law of the sea, mining, land and maritime delimitation, the immunity of States, various aspects of State responsibility, the law of treaties and the establishment of international courts and tribunals.
Our experience includes:
- Representing Cameroon before the International Court of Justice in the advisory opinion proceedings on the international law obligations of States regarding climate change
- Representing the government of Canada in investment treaty negotiations and free trade agreement negotiations
- Advising a G7 government on the interpretation and application of its national foreign investment review framework, including strategies to enhance its attractiveness to international investors
- Supporting a small island state in East Africa in the revision of its investment code, following stakeholder consultations
- Providing legal guidance to a Southern African government on the regulatory framework for foreign investment admission under its free economic zones legislation
- Advised a Middle Eastern kingdom on the modernization of its bilateral investment treaty (BIT) model and the legal design of its special economic and duty-free zones to attract foreign direct investment