Published on 3 July 2019 in News
On 8 May 2019, Volterra Fietta hosted its annual Spring Reception at The Carlton Club, St James’s, London. This prestigious event was attended by Ambassadors and other diplomatic officials from the Embassies and High Commissions of a number of European, Asian and Latin American countries. Other guests included practising barristers, senior civil servants, academics and university researchers, forensic experts, consultants and lawyers from a number of UK and international firms. The Volterra Fietta Spring Reception, which frequently takes place during the same week as the LCIA European Users’ Council Symposium in May, has become an established event of the London legal calendar.
Firm news Throughout Winter 2025, Volterra Fietta continued to advise clients on some of the world’s most important public international law and contentious matters. On 11 November 2024, Volterra Fietta represented Barbados before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and successfully demonstrated that Barbados’s Cybercrime Bill was consistent with international standards, including international human rights standards. On 2 December
Learn moreOn 2 December 2024, representatives and legal counsel of Barbados made oral submissions to the International Court of Justice (the “Court”) in the climate change advisory proceedings (the “Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change Case”).
Learn moreOn 31 October 2019, Volterra Fietta hosted the Latin American Arbitration Practitioners EU (“LATAP EU”) launch event. Associates Gunjan Sharma and Ricardo Gerhard welcomed the participants and gave introductory remarks before a distinguished panel of speakers analysed the norm-generating effects of investment treaty arbitration in Latin America. LATAP EU aims to build a network of
Learn moreRobert Volterra was invited to speak on a panel at the International Arbitration Summit on the 11 November 2019. For more information about the event click here
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