International criminal law (ICC & ICJ)

The International Criminal Court and the International Court of Justice sit at the centre of a body of law that states write but cannot enforce alone. We represent legal entities and their officers before those courts — in investigations, in written proceedings, and in hearings.

Proceedings in The Hague combine elements of common law and civil law, sit under a statute that is not the Rome Statute, and are heard in two languages with a five-year bench. Case preparation therefore starts earlier and runs differently than a domestic file.

We build the strategy around the specific posture of the file — investigation, confirmation of charges, trial or enforcement of a judgment — and around the corporate interests that sit behind it: liability, disclosure, and the consequences for the business.