Essex Court Chambers

Ben Juratowitch KC is widely recognised as an outstanding advocate. He serves as counsel before international courts and tribunals in disputes between states, disputes between foreign investors and states, and disputes between commercial parties. He appears before domestic courts in cases involving international law or international arbitration.

He has been counsel for states, corporations, international organisations and individuals in disputes before:

• The International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the European Court of Human Rights and the Caribbean Court of Justice
• Arbitral tribunals constituted by the Permanent Court of Arbitration, the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes, the International Chamber of Commerce, the London Court of International Arbitration, the Singapore International Arbitration Centre, the Cairo Regional Centre for International Commercial Arbitration and arbitral tribunals applying the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules
• The courts of England, France and Belize

The legal directory Chambers and Partners has on the basis of feedback from clients described Ben as having “an outstanding ability to communicate complex legal arguments with conceptual clarity and persuasiveness” and as combining “high-level legal expertise with a strategic and innovative approach.”

2001-2002 Judicial Assistant to the Chief Justice of New South Wales, The Hon James Spigelman AC

2007 Associate at Shearman and Sterling

2008-2013 Associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2013-2021 Partner in the international arbitration group at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

2014-2021 Head of the public international law practice at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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2003 Admitted as a solicitor in Queensland, Australia

2010 Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales

2017 Appointed by the Attorney General of the United Kingdom to the ‘A panel’ of counsel for Public International Law matters before English courts and international courts and tribunals

2017 Queen’s Counsel, England and Wales

2018 Member of the Belize Bar

2019 Member of the Paris Bar (avocat à la cour)

2021 Member of the Bar of England and Wales