• Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (Request for Advisory Opinion) (2023-present): counsel for the United Kingdom in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning States’ climate change obligations and their legal consequences (with Ben Juratowitch KC, Penelope Nevill and others).
• Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) (2023-present): counsel for the United Kingdom in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory (with Professor Dan Sarooshi KC).
• Trafalgar v Hadley & Ors [2023] EWHC 651 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 1184 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 1867 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 2670 (Ch); [2022] EWCA Civ 1639): counsel for the Claimant in long-running proceedings concerning a complex pensions fraud, and involving a myriad of interim applications – including Norwich Pharmacal/ Bankers Trust Orders and a summary judgment application concerning the claimant’s bribery claim that went to the Court of Appeal (with Justin Higgo KC).
• Public Institution for Social Security v Al Rajaan (2020-2022): counsel for the twenty-first defendant in a claim of over US$800 million brought by a Kuwaiti Government entity against over 40 defendants in the Commercial Court, alleging a wide-ranging fraud committed against the State pension fund (with Blair Leahy KC).
• The “Maduro Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela v The “Guaidó Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela [2023] AC 156; [2022] 2 WLR 167: counsel for the Foreign Secretary intervening in high-profile commercial proceedings before the Supreme Court on issues concerning the recognition of foreign heads of government and the foreign act of State doctrine (with Sir James Eadie KC, Sir Michael Wood KC and Jason Pobjoy).
• Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn v His Majesty Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon (2022): counsel for the former King of Spain in a high-profile case before the High Court and Court of Appeal involving preliminary issues of state immunity and service (including as related to Brexit) (with Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC, Philippa Webb and Ben Silverstone). Belinda made oral submissions on His Majesty’s behalf at the consequentials hearing in March 2022.
• Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (and others) v Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited [2022] EWHC 768 (Comm): counsel for the successful claimants in a hard-fought anti-suit claim in support of two ICC arbitrations arising out of two facilities agreements to the value of US$2 billion, leading to a three-day Commercial Court trial (with Ben Juratowitch KC).
• AAA PLC v Persons Unknown (2021-2022): sole counsel for the first respondent/ defendant in a fraud-related harassment claim under the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division, involving resisting an appeal before the Court of Appeal in relation to an interim injunction and a Part 11 jurisdiction challenge on service and material non- disclosure grounds.

Arbitration claims before the English courts

• Aiteo Eastern E&P Co Ltd v Shell Western Supply and Trading Ltd [2023] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 1: counsel for the defendants in two jurisdiction challenges made under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 concerning inchoate arbitration agreements and the consolidation of arbitration proceedings (with Ben Juratowitch KC and Catherine Jung).
• Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (and others) v Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited [2022] EWHC 768 (Comm): counsel for the successful claimants in a hard-fought anti-suit claim in support of two ICC arbitrations arising out of two facilities agreements to the value of US$2 billion, leading to a three-day Commercial Court trial (with Ben Juratowitch KC).
• Y v State of X (2021): sole counsel for an Eastern Europe State seeking to resist the enforcement of an award under the UK’s ICSID enforcement regime.
• PL Holdings v The Republic of Poland(2018-present): counsel for the defendant in enforcement proceedings under ss 66 and 103 Arbitration Act 1996 pending before the Commercial Court involving questions as to the applicability of the CJEU’s judgment in Achmea (with Sara Masters KC).
• RJ v HB[2018] EWHC 2833 (Comm) and [2018] EWHC 2958 (Comm): counsel for the defendant in challenge to an award under s 68 Arbitration Act 1996 involving a novel question as to the removal of an arbitrator by the court (with Charles Kimmins KC).
• W v X Company[2017] EWHC 3430 (Comm): counsel for the claimant in Commercial Court proceedings, successfully obtaining a rare order under s 42 Arbitration Act 1996 to enforce a peremptory order of a tribunal, as well as uncontested orders under s 43 and s 44 (with Michael Ashcroft KC).
• The Kyrgyz Republic v Stans Energy Corp and Kutisay Mining LLC[2017] EWHC 2539 (Comm): counsel for the defendants in Commercial Court proceedings, successfully resisting a challenge to the jurisdiction of an UNCITRAL tribunal in an investment treaty claim under s 67 Arbitration Act 1996 (with Ben Juratowitch KC).
• Section 66 Application(2016-2017): counsel for the defendant in Commercial Court proceedings resisting the enforcement of a US$1.2 billion LCIA Award in the Commercial Court under s 66 Arbitration Act 1996, which ultimately settled (with Laurence Rabinowitz KC, Charles Kimmins KC and others).

Commercial arbitration

• LCIA Arbitration (2024-present): counsel for the defendant in arbitration proceedings arising out of an SPA (with Philip Edey KC).
• ICC Arbitrations (2020-present): counsel for the claimants in two separate ICC arbitrations seeking to recover a substantial debt arising out of facilities agreements created to finance the purchase of an interest in a substantial oil mining lease in Nigeria (with Ben Juratowitch KC and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP).
• LCIA Arbitration (2020-present): sole counsel for the claimant claiming under a logistics services agreement in respect of a substantial power plant project in South America.
• LCIA Arbitration (2019): counsel for the respondent in a London-seated arbitration arising out of the collapse of business relations between two individuals, concerning allegations of fraud and forgery (with Paul Lowenstein KC).
• ICC Arbitrations (2019-2020): counsel for the claimants in linked ICC arbitration proceedings seated in Hong Kong arising out of a private equity investment (with Charles Kimmins KC).
• LCIA Arbitration (2019-2020): counsel for the respondents in a dispute concerning the sale of shares in a mining investment in Africa and the alleged failure of the respondents to offer the claimant the first right of refusal (with Paul Key KC and Adam Woolnough).
• ICC Arbitrations(2018-2020): counsel for the claimant in two consolidated arbitrations under the ICC Rules arising out of a high-value corporate acquisition (with Nigel Rawding KC).
• LMAA Arbitrations(2017-2018): counsel for the claimant in two arbitration references under the LMAA Terms concerning the breach of termination of agreements for the sale and purchase of two newbuilding vessels (with Michael Ashcroft KC).
• UNCITRAL Arbitration(2017): part of the counsel team for the claimant, a major national oil company, in a US$300+ million dispute under a drilling services contract (with Duncan Matthews KC and Edward Ho), including applications before the Court of Appeal and Supreme Court (with Timothy Young KC).

Investment arbitration

• X v State Y (2023-present): counsel for an investor in a BIT claim made under the 1976 UNCITRAL Rules in connection with a substantial gold reserve (with Ben Juratowitch KC).
• Invenergy v Republic of Poland (PCA Case No. 2018-40) (2019-present): counsel for the Republic of Poland in a claim arising under the US-Poland BIT concerning the claimants’ alleged US$700 million investment in the wind energy sector (with Guglielmo Verdirame KC and Michal Hain).
• C v State D(2018): sole counsel for the claimant in an investment treaty case under the Greece-Russia BIT for claims including breach of the fair and equitable treatment standard.
• A v State B (2017): sole counsel for the respondent in an investment treaty case under the India-UK bilateral investment treaty brought under the UNCITRAL Rules for claims including a breach of the fair and equitable treatment standard.
• China Heilongjiang International Economic & Technical Cooperative Corp (and others) v Mongolia(PCA Case No. 2010-20): counsel for the Claimants in a PCA-administered ad hoc arbitration (using both the UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules for guidance) under the China-Mongolia BIT relating to the expropriation of a mining licence (with Peter Turner KC).
• Yosef Maiman v The Arab Republic of Egypt(PCA Case No. 2012-026) and Ampal-American Israel Corporation v The Arab Republic of Egypt (ICSID Case No. ARB/12/11): counsel for two consortiums of investors in multi-billion dollar arbitrations under the UNCITRAL and ICSID Rules against Egypt involving the cessation of gas supply to Israel (with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP).
• Guaracachi America & Rurelec v Bolivia(PCA Case No. 2011-17): counsel for the claimants in a UNCITRAL arbitration seated in The Hague and administered by the PCA regarding measures taken by Bolivia affecting their investments in the electricity industry (with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP).

Arbitrator appointments

• LCIA Arbitration (2021-2022): sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in a dispute relating to the non-payment of solicitor’s fees.
• LCIA Arbitration (2021): sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in a claim made under a sales and purchase contract for granular sulphur involving the application of the defence of force majeure in the context of COVID-19.
• LCIA Arbitration (2020): sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in a claim for outstanding amounts alleged to be due under a facilities agreement.
• LCIA Arbitrations (2019): sole arbitrator appointed by the LCIA in three separate commercial arbitrations in the field of consumer credit loans.
• LMAA Arbitration (2016): tribunal-appointed arbitrator in a dispute under a voyage charterparty on the Exxonmobil VOY2005 form involving a claim for freight, interest and costs.

• Trafalgar Multi Asset Trading Company Limited (In Liquidation) v D&A Nominees (2023 – present): counsel for the claimant in a claim concerning alleged breaches of directors’ duties under ss. 172-174 of the Companies Act 1996 (with Justin Higgo KC; sole counsel at CCMC).
• Trafalgar v Hadley & Ors [2023] EWHC 651 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 1184 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 1867 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 2670 (Ch); [2022] EWCA Civ 1639): counsel for the claimant in long-running proceedings concerning a complex pensions fraud, and involving a myriad of interim applications – including Norwich Pharmacal/Bankers Trust Orders and a summary judgment application concerning the claimant’s bribery claim that went to the Court of Appeal (with Justin Higgo KC).
• Charles Claire and Lynx Gold v Woolgar (Claim No. BL-2023-000519): sole counsel for the claimants at a CCMC in proceedings concerning claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of Quistclose trust and in deceit brought against a former agent and fiduciary (among other things).
• Public Institution for Social Security v Al Rajaan (2020-2022): counsel for the 21^st defendant in a claim of over US$800 million brought by a Kuwaiti Government entity against over 40 defendants in the Commercial Court, alleging a wide- ranging fraud committed against the State pension fund (with Blair Leahy KC).
• AAA PLC v Persons Unknown (2021-2022): sole counsel for the 1^st respondent/defendant in a fraud-related harassment claim under the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division, involving resisting an appeal before the Court of Appeal in relation to an interim injunction and a Part 11 jurisdiction challenge on service and material non- disclosure grounds.
• Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd [2019] EWCA Civ 83, [2019] 1 WLR 4481 (appeal) and [2020] EWHC 2952 (Comm) (quantum): counsel for the successful appellants in a case concerning the alleged receipt of secret commissions by introductory brokers (with Henry Byam-Cook KC).

• Trafalgar Multi Asset Trading Company Limited (In Liquidation) v D&A Nominees (2023 – present): counsel for the Claimant in a claim concerning alleged breaches of directors’ duties under ss. 172-174 of the Companies Act 1996 (with Justin Higgo KC; sole counsel at CCMC).
• Trafalgar v Hadley & Ors [2023] EWHC 651 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 1184 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 1867 (Ch); [2023] EWHC 2670 (Ch); [2022] EWCA Civ 1639): counsel for the claimant in long-running proceedings concerning a complex pensions fraud, and involving a myriad of interim applications – including Norwich Pharmacal/Bankers Trust Orders and a summary judgment application concerning the claimant’s bribery claim that went to the Court of Appeal (with Justin Higgo KC).
• Aiteo Eastern E&P Co Ltd v Shell Western Supply and Trading Ltd [2023] 1 Lloyd’s Rep. 1: counsel for the defendants in two jurisdiction challenges made under section 67 of the Arbitration Act 1996 concerning inchoate arbitration agreements and the consolidation of arbitration proceedings (with Ben Juratowitch KC and Catherine Jung).
• Charles Claire and Lynx Gold v Woolgar (Claim No. BL-2023-000519): sole counsel for the claimants at a CCMC in proceedings concerning claims for breach of fiduciary duty, breach of Quistclose trust and in deceit brought against a former agent and fiduciary (among other things).
• Africa Finance Corporation (AFC) (and others) v Aiteo Eastern E&P Company Limited [2022] EWHC 768 (Comm): counsel for the successful claimants in a hard-fought anti-suit claim in support of two ICC arbitrations arising out of two facilities agreements to the value of US$2 billion, leading to a three-day Commercial Court trial (with Ben Juratowitch KC).
• Public Institution for Social Security v Al Rajaan (2020-2022): counsel for the twenty-first defendant in a claim of over US$800 million brought by a Kuwaiti Government entity against over 40 defendants in the Commercial Court, alleging a wide-ranging fraud committed against the State pension fund (with Blair Leahy KC).
• Ablynx NV v VHsquared Ltd and Others (2020-2021): counsel for the claimants in an appeal before the Supreme Court concerning a substantial jurisdictional challenge in a patent case involving novel issues as to Articles 24(4), 25 and 31(2) of the Brussels Regulation (with Thomas Raphael KC).
• AAA PLC v Persons Unknown (2021-2022): sole counsel for the first respondent/ defendant in a fraud-related harassment claim under the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division, involving resisting an appeal before the Court of Appeal in relation to an interim injunction and a Part 11 jurisdiction challenge on service and material non-disclosure grounds.
• Dynasty Co for Oil and Gas Trading Ltd v Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq y [2021] 3 WLR 1095; [2021] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 275: counsel for the claimant in a US$1.6 billion claim arising out of a production sharing contract in Iraq, raising complex issues of state immunity and the application of the Brussels Regulation in a preliminary issue trial before the Commercial Court (with Charles Kimmins KC, Richard Waller KC and Daniel Benedyk).
• Medsted Associates Ltd v Canaccord Genuity Wealth (International) Ltd[2019] EWCA Civ 83, [2019] 1 WLR 4481 (appeal) and [2020] EWHC 2952 (Comm) (quantum): counsel for the successful appellants in a case considering novel points of law as to whether the introducing broker owed fiduciary duties to the introduced clients; this later led to a three-day quantum trial (with Henry Byam-Cook KC).

• Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn v His Majesty Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon (2022): counsel for the former King of Spain in a high-profile case before the High Court and Court of Appeal involving preliminary issues of state immunity and service (including as related to Brexit) (with Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC, Philippa Webb and Ben Silverstone).
• AAA PLC v Persons Unknown (2021-2022): sole counsel for the first respondent/ defendant in a fraud-related harassment claim under the Media and Communications List of the Queen’s Bench Division, involving resisting an appeal before the Court of Appeal in relation to an interim injunction and a Part 11 jurisdiction challenge on service and material non-disclosure grounds.
• Ablynx NV v VHsquared Ltd and Others (2020-2021): counsel for the claimant in an appeal before the Supreme Court concerning a substantial jurisdictional challenge in a patent case involving novel issues as to Articles 24(4), 25 and 31(2) of the Brussels Regulation (with Thomas Raphael KC).
• Dynasty Co for Oil and Gas Trading Ltd v Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq y [2021] 3 WLR 1095; [2021] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 275: counsel for the claimant in a US$1.6 billion claim arising out of a production sharing contract in Iraq, raising complex issues of state immunity and the application of the Brussels Regulation in a preliminary issue trial before the Commercial Court (with Charles Kimmins KC, Richard Waller KC and Daniel Benedyk).

Inter-State cases (in the public domain)

• Obligations of States in respect of Climate Change (Request for Advisory Opinion) (2023-present): counsel for the United Kingdom in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning States’ climate change obligations and their legal consequences (with Ben Juratowitch KC, Penelope Nevill and others).
• Legal Consequences arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, including East Jerusalem (Request for Advisory Opinion) (2023-present): counsel for the United Kingdom in advisory proceedings before the International Court of Justice concerning the Occupied Palestinian Territory (with Professor Dan Sarooshi KC).
• Allegations of Genocide under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Ukraine v Russian Federation) (2023-present): counsel for Australia in contentious proceedings brought by Ukraine against the Russian Federation under the Genocide Convention (with Dr Stephen Donaghue KC, Solicitor General of Australia, and Kate Parlett).
• Request for an Advisory Opinion submitted by the Commission of Small Island States on Climate Change and International Law (Request for Advisory Opinion submitted to the Tribunal) (2023-2024): counsel for the United Kingdom in advisory proceedings before the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea concerning States Parties’ obligations under UNCLOS in relation to harm caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gases (with Ben Juratowitch KC, Amy Sander and Courtney Grafton).
• Ukraine v The Russian Federation (Application No. 11055/22; European Court of Human Rights, 2022-present): counsel for Ukraine in an application relating to violations of Articles 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11 of the European Convention (among others) arising out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 (with Timothy Otty KC, Guglielmo Verdirame KC and juniors from Twenty Essex and Blackstone Chambers).
• Certain Iranian Assets(2019-present): counsel to the United States of America in proceedings brought by Iran in the International Court of Justice concerning alleged violations of the Treaty of Amity (with Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC).
• Case B1 (Claims 2 and 3), Iran v. United States(2017-present): counsel to the United States of America in proceedings before the Iran – U.S. Claims Tribunal concerning the foreign military sales program between Iran and the United States in the 1970s and 1980s. Belinda argued on behalf of the United States before the Full Tribunal at hearings in February and May/June 2018, April 2019 and June 2019 (with Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC).

Domestic cases

• The “Maduro Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela v The “Guaidó Board” of the Central Bank of Venezuela [2023] AC 156; [2022] 2 WLR 167: counsel for the Foreign Secretary intervening in high-profile commercial proceedings before the Supreme Court on issues concerning the recognition of foreign heads of government and the foreign act of State doctrine (with Sir James Eadie KC, Sir Michael Wood KC and Jason Pobjoy).
• Corinna Zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn v His Majesty Juan Carlos Alfonso Victor Maria de Borbon y Borbon (2022): counsel for the former King of Spain in a high-profile case before the High Court and Court of Appeal involving preliminary issues of state immunity and service (including as related to Brexit) (with Sir Daniel Bethlehem KC, Philippa Webb and Ben Silverstone). Belinda made oral submissions on His Majesty’s behalf at the consequentials hearing in March 2022.
• Western Sahara Campaign UK v HMRC and Foreign Office [2022] EWHC 3108 (Admin): counsel for the defendants and first interested party in relation to a judicial review concerning the UK-Morocco FTA and its compatibility with the international law of self- determination, involving issues including the foreign act of state doctrine, non-justiciability and treaty interpretation (with Sir James Eadie KC and Paul Luckhurst).
• Barnett LBC v AG (A Child) [2022] EWCA Civ 1505; [2021] Fam. 404; [2021] 3 WLR 875: counsel for the Foreign Secretary in this claim under the Human Rights Act 1998 concerning the application of diplomatic immunity in a case of alleged child abuse, which was heard before the High Court (Family Division) and the Court of Appeal (with Sir James Eadie KC, Professor Vaughan Lowe KC, Joanne Clement KC and Jason Pobjoy).
• Shamima Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] AC 765 and [2020] 1 WLR 4267: counsel for the UN Special Rapporteur in a case relating to a British citizen detained in Syria, intervening on public international law issues relating to arbitrary deprivation of citizenship before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal (with Guglielmo Verdirame KC and Jason Pobjoy).
• Dynasty Co for Oil and Gas Trading Ltd v Kurdistan Regional Government of Iraq [2021] 3 WLR 1095; [2021] 2 Lloyd’s Rep. 275: counsel for the claimant in a US$1.6 billion claim arising out of a production sharing contract in Iraq, raising complex issues of state immunity and the application of the Brussels Regulation in a preliminary issue trial before the Commercial Court (with Charles Kimmins KC, Richard Waller KC and Daniel Benedyk).
• Sathananthan v Brigadier Fernando (Westminster Magistrates Court, 2019): sole counsel for the Foreign Secretary intervening in the prosecution of a former Sri Lankan diplomat on the question of his entitlement to diplomatic immunity.

• Ukraine v The Russian Federation (Application No. 11055/22; European Court of Human Rights, 2022-present): counsel for Ukraine in an application relating to violations of Articles 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 and 11 of the European Convention (among others) arising out of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 (with Timothy Otty KC, Guglielmo Verdirame KC and juniors from Twenty Essex and Blackstone Chambers).
• Western Sahara Campaign UK v HMRC and Foreign Office [2022] EWHC 3108 (Admin): counsel for the defendants and first interested party in relation to a judicial review concerning the UK-Morocco FTA and its compatibility with the international law of self-determination, involving issues including the foreign act of state doctrine, non-justiciability and treaty interpretation (with Sir James Eadie KC and Paul Luckhurst).
• Barnett LBC v AG (A Child) [2022] EWCA Civ 1505; [2021] Fam. 404; [2021] 3 WLR 875: counsel for the Foreign Secretary in this claim under the Human Rights Act 1998 concerning the application of diplomatic immunity in a case of alleged child abuse, which is proceeding to the Court of Appeal in November 2022 (with Sir James Eadie KC, Professor Vaughan Lowe KC, Joanne Clement KC and Jason Pobjoy).
• Shamima Begum v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2021] AC 765 and [2020] 1 WLR 4267: counsel for the UN Special Rapporteur in a case relating to a British citizen detained in Syria, intervening on public international law issues relating to arbitrary deprivation of citizenship before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal (with Guglielmo Verdirame KC and Jason Pobjoy).
• B (Algeria) v Special Immigration Appeals Commission and the Secretary of State for the Home Department[2018] UKSC 5: counsel for the secretary of state in her appeal to the Supreme Court which concerned the circumstances in which immigration bail may be granted to an individual (with Robin Tam KC).
• The Queen (on the application of VC) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] EWCA Civ 57: counsel for the secretary of state in an appeal concerning an unlawful detention claim, as well as a claim under the Equality Act 2010 that ‘reasonable adjustments’ had not been made (with Julie Anderson).
• R (on the application of O) v Secretary of State for the Home Department[2016] UKSC 19; [2016] 1 WLR 1717; [2016] 4 All ER 1003: counsel for the secretary of state in a Supreme Court unlawful detention case relating to the application of Home Office policy relating to the detention of the mentally ill pending deportation (with Robin Tam KC and Julie Anderson).

• NYK Bulkship (Atlantic) NV v Cargill International SA [2016] UKSC 20; [2016] 1 WLR 1853: counsel for the respondent in a Supreme Court case raising important points on the NYPE form and agency in the context of delegated or vicarious performance of contractual rights and obligations (with Timothy Young KC).

• Jersey Football Association v UEFA, Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS 2016/ A/4787) (2017): counsel for the appellant in its appeal against UEFA’s refusal to admit it to membership of UEFA, which was partially upheld (with Christopher Hancock KC).