Professor Dan Sarooshi, who is also a Fellow in Law at The Queen’s College, Oxford, has a strong academic and commercial career which began in 1992 as Legal Assistant to Professor (now Judge) Rosalyn Higgins QC in her then practice at Essex Court Chambers. Prior to joining Chambers, he was Of Counsel to the City of London law firm Tite & Lewis, in association with Ernst & Young.
Professor Sarooshi’s appointment in 2006 by the World Trade Organization (on the nomination of the United Kingdom Government and the European Communities) to serve as a Member of the roster of Panellists of the WTO Dispute Settlement System confirms his high standing in the field. He continues to advise and represent corporations, governments, and international organizations on all aspects of international law and WTO law, and recent experience in Chambers includes:
- Advising the government of Albania on the WTO compatibility of its proposed privatization of Albtelecom (the State owned telecommunications provider).
- Advising and representing Cashbox plc, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange, on competition and other regulatory issues under WTO Law and EC Law.
- Advising a shipowner (Nida Shipping Ltd) in the arbitration, Nida Shipping Ltd v. Cargill International S.A., that was conducted pursuant to the 1996 UK Arbitration Act.
- Advising a global telecommunications corporation in its regulatory disputes with three WTO members (Australia, India, and Nigeria).
- Advising an international organization that functions as a Central Bank on its legal personality and immunity under both international law and UK law and on UN and UK economic sanctions
An author of two books and many other publications including the forthcoming Public International Law: Text, Cases, and Materials written in conjunction with Chambers’ Professor Vaughan Lowe, Sarooshi has also received a number of academic awards such as the 2001 and 2006 American Society of International Law book prizes and the 2006 Myres S. McDougal Prize awarded by the American Society for the Policy Science
