Expertise

RESOLVING COMPLEX INTEGRITY PROBLEMS GLOBALLY

As a specialist counter-corruption and IHL set, Pavocat members specialise in preventing harm, investigating, prosecuting, defending, recovering assets, and providing university-accredited training. Our members’ advice and guidance improves the integrity and effectiveness of counter-corruption mechanisms and systems operating worldwide, as well as of criminal and military justice systems more generally. All members are highly experienced and work internationally as experts in their field. They consistently provide effective and practical solutions to the multi-jurisdictional and transnational problems that adversely affect their clients.

The counter-corruption and IHL expertise of Pavocat Chambers’ barristers is extensive, and they provide the full range of counter-corruption and IHL-related services, and university accredited training.

STATES

Prosecutorial guidance, assistance and imbedded support;
Provide advice and advocacy in relation to International Criminal Law cases;
Highly practical counter-corruption and IHL university accredited training courses for (1) the police, prosecution and judiciary, and (2) armed forces and gendarmeries at all levels;
Law Reform Services:
- Design of, or improvements to, counter-corruption and IHL systems and architecture;
- Revision of criminal and military justice systems and mechanisms; and
- Legislative drafting
Combating Grand Corruption and State Capture;
Dealing with Kleptocracy;
Asset identification, tracing and recovery;
Preservation of immunities;
Independent investigative services;
Truth & Reconciliation Commission services;
Corruption Arbitration & Mediation; and
Advice and representation in public international law matters, including human rights and advice and training to armed services on all aspects of international humanitarian law.

CORPORATIONS

Global, transnational and multijurisdictional defence services covering all aspects of corruption and its associated offences of fraud, collusion, money laundering, terrorist financing, etc;
Assisting companies (including PMCs) within the Defence Sector to improve their reputations and profitability;
Representation within the sanctions regimes operated by the multilateral development banks, such as the AfDB, AsDB, EBRD, IDB, World Bank Group etc:
- Fully contested defence leading to advocacy during hearings;
- Negotiated settlements; and
- Negotiated entry into voluntary disclosure programmes
Piercing and contesting State and IGO immunities from legal suit;
Dealing with historical corruption problems in, e.g., large-scale public-sector procurement projects financed by the MDBs, IFI, etc;
Facilitating and protecting moves into high risk corruption jurisdictions;
Internal investigations;
Design, implementation and monitoring of benchmarked Integrity Compliance Programmes;
Outsourced compliance service;
In house compliance training;
Representation in arbitral and mediation proceedings; and
Advice, guidance and training on how to conduct business ethically and in a sustainable manner.

INDIVIDUALS

Global, transnational and multi-jurisdictional advisory and criminal defence services, including International Criminal Law;
Representation within the sanctions regimes operated by the multilateral development banks, such as the AfDB, AsDB, EBRD, IDB, World Bank Group etc:
- Fully contested defence cases leading to advocacy during hearings;
- Negotiated settlements; and
- Negotiated entry into voluntary disclosure programmes
Representation and protection of whistle-blowers; and
Global representation of international civil servants (i.e., the employees of international governmental organisations, such as the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies (e.g., the World Bank Group, the IMF, etc.) in their international employment law (i.e., International Administrative Law) disputes before grievance, administrative and disciplinary committees, Peer Review and Dispute, Appeal and Administrative Tribunals.