Lawrence Martin is the Deputy Chair for the International Litigation and Arbitration Department at Foley Hoag, Washington DC, USA. His practice focuses on international disputes, representing foreign sovereign interests in proceedings before the world’s leading dispute resolution fora. He has experience in general civil litigation matters, insurance industry controversies, copyright disputes and product liability lawsuits.

By Dindo Manhit Filipinos applaud moments after the Hague-based UN international arbitration tribunal’s ruling favoring the Philippines in its case against China on the dispute in South China Sea Tuesday, July 12, 2016 in Manila, Philippines. The international tribunal has found that there is no legal basis for China’s “nine-dash line” claiming rights to much… Read More

By Janvic Mateo Supreme Court Senior Associate Justice Antonio Carpio answers questions during a forum at the University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City yesterday. Right photo shows Philippine Consul General to San Francisco Henry Bensurto Jr., former foreign affairs secretary Albert del Rosario and Solicitor General Jose Calida singing the national anthem before… Read More

By Patricia Lourdes Viray Counsel Team for the Philippines, including Prof. Bernard Oxman, Prof. Alan Boyle and Lawrence Martin at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague, Netherlands PCA/Released MANILA, Philippines — China technically consented to undergo arbitration by signing the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), one of the Philippines’s legal… Read More

Hon. Raul C. Pangalangan is a Judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Nethrlands. Pangalangan specializes in Public international and Constitutional law, and has previously served as a visiting professor in the Harvard Law School. Currently, he sits in the governing council of the International Association of Constitutional Law and of the Asian… Read More