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About Guernica 37 Chambers

Guernica 37 Chambers is a set of barristers’ chambers providing specialist advocacy and advisory services across a broad range of international legal practice areas.

Guernica 37 Chambers transcends national borders and embraces legal cultures in an innovative approach. It brings together a team of highly regarded and diverse legal practitioners, with a wealth of international experience and multilingual capability.

Members of Chambers have been involved in landmark cases before domestic and international courts and tribunals, including before the International Court of Justice, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea, the Kosovo Specialist Chambers, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, and the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom. Members have also advised in arbitrations governed by the rules of LCIA, UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC.

Areas of expertise

Our barristers are specialised in the following areas:

Arbitration
Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery
Climate Change and the Environment
Corporate Responsibility
Domestic Crime
Extradition, INTERPOL and MLA
Government Advisory Work
International Crime
Islamic Commercial and Financial Law
Private Client
Public Law and Sanctions
Public International Law
Regulatory and Professional Discipline

Within these areas, members of chambers appear as advocates before domestic and international courts and arbitration tribunals, serving clients worldwide.

Our work has involved the following countries: Argentina, Armenia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Chile, Colombia, Croatia, Djibouti, DRC, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, the Gambia, Greece, Guatemala, India, Iraq, Israel, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Maldives, Mexico, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Nigeria, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Venezuela and Yemen.

History

Guernica 37 Chambers was founded by Toby Cadman and Almudena Bernabeu. The two first met in 2011, and connected over their international work.

Recognising a shared vision, Toby and Almudena established the Guernica 37 Group – comprising Guernica 37 Chambers, a barristers’ set in London, and the Guernica 37 Centre, a non-profit organisation headquartered in San Francisco.

The name “Guernica 37” commemorates one of the most infamous war crimes of modern history – the 26 April 1937 bombing of the Basque town of Guernica by German and Italian forces at the request of Spanish Nationalists, an atrocity immortalised by Pablo Picasso’s iconic painting.

Team

Our Chambers consists of individual barristers, each operating as a self‑employed sole practitioner. Chambers is not a law firm, and our members are neither partners nor employees. However, a number of our barristers are Direct Access qualified and are also able to offer litigation services, reducing or even removing the need for a traditional law firm to instruct us.

Our Associate Members are international lawyers who are affiliated with Chambers and provide specialised expertise on discrete matters. Guernica 37 Chambers is also supported by a distinguished Advisory Council, comprising leaders from the legal, academic, and policy sectors.