Kate is on her home turf this time, introducing some of the partners in Curtis’s brand new office space, situated in the heart of the City of London.

With London being a key hub for international work, lawyers here specialize in energy, oil and gas, public international law and funds with clients far and wide, including the MENA region.

• Investment funds lawyer, Karl Behrouz started life at Curtis as a trainee, left for a spell in house and is now back as partner in the corporate group, where he oversees work allocation to associates and trainees. He shares how leaving for a spell in-house shifted his perspective, and gives sound advice for anyone thinking about a legal career;
• Luciana Ricart, author and partner in Curtis’ public international law and international arbitration practices, explains the huge range of disciplines within her work. Such as sovereignty disputes, treaty interpretation and the implementation of international humanitarian law;
• Senior corporate lawyer Marc Hammerson on why London is a key hub for his international work in energy and natural resources, and how the energy transition is working in legal practice; and
• Dr. Walid El-Nabal, a Libyan lawyer whose focus is on northwest Africa, on the subtleties of different legal regimes and how major geopolitical changes in recent years has meant that adaptability has been a fundamental skill in meeting his clients’ changing needs.