International Organizations Law

International Employment Law - wide range of services provided in assisting clients with employment matters, by way of example: Salary adjustment; Downgrading; Termination of employment; Probationary appointments; Fixed-term contracts; Abolition of posts; Restructuring; Promotion; Reassignment; Classification; Grandfathering of salaries and other allowances; Retirement and expatriate benefits; Acquired Rights.

Experience also in collective grievances and class actions.

Regulatory & Disciplinary - advisory services in several cases of administrative grievances, compliance with the staff rules and regulations, ethics and conduct, misconduct, discrimination, harassment, sexual harassment, bullying, abuse of power, absence of due process; disciplinary and administrative measures.

The assistance provided ranges from case assessment, legal advice, drafting of correspondence, drafting of official documents and pleadings, legal representation and litigation before internal appeals bodies and external international tribunals (UNAT, ILOAT, ECJ, WBAT, EBRDAT, ATBIS).

Alternative dispute resolution: assistance in mediation, negotiations of mutually agreed solutions and settlement agreements.

Staff clinics: free legal consultations, legal advice and case assessment provided to members of Staff Associations and Councils on a regular basis - see e.g.http://staffunion.unov.org/su/en/lawyers.html for the United Nations Office in Vienna (UNOV) Staff Union. The staff clinics service is currently provided also at the International Criminal Court in The Hague and at World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) in Geneva.