Peter Hood

Practice Areas

Peter is counsel in the firm’s London office, specialising in public international law and business and human rights. He has represented states and businesses in some of the leading cases in his field, in the UK and internationally. In addition to his disputes practice, Peter also advises multinationals on human rights issues in their operations and supply chains, with a particular focus on the tech, telecoms and financial sectors.

Mr. Hood's disputes practice ranges across jurisdictions and disciplines. He has represented clients in war crimes prosecutions brought under universal jurisdiction, tort claims involving extra-territorial environmental harm and in multiple cases at the European Court of Human Rights, including in the leading case on climate change and human rights.