Robert Amsterdam’s Legal Team Honored with Global Pro Bono Dispute of 2013 by The American Lawyer

Law firm recognized for historic win before the United Nations on behalf of persecuted African whistleblower

10 July 2013, LONDON – Robert Amsterdam of Amsterdam & Partners LLP says he is honored that his legal team has been recognized by U.S. magazine The American Lawyer for its work in what is being hailed as the “2013 Global Pro Bono Dispute of the Year.”

The inaugural Global Legal Awards, which celebrates “the full gamut of global legal work” of more than 300 law firms from across the United States, United Kingdom, and beyond, has selected Amsterdam & Peroff LLP (now Amsterdam & Partners LLP) for its historic victory in the case of Dr. Georges Tadonki vs. the United Nations Secretary General. The firm’s legal team – Robert Amsterdam, Andrew Durkovic and Katy Epstein – successfully prosecuted Dr. Tadonki’s case against the United Nations, which was argued before the U.N. Dispute Tribunal in Nairobi, Kenya.

“We’re genuinely grateful to The American Lawyer for recognizing this important case, and we hope that this nomination inspires other small law firms to undertake pro bono work in difficult areas of the world,” said Robert Amsterdam, founding partner of Amsterdam & Partners LLP.