Cyber Law International

Services

Cyber Law International is a boutique international law firm dedicated to professional training, consultation, and research. We specialize in the international law governing state and non-state activities in cyberspace. Relying on our team of globally recognized international law scholars and practitioners, we offer our services globally to governments, international organizations, non-governmental organizations, technology companies, and others involved in international cyber affairs.

Training

Courses, seminars, and workshops tailored to the specific needs of our clients, both in terms of content and duration. Globally renowned instructors and a practitioner-oriented approach.

CONSULTATION

Legal advice on the public international law applicable to cyberspace. Our services include consultation on the formulation of national policy regarding the legal aspects of cyberspace, operational issues, and proceedings before domestic and international courts and tribunals.

Research

Production of various forms of written guidance, white/position/non-papers, memoranda of law, scholarly articles, and other written products regarding legal issues concerning cyberspace.

For services related to non-cyber issues involving international security affairs, such as maritime and space operations, peacetime military activities, counter-terrorism, peacekeeping, the use of force, and armed conflict — visit our sister firm Conflict Law International

Team

Liis Vihul

CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Founder of Cyber Law International. Formerly senior analyst at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (2008-2017).

MICHAEL SCHMITT

DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

Also Professor of International Law at the University of Reading, Charles H. Stockton Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence at the United States Naval War College, Francis Lieber Distinguished Scholar at United States Military Academy at West Point, Visiting Professor of Law at the University of Texas, and Senior Fellow at the NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence.

Of-counsel

WOLFF HEINTSCHEL VON HEINEGG

Also Chair of Public Law, in particular public international law, European law and foreign constitutional law, at the Europa-Universitat Viadrina and President of the International Society for Military Law and the Law of War.

Marko Milanovic

Also Professor of Public International Law at the University of Nottingham and co-editor of EJIL: Talk!, the blog of the European Journal of International Law.

Dapo Akande

Also Professor of Public International Law, Director of the Oxford Institute for Ethics, Law and Armed Conflict, and Fellow of Exeter College at the University of Oxford

Rob McLaughlin

Also Professor of Military and Security Law and Director of the Australian Centre for the Study of Armed Conflict at the University of New South Wales Canberra at the Australian Defence Force Academy.

Gleider Hernandez

Also Professor of Public International Law at the Katholieke Universiteit te Leuven and the Open Universiteit of the Netherlands, and Member of the Board of the European Society of International Law.