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Rae Lindsay specialises in international law and litigation. Represents governments, governmental agencies and international organizations, as well as multinational corporations and international financial institutions, before international tribunals and in multijurisdictional litigation.

Rae also advises clients in financial and energy sectors on risk management and corporate governance with focus on financial crime and regulation, and on the emerging regulation of business, human rights and the environment.

Rae has extensive experience in large and complex litigation, including the claims of Kuwait and Jordan to the United Nations Compensation Commission for environmental damage resulting from the first Gulf War. Represented Kuwait's oil sector companies in their claims to the UNCC for damage to Kuwait's oil resources and industry infrastructure as a result of the Gulf War, and secured multi-billion dollar awards in respect of these.

She represented the US government in litigation involving issues of sovereign and diplomatic immunity. Has represented governments and governmental agencies, as well as financial institutions, in criminal and civil matters involving the investigation, location and recovery of the proceeds of fraud, corruption and other crime. Has conducted and coordinated litigation in a variety of jurisdictions, including Europe, the Caribbean, Asia, Australia and the Americas.

While based in New York Rae defended major multinationals in class actions under the Alien Tort Claims Act against allegations of complicity in human rights violations.

Rae is a specialist in international economic sanctions. Manages global investigations for clients, including multijurisdictional payment and transaction reviews. She advises clients on sanctions law and regulation, compliance issues, investigations, enforcement and licensing. Rae has participated in high-level government-sponsored initiatives to develop policies towards modernising and more effectively targeting multilateral sanctions programs.

Treasurer, British Branch of the International Law Association.
Member of the International Law Association's Committee on Reparations for Victims of War.

Served as a member of the International Law Association's Committee on the Accountability of International Organisations, and as a member of the United Nations Environment Programme's Working Group of Experts on Environmental Damage resulting from Military Hostilities. Served on government-sponsored working groups of experts on sanctions (the Interlaken, Bonn-Berlin and Stockholm processes).

University of Leicester (LLB) 1981
University of Toronto (LLM and MA) 1982/3
Admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales 1990
Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law to the Bars of California, New York, Washington DC and Alberta, Canada
Partner since 1997