Chris Stephen
Biography
Chris Stephen was Legal Secretary to the Advocate General from 01 January 2018 to 12 January 2021.
Education
Chris has an LL.B (Hons) from the University of Aberdeen and an LL.M from the London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE). He was admitted as a solicitor and notary public in Scotland in 2008 and England & Wales in 2012.
Career
Chris was an Assistant Legal Adviser at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) from 2013-2018, during which time he represented the UK at the United Nations in New York and before the International Court of Justice in contentious proceedings. Prior to joining the FCO, Chris worked for law firms in London representing private clients and States on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious public international law issues, including arbitration proceedings brought under bilateral investment treaties. He also worked previously as a judicial assistant to Lord Hope of Craighead and Lord Mance in the House of Lords (now the UK Supreme Court).
Previous roles in government
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Legal Secretary to the Advocate General