We are delighted to announce that Soraya Bauwens has joined Garden Court Chambers as a new tenant.
Soraya is a criminal defence barrister specialising in complex terrorism cases, serious violence and organised crime, as well as fraud and financial crime. She regularly defends in cases involving the preparation of acts of terrorism, dissemination of terrorist material and membership to or support for proscribed organisations.
Soraya’s practice also includes sanctions-related matters, international law, as well as professional discipline. She has represented petitioners seeking de-listing from UN Security Council sanctions, as well victims of gross human rights abuses before the UN Special Procedures.
In her professional discipline practice, Soraya frequently represents professionals who find themselves before their regulators due to social media activity that has led to allegations of misconduct or breaches of professional standards.
Between 2021 and 2023, Soraya combined her practice alongside her role as Deputy Director of Reprieve UK, a leading international legal services NGO working to end the use of the death penalty globally, and to end extreme human rights abuses carried out in the name of counterterrorism or national security.
