Peter Hood

Peter is counsel in King & Spalding’s London office, specialising in public international law and business and human rights. He has represented states and businesses in some of the leading cases in his field, in the UK and internationally. In addition to his disputes practice, Peter also advises multinationals on human rights issues in their operations and supply chains, with a particular focus on the tech, telecoms and financial sectors.

Peter is recognised as a rising star in the fields of public international law and business and human rights.

His disputes practice ranges across jurisdictions and disciplines. He has represented clients in war crimes prosecutions brought under universal jurisdiction, tort claims involving extra-territorial environmental harm and in multiple cases at the European Court of Human Rights, including in the leading case on climate change and human rights.

Both in private practice and as a legal adviser to the UK Foreign Office, Peter has considerable experience advising on cross-cutting issues of extra-territorial jurisdiction and conflict of laws.

Drawing on experience gained in his disputes practice, Peter also advises businesses on how to identify and address human rights issues in their supply chains and operations. He has counselled clients in the AI and telecommunications sectors, including on issues relating to State interception, network shutdowns and misuse of their products and services by end users. He has counselled clients in the financial sector on links to environmental impacts caused by clients. And he has counselled clients in both the construction and engineering and garment sectors on how to identify and address modern slavery in complex international supply chains.

Across sectors, Peter has designed and delivered outcome focused training on human rights issues, supported clients to implement effective, proportionate human rights due diligence and advised them on how to comply with the relevant regulatory requirements.

Peter has published widely and spoken at events in the UK, at the UN, across Europe, as well as in Uganda and South Africa.