Lawyer in PH case vs China a ‘giant slayer’

Lawyer Paul Reichler is no stranger to defending smaller nations against global superpowers. In June 1986, then-38-year-old Reichler defeated his homeland, the United States, while representing Nicaragua, a poor Latin American country that sued the US for funding rebels against a left-wing government. Nearly 3 decades later, Reichler is the Philippines’ chief counsel in its historic case against China over the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea). Reichler became the Philippines’ lawyer after Manila “conducted a global search,” a high-placed Philippine official told the Wall Street Journal. “We wanted the best.”

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