WHO IS BBCWATCH?

bbcwatch was set up as a privately funded initiative and is wholly independent of any other organisation.

TREVOR ASSERSON is a UK solicitor and a member of the Israeli Bar. For 20 years he worked as a lawyer in the UK, where his positions included head of international litigation at Bird & Bird, one of the largest litigation firms in Europe, and senior litigation partner at Morgan Lewis, one of the largest law firms in the world. His clients include sovereign states, multinational companies and banks, and high net worth individuals.

In 2000, Trevor Asserson produced his first report on BBC coverage of the Middle East, under the title of bbcwatch. They have since published four further reports on the subject, and continue to monitor BBC output.

Trevor’s reports are widely quoted on television, radio and in printed media; they have been quoted in The Times, Financial Times, Telegraph, Evening Standard, The Sun, New York Times and other newspapers. Trevor has taken part in radio and television interviews and discussions in the UK, USA, South Africa, Israel and even an Arab new network. The bbcwatch reports have been quoted in academic works on Israel and the media, and used in university courses. As an expert on the subject of BBC Middle East reporting, Trevor has lectured widely about his reports, and is approached for advice on the subject by politicians, diplomats, lawyers, journalists, community leaders and others around the world.

In 2005, Trevor Asserson and his family moved to Israel and he set up Asserson Law Offices, a UK law firm operating from Israel, specializing in international litigation.