Ewan McQuater KC

Ewan McQuater KC was Joint Head of Chambers at 3VB from April 2016 until November 2024. He is an exceptionally well regarded and hugely accomplished silk who brings a wide range of exemplary advocacy and advisory skills to any commercial dispute. Ewan is regularly instructed in the most important commercial dispute cases being heard in London and globally and in both litigation and arbitration.

Ewan is a long established presence in the banking and finance arena, having extensive experience of the banking practices and instruments which underpin many financial disputes, combined with his in depth knowledge of the insolvency and restructuring context, which can be fundamental to determining strategy. Clients name him as the "silk of choice for complex financial and insolvency matters".

He is also hugely experienced in commercial and financial fraud and asset tracing cases and in a broad range of commercial and commercial/chancery work including offshore trusts, forum disputes, enforcement issues, freezing and search orders and other interim remedies. Ewan is also widely recognised for his skills as counsel in international arbitrations having appeared frequently in disputes governed by LCIA and ICC Rules.