Ian McDonald

Commercial litigation; international arbitration (commercial and investor-State); public international law; international human rights law; private international law. Ian is regularly instructed in complex, high-value cases, often with an international dimension. He has been described as “an absolute star”; “extremely clever and diligent”; “quickly establishing himself as one of the best juniors” at the Bar. As well as acting as a junior in led matters, he is regularly instructed as sole Counsel and has considerable advocacy experience. Ian is experienced in international commercial and investment arbitrations under the UNCITRAL, ICC, and LCIA Rules and the ICSID Convention. He has a strong interest in international human rights law: the right to liberty and security, the right to a fair trial, and freedom of expression, in particular. He is routinely instructed in applications to the European Court of Human Rights; petitions to the UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention; and submissions to other UN Special Procedures. Ian also has particular expertise in private international law. He has worked as a teaching assistant on the Conflict of Laws module on the BCL at the University of Oxford and delivered tutorials in the same subject to visiting students at St Catherine’s College, Oxford.

LLB – University of London (First Class Honours); BCL – University of Oxford (Distinction); BPTC – BPP University Law School (Very Competent).

ASIL; BIICL; CFLA; COMBAR; IBA (Officer of Human Rights Law Committee); LCIA; Liberty; PNBA.

Banking Litigation (forthcoming); The Common Law Jurisprudence of the Conflict of Laws(2023); Jackson&Powell on Professional Liability(2021).