Belinda McRae
UK Bar Guide 2025
International Arbitration: General Commercial & Insurance + 3 more rankings
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About
Provided by Belinda McRae
Practice Areas
Belinda has developed a busy and wide-ranging practice, focusing on public international law, civil fraud and complex contract disputes, jurisdiction challenges (including relating to Brexit), and all aspects of international arbitration. Since joining Chambers in 2015, she has appeared in the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, and before arbitral tribunals under a variety of rules (UNCITRAL, ICSID, LCIA, ICC, and LMAA). She also sits as arbitrator, having been appointed as sole or wing arbitrator on 7 separate occasions.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Belinda McRae is a fast-rising star in the field of international arbitration. She has a burgeoning practice which covers a broad range of matters including commercial arbitrations, investor-state disputes and related appeals. She has experience acting in proceedings under LCIA and ICC rules.
Belinda McRae possesses superb expertise spanning BIT arbitration, inter-state disputes and domestic litigation with international law elements. She has appeared in important cases on diplomatic immunity, the compatibility of BITs with EU law and other issues.
Belinda McRae has a broad commercial practice with additional expertise in international law and cross-border disputes. She is regularly called upon to advise clients on claims involving bribery, secret commissions and unlawful means conspiracy.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"There is no one who writes a skeleton like Belinda – there is something she does that just cuts through and gets straight to the point. The queen of skeleton arguments."
"A go-to for any matters involving international law in the English courts."
"A strong and commercial barrister with a strong understanding of the solicitor's side of things."
"She is incredibly responsive and is always flagging up additional points."
"Belinda has very shrewd judgement beyond her year of call. She's also the ultimate team player. She will roll her sleeves up and get the job done."
"Belinda is one of the pre-eminent juniors in PIL."
"Belinda is an extremely intelligent and skilled advocate. She is able to get across complex matters with impressive speed. She's an asset to any counsel team."
"Belinda is a superstar of the arbitration Bar. Her analysis is sophisticated and her work is extremely thorough, but it's her advocacy that is stellar. She's exceptional."
"Belinda is a powerhouse junior barrister who works really hard and knows the facts of the case and the law applicable to it. She exercises great judgement and is among the very best at the Bar."
"Belinda McRae is a generational talent."
"Belinda is really exceptional. She's incredibly responsive, very hard-working and very good with clients."
"Belinda McRae is an outstanding barrister in this area and a very persuasive advocate."
"Belinda is great to work with - she is professional yet personable, and her work product is always to the highest standard."
"Belinda is the queen of a skeleton argument. There's something about it that gets past 'being good at writing'. She gets straight to the point and is very commercial and so smart, it's unbelievable."
"There is no one who writes a skeleton like Belinda – there is something she does that just cuts through and gets straight to the point. The queen of skeleton arguments."
"A go-to for any matters involving international law in the English courts."
"A strong and commercial barrister with a strong understanding of the solicitor's side of things."
"She is incredibly responsive and is always flagging up additional points."
"Belinda has very shrewd judgement beyond her year of call. She's also the ultimate team player. She will roll her sleeves up and get the job done."
"Belinda is one of the pre-eminent juniors in PIL."
"Belinda is an extremely intelligent and skilled advocate. She is able to get across complex matters with impressive speed. She's an asset to any counsel team."
"Belinda is a superstar of the arbitration Bar. Her analysis is sophisticated and her work is extremely thorough, but it's her advocacy that is stellar. She's exceptional."
"Belinda is a powerhouse junior barrister who works really hard and knows the facts of the case and the law applicable to it. She exercises great judgement and is among the very best at the Bar."
"Belinda McRae is a generational talent."
"Belinda is really exceptional. She's incredibly responsive, very hard-working and very good with clients."
"Belinda McRae is an outstanding barrister in this area and a very persuasive advocate."
"Belinda is great to work with - she is professional yet personable, and her work product is always to the highest standard."
"Belinda is the queen of a skeleton argument. There's something about it that gets past 'being good at writing'. She gets straight to the point and is very commercial and so smart, it's unbelievable."
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