Ian Simester
Position
Barrister specialising in commercial litigation and arbitration, civil fraud, banking and financial services, and competition. Highlights from his recent instructions include R (on the application of PACCAR Inc and others) v Competition Appeal Tribunal and others [2023] UKSC 28 (one of The Lawyer’s Top 10 Appeals of 2023) and Palladian Partners LP and others v Republic of Argentina and another [2023] EHWC 711 (Comm) (one of The Lawyer’s Top 20 Cases of 2022).
Education
Ian holds a BA in Jurisprudence from the University of Oxford and an LLM from Harvard Law School. He won a variety of scholarships and top-of-class prizes during his studies.