James McKean

New Square Chambers

We are a leading set of commercial chancery barristers based in Lincoln's Inn, London. Our specialist practice areas are trusts and estates, commercial litigation, civil fraud, company, insolvency and property, as well as a number of related areas including professional negligence, intellectual property and public law. We have extensive experience of offshore and international work in all our areas of practice. Our 46 members, including 6 KCs, provide comprehensive expertise and experience in representing and advising clients in England and Wales and abroad. We are recognised by the legal directories as leaders in our fields of practice and are the home of leading specialist practitioners works, including Lewin on Trusts and Hollington on Shareholders Rights. Much of our work involves offshore jurisdictions in which we have long-standing reputations, such as Antigua, the Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey and Singapore. We aim to provide a professional service of the highest standard founded on deep knowledge of the law and a practical approach. We work collaboratively with our clients and their advisers to produce the best possible result.