Zara McGlone

Zara McGlone

Barrister, 4 Stone Buildings (London, United Kingdom)

Contact

clerks@4stonebuildings.com

020 7242 5524

Education
  • Introduction to Corporate Law & Governance, London School of Economics.

  • BPTC, City Law School.

  • GDL, City Law School.

  • MA (Hons), Classics and Modern Languages, University of Oxford (Trinity College).

  • Study abroad at Université de Paris IV – Paris Sorbonne.

  • Pegasus Scholarship, Inner Temple.

  • Queen Mother Scholarship, Middle Temple.

  • Diplock Scholarship, Middle Temple.

  • Lingen Fund Award, Trinity College.

  • Finalist, HRLA National Judicial Review Competition.

  • Middle Temple Team and Team Leader, Willem C Vis international Commercial Arbitration Moot.

  • National Moot Team, City Law School.

  • Secretary, the Oxford Union.

Memberships
  • Registered in Part II of the DIFC’s Register of Legal Practitioners, Dubai.

  • Registered in the AIFC’s Register of Legal Practitioners, Kazakhstan.

  • Member of the Chancery Bar Association (ChBA).

  • Member of the Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR).

  • Member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association (ILA).

  • Member of the British-Russian Lawyers Association (BRLA).

  • Member of the British-Kazakh Lawyers Association (BKLA).

  • Volunteer barrister for Advocate.

Biography

As a result of her work in the DIFC and ADGM, Zara is recognised by The Legal 500 (EMEA) as a Rising Star for Commercial Litigation in the Middle East: The English Bar. She is also recognised by The Legal 500 (UK) as a Rising Star in Company Law and Insolvency Law, and by Chambers and Partners: UK Bar as an ‘Up and Coming’ junior in Company Law. The directories describe her as “Undoubtedly a future star of the Bar”, and as “very impressive, [with] a really strategic mindset”. More generally, she has a busy practice across the range of commercial chancery work, focussing in particular on commercial litigation and arbitration, company law, banking and financial services, insolvency, and civil fraud.