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Natalie Nguyen

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Natalie joined Monckton as a tenant in October 2023, following successful completion of her pupillage. She is developing a busy practice across chambers’ core areas of expertise, including competition law, public law and human rights, and sports law. She acts both led and unled, and has appeared as sole counsel in the County Court on various commercial matters.

Natalie graduated from the University of Oxford with a First in Ancient and Modern History, and achieved a Distinction in the MSc in Refugee and Forced Migration Studies, before completing the Graduate Diploma in Law and Bar Course at City, University of London (both with Distinction). She was the recipient of Gray’s Inn’s top scholarship for the GDL and the Arden Scholarship, one of the Inn’s most prestigious merit-based scholarships.

Prior to qualifying as a barrister, Natalie worked part-time as a public law caseworker at Duncan Lewis Solicitors and as a casework intern at the AIRE Centre, assisting with asylum and trafficking claims, EUSS applications and ECHR-related issues. She also acted as a research assistant to Professor Cathryn Costello (Hertie School; University of Oxford) and Paul Dillane (LSE). Before joining Monckton, Natalie worked as a legal assistant in Arnold & Porter’s antitrust department.