Elizabeth Donnelly > Keating Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile

Keating Chambers
15 ESSEX STREET
LONDON
WC2R 3AA
England
Elizabeth Donnelly photo

Position

Elizabeth Donnelly was called to the Bar in 2020 and joined Keating Chambers as a tenant in September 2021.

Elizabeth’s practice encompasses the core specialist areas of Keating Chambers. She welcomes instructions to advise, draft pleadings and represent clients in disputes arising from construction, engineering, energy, infrastructure, and offshore projects. She has experience of acting as sole counsel, and as junior counsel in large legal teams.

Before coming to the Bar, Elizabeth spent a year as Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice McCombe in the Court of Appeal of England and Wales. Prior to that, she undertook a six-month traineeship with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in Paris, where she worked on several international commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations. She holds degrees from the University of Cambridge and the London School of Economics and Political Science, and completed her legal training at BPP University.

Elizabeth is fluent in French. She is also a proficient Spanish-speaker.

Career

Tenant, Keating Chambers 2021
Pupillage, Keating Chambers 2020 – 2021
Called to the Bar, Lincoln’s Inn 2020
Judicial Assistant, Court of Appeal of England and Wales 2018 – 2019
Trainee in the International Arbitration Group, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP (Paris) 2018       

Languages

French (fluent)
Spanish (advanced – C1)

Education

Bar Professional Training Course, BPP University (Very Competent) 2020
LLM in Public International Law, London School of Economics and Political Science (Distinction) 2017
LLB Hons, BPP University (First Class) 2016
Graduate Diploma in Law, BPP University (Distinction) 2015
BA in Modern & Medieval Languages, University of Cambridge (Double First Class) 2014