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Elizabeth Donnelly

Position

Elizabeth Donnelly was called to the Bar in 2020. She joined Keating Chambers as a tenant in September 2021, upon completion of her pupillage.

Elizabeth is developing a practice which spans Chambers’ core specialist areas. During pupillage, she assisted on a wide variety of contractual disputes and professional negligence cases arising in the construction, engineering and energy sectors.

Before coming to the Bar, Elizabeth spent a year as the Judicial Assistant to Lord Justice McCombe in the Court of Appeal. Prior to that, she undertook a six-month traineeship with Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer’s international arbitration team in Paris, where she worked on several international commercial arbitrations and investment treaty arbitrations.

Elizabeth is fluent in French, and speaks Spanish to an advanced level.

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