Ibar McCarthy
Managing Associate |
ONTIER UK · London
Ibar is a barrister with ten years’ PQE across the UK, Ireland, South America and Cayman. Ibar has acted for some of the big global accountancy firms, international funds and high-net-worth individuals, as well as tens of thousands of claimants in group actions in the business and human rights sphere. Ibar cuts to the core of a case quickly – and gives the client an accurate assessment of the merits in plain terms. Ibar’s sector expertise includes defamation, fraud, corporate insolvency and rescue, professional negligence, shareholder disputes, insurance and reinsurance, and medical product liability.
Representative Experience
Defamation
- Acting for the creator of Bitcoin in defamation claims taken against various publishers
Business & Human Rights
- Acting for over 200,000 Brazilian claimants in a case taken in the UK against BHP – arising out of the collapse of the Fundao dam in 2015
- Acting for 1,500 orange juice producers in a competition/anti-trust claim taken against Jose Luis Cutrale
Chancery
- Acting for hundreds of multinational corporate claimants in bringing claims against HMRC seeking restitution for taxes levied in breach of EU Law
Civil Fraud
- Acting for funds and accountancy firms in litigations arising out of the SAAD and Madoff ponzi schemes
Professional Background
Qualifications
- University College Dublin (Bachelor of Civil Law) (1st in class) - 2007
- The Honourable Society of King’s Inns (Barrister-at-Law Degree) - 2011
- Called to the bar of Ireland – 2011
- Called to the bar of England and Wales - 2015
