Iain Mitchell KC has been recognised as one of the world’s leading practitioners in the Lexology Index (formerly Who’s Who Legal) UK Bar 2025 report.  Lexology Index’s dedicated research into the UK Bar showcases the very best barristers at both silk and junior level across over 28 areas of business and commercial law.

Iain G Mitchell KC called to the Scottish Bar in 1976, and took silk in 1992. He called to the English Bar in 2012. He is accredited as a mediator by the Mediation Bureau (Scotland) and by Mediation Forum Ireland and often assists clients in Mediations. He is a member of the Scottish Council for International Arbitration.

Iain is an experienced litigator with a wide and varied civil practice, with strengths in Business and Banking law, European Law, Public Procurement Law, Employment Law and Public Law, Information Technology, Intellectual Property and Commercial Dispute Resolution.

He serves as the Chair of the Legal Panel of WhistleblowersUK and as the Honorary KC of OpenUK.

His work is informed by extensive practical experience in business, the charitable and voluntary sectors, politics, and his keen interest in the arts and heritage. His sensitivity to commercial realities has frequently been commented upon and this, together with his substantial experience, enables him to develop innovative solutions, giving holistic advice which places the needs of clients in a wider commercial setting.

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