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Barbara Belgrano

"Barbara is technically excellent and a fantastic speaker who displays great attention to detail."

Chambers & Partners
  • Call: 2011

Overview

Barbara practises in all areas of revenue law. Barbara is qualified to accept Public Access instructions.

A copy of Barbara's privacy notice can be found here.

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Directory quotes

The Chambers Guide

Tax: Corporate Tax
Ranking: Band 2

“Knowledgeable on incredibly complex matters.” “She has a very analytical approach, and is responsive and a pleasure to work with.” (2022)

“Absolutely terrific” and  “really thorough in her research.” (2021)

“Extremely clever and someone who masters complex transactions and legal issues quickly and efficiently.” “She’s an exceptionally strong junior.” (2020)

Tax: Indirect Tax
Ranking: Band 3

“Bright, diligent and good on the evidence.” “She is technically excellent and a fantastic speaker who displays great attention to detail.” (2022)

“Incredibly into the detail, she makes good, technically substantive points.” “Always gets to the heart of a matter and has deep insight into the case.” (2021)

The Legal 500

Tax: VAT
Ranking: Leading Junior, Tier 3 

‘An exceptionally bright and able junior. She has huge technical ability, a terrific eye for detail, drafts with precision and is exceptionally diligent and focused. She is everything that one would wish to see in a junior barrister.’ (2021)

Chambers High Net Worth

Tax: Private Client
Ranking: Leading Junior, Band 2

  • “Barbara Belgrano is so impressive and has been a helpful and inspiring leader on the matters on which I have worked with her; she is formidably intelligent as well as being friendly and thoughtful.”
  • “Barbara Belgrano is formidably intelligent, eloquent and excellent at formulating and communicating arguments. She has been an inspiring and thoughtful leader.”
  • “Barbara Belgrano has strong technical knowledge and is very responsive.”
  • “Barbara is modest but quietly brilliant; she gets a problem and wrestles with it until she finds the answer. She is very clever, has a good client manner, can lower tension levels and a great writer.”

Professional memberships

Revenue Bar Association

Previous Experience

  • FRU representative (Social Security) (2011)
  • Stage atypique, European Commission DG TAXUD (Brussels) (July 2011) Internship
  • Camilleri Preziosi (Malta) (August 2010)

Languages

Italian (bilingual).

French (fluent, including technical legal French)

Career & education

Career

2011

Called to the Bar (Middle Temple)

2011/12

Pupillage, Pump Court Tax Chambers

2012

Tenant, Pump Court Tax Chambers

2015

Appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown – “C” panel

2021

Appointed Junior Counsel to the Crown – “B” panel

Education

2010-2011

  • Kaplan Law School: BPTC (very competent)
  • Chrystal Macmillan Prize, Middle Temple.
  • Pump Court Tax Chambers Scholarship, Middle Temple.

2006-2010

  • University of Cambridge, Downing College:
  • BA in English and French Law (Double Maîtrise)(First Class Honours).
  • University of Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas: Maîtrise en Droit:
  • Master en Droit mention droits français et anglais (First Class Honours).
  • James William Squire Scholarship Cambridge).
  • Buchanan Prize winner for First Class results (Downing College, Cambridge).
  • Scholar of Downing College (Cambridge).
  • Buchanan Prize winner (Downing College, Cambridge).

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