People/Iona McBride
Office
New York
Admitted
2003
Languages
EN
Partner

Iona McBride

Iona advises on matters in restructuring, working from the firm’s New York office. Iona joined the partnership in 2009 and frequently leads cross-border teams alongside colleagues in our London, New York and Paris offices.

Recent work includes counsel to sovereign, institutional and corporate clients on matters that, by their nature, are not discussed publicly. References available on request to qualified enquirers.

Selected Matters
2025
Advised a European industrial group on its €18.4bn acquisition of a North American competitor.
2025
Counsel to a G20 sovereign on the restructuring of US$46bn external debt.
2025
Advised the joint bookrunners on the €6.2bn dual-tranche issuance by a supranational.
2024
Represented a Gulf state in a US$4.3bn ICSID claim. Award rendered in favour of the respondent.