Usman Tariq

Usman Tariq is an Advocate at the Scottish Bar. He has extensive experience of high-value and complex commercial disputes. He was recognised as Advocate of the Year at the Law Awards of Scotland 2017 and the Legal 500’s Junior Counsel of the Year 2019 in Scotland. He has appeared at all levels of the Scottish court system, including the UK Supreme Court. He is described in Chambers & Partners as being “universally respected at the Bar, including by opponents and the judiciary” and having “the ear of the court".

He is ranked as a leading counsel in multiple practice areas in the Chambers & Partners UK Bar Guide 2021 (commercial dispute resolution, intellectual property, information technology and restructuring / insolvency) and the Legal 500 UK Bar Guide 2020 (commercial litigation and intellectual property, information technology and media). He is also named in the Legal Who’s Who (UK Bar) and World Trademark Review 1000 - The World's Leading Trademark Professionals.

He also specialises in public law. He is appointed as a Standing Junior counsel to the UK Government.

He acts in cases across the commercial spectrum. His core areas of practice include contractual, intellectual property, insolvency, banking, company and professional negligence disputes. He has extensive experience of ADR having acted as counsel in mediations and arbitrations as well as the arbitrator in commercial disputes.

He is the co-founder of the Scottish Ethnic Minority Lawyers Association (SEMLA) which aims to improve ethnic diversity in the legal profession in Scotland.