Ian Christie is a lawyer who practised as a partner at Rowe & Maw, a London law firm, and was admitted to the bar in England in 1978. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Leeds.
Education
Christie holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Leeds. The university traces its origins to the Yorkshire College of Science, established in Leeds in 1874 with support from local wool and textile industrialists who were concerned about new European technologies that could threaten their trade. The college was open to students of any faith and admitted women from the start, reflecting the aim of the new civic colleges to widen access beyond the traditional Oxford and Cambridge model.
The college gradually broadened its curriculum beyond science to include classics, literature, and history, and it was renamed the Yorkshire College. It joined the federal Victoria University in 1887, alongside Owens College in Manchester and University College Liverpool. Leeds received its own royal charter as the University of Leeds in 1904, when the institution became independent of Victoria University.
Career
Christie worked as a partner at Rowe & Maw, a London law firm founded in 1895. The firm was well known for corporate, construction, pension, insurance, property, and employment practice, and it was a significant part of the City of London's legal profession during the twentieth century.
On 1 February 2002, Mayer, Brown & Platt of Chicago merged with Rowe & Maw to form Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw. The combination created a transatlantic firm with a substantial London presence, and in 2007 the amalgamated firm shortened its name to Mayer Brown.
Christie was admitted to the bar in England in 1978. That qualification places his professional life within the English legal system, in which he practised as a lawyer based in London.
