Lisa Linklater KC

Practice Areas

Lisa Linklater KC specialises in advocacy and advice in complex and high value High Court litigation in:

- Shareholder disputes (unfair prejudice petitions, derivative claims, just and equitable winding up petitions and breaches of shareholder agreements);

- Corporate insolvency and restructuring (administrations, liquidations, CVAs and restructuring plans, as well as property issues in those areas);

- Contractual claims (particularly share and business sale agreements);

- Commercial fraud

- Partnership, LLP and joint venture disputes;

- Claims against directors; and

- Law of Property Act receiverships.

Lisa is acclaimed for her excellent and versatile advocacy in trials and substantial applications in the High Court, in the Court of Appeal and in alternative dispute resolution, including mediation and arbitration. She is adept in cases involving expert evidence, particularly of a financial nature. Lisa frequently acts in cases with an international dimension.

Career

- Silk (2022)

- Vice-Chair of the Northern Business and Property Bar Association (2023 - )

- Junior Counsel to the Crown, Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Counsel (2000 - 2018)

- Accredited Mediator (CEDR)

Professional Memberships

Northern Business and Property Bar Association (Vice-Chair), Chancery Bar Association, Insolvency Lawyers’ Association (full member) and R3 fellow.

Publications

Member of the editorial advisory board of the Company Lawyer (Sweet and Maxwell). Recent articles include “Shareholder Disputes: Unfair Prejudice Petitions and the Art of Share Valuation” (Solicitors’ Journal, August 2022), “Directors’ Duties in Times of Change” (R3’s Recovery newsletter) and Restructuring Plans and HMRC: Recent Developments” (R3 update 2023).