Exchange Chambers

Exchange Chambers

Barristers

Lisa Linklater KC

Lisa Linklater KC

Exchange Chambers, Yorkshire And The Humber

Work Department

Company; LLP & Partnership; Insolvency & Restructuring; Commercial; Commercial Fraud; Chancery; Property & Trusts

Position

Lisa Linklater KC specialises in litigation and related advisory work in the following practice areas:

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

- Partnership and LLP disputes

- Joint venture disputes

- Claims against directors

- Corporate insolvency and restructuring (administrations, liquidations, CVAs, and restructuring plans)

- Contractual claims (particularly share and business sale agreements)

- Commercial fraud

- Law of Property Act receiverships.

Lisa is acclaimed for her excellent and versatile written and oral advocacy at trial, in mediation, on appeal and in applications. She is an extremely effective trial advocate, skilled in cross-examination of both factual and expert witnesses, including forensic accountants.

Lisa served as Junior Counsel to the Crown (Attorney General’s Regional Panel) for three consecutive terms and was regularly instructed by BEIS and HM Revenue and Customs in many precedent-setting cases.

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)

Career

Silk (2022)

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

- Attorney General’s Regional Panel of Counsel (2000 - 2018)

- Accredited Mediator (CEDR)

Memberships

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

Education

MA Cantab (Law), University of Cambridge (Jesus College) Inns of Court School of Law, London The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

Leisure

Music, golf, swimming and theatre. Lisa is fluent (conversational) in French and German.

Mentions

North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar

Commercial litigation

Leading silk1
Lisa Linklater KC  – Exchange Chambers ‘Lisa is a tremendous barrister, who exudes a quiet but authoritative command of the details of the case. She is tenacious in battle.’
North Eastern Circuit • Regional Bar

Company and insolvency

Leading silk1
Lisa Linklater KC  – Exchange Chambers ‘Lisa is pragmatic, intelligent, and always calm and considered. She is able to provide commercial solutions to problems.’