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Lisa Lacob
Position
Barrister specialising in general commercial work, including banking and financial services, insurance, professional negligence, civil and commercial fraud and company law. Lisa’s background working as a banking solicitor in a leading global law firm and in the structured products team of a bank, means that she has particular experience of syndicated lending, securitisations and complex derivatives instruments. Lisa has acted as both a junior and sole counsel in numerous high value claims relating to the mis-selling of interest rate hedging products and structured foreign exchange products. Lisa also regularly acts for banks and other mortgage lenders on professional negligence claims in the property finance context, including claims against solicitors and valuers relating to the overvaluation of commercial property developments and solicitors’ duties of care in this context. She has particular expertise in title rectification cases relating to mortgages and regularly represents lenders in the Lands Tribunal and in the High Court. Lisa also has a great deal of experience acting for applicants and respondents on urgent injunction applications, including for freezing orders and search and seizure orders.
Career
Called 2004; Gray’s Inn; previously practiced as a solicitor in the banking group of Linklaters LLP, London and as a commercial attorney in South Africa.
Education
University of Cape Town (B Bus Sc (Hons); LLB (magna cum laude)); Cambridge University (LLM) (First).
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Commercial litigation
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 3Lisa Lacob –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Lisa is highly intelligent, great with clients, and goes above and beyond for her clients – she is always contactable, offers quick advice when needed, and very commercial in her overall strategy. Her advocacy and written work are equally impressive, and she can do both to an exceptional standard.’
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 4Lisa Lacob – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Lisa is highly intelligent, great with clients, and passionate in all she does. She goes above and beyond for her clients, and her advocacy and written work are equally impressive.‘
London Bar > Banking and finance (including consumer credit)
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 2Lisa Lacob –3 Verulam Buildings ‘Lisa is highly intelligent, great with clients and passionate in all she does. Lisa goes above and beyond for her clients – she is always contactable, offers quick advice when needed and very commercial is her overall strategy.’
London Bar > Professional negligence
(Leading Juniors)Ranked: Tier 6Lisa Lacob – 3 Verulam Buildings ‘Lisa is an outstanding advocate who has a personal touch and who is well liked by clients as a result.’