Littleton Chambers

David Lascelles is a commercial barrister whose core practice is share and business sale disputes, shareholder disputes and urgent business-protection injunctions. He acts in contentious M&A and company litigation, including SPA warranty and indemnity claims, fraud and misrepresentation, notice disputes, earn-outs, deferred consideration and expert determinations.   He is regularly instructed in heavyweight High Court litigation where careful analysis and fast strategic judgment are required, including injunctions concerning restrictive covenants, confidential information, directors’ duties and business-critical transactions.

Recent work includes securing the strike-out of multi-million-pound directors’ duties claims, obtaining summary judgment in complex shareholder litigation, and acting in substantial SPA, good-leaver/bad-leaver and business-protection disputes for shareholders, employers, directors and senior executives.  David is ranked by Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500 independent guides as a leading company and commercial litigator, including Tier 1 in Company.

• Commercial Bar Association (COMBAR)

• Chancery Bar Association (CBA)

• Cambridge University (1997 – 2000). Peterhouse College.  Master of Arts.   Double First; University and College scholarships and prizes.

• Oxford University (2001 – 2002). Brasenose College.  Bachelor of Civil Law as Scholar of the Arts & Humanities Research Board.

• Bar Vocational Course (2002 – 2003). City University, London.  Major scholar of Lincoln’s Inn.