Practice Overview
Lisa Linklater K.C. is a leading King’s Counsel specialising in shareholder disputes, insolvency and corporate litigation, often involving allegations of fraud and issues concerning property and trusts.
She is regularly instructed in high-value and complex disputes in the Business and Property Courts and the Court of Appeal and is equally sought after for strategic and commercially focused advice. She is valued for her tenacity and resilience in high-pressure situations.
Lisa is Vice-Chair of the Northern Business and Property Bar Association.
Recommendations
Lisa is consistently ranked as a Band 1 silk by Chambers & Partners and Tier 1 by Legal 500.
Lisa is particularly praised for her excellent and versatile advocacy in trials and substantial applications in the High Court and in the Court of Appeal.
Chambers and Partners UK Bar 2026 notes “Her advocacy is top-notch and she is very persuasive”, as well as being “very proactive, very knowledgeable” and “commercially aware”.
Legal 500 UK Bar 2026 states “Lisa is an accomplished silk. She gets to grips with complex cases with ease and pace. She is a pleasure to work with.”
Recent legal directories noted: “She’s absolutely great in helping steer a matter to a successful conclusion and she’s not afraid of taking the plunge when you have to be decisive,” “Lisa is technically excellent” and “a formidable opponent”. Further, she is “pragmatic, intelligent, and always calm and considered,” as well as being “tenacious in battle”.
Expertise
She has extensive experience in both the private and public sectors, including in the engineering, technology, energy, financial services, property, retail, construction, sports and manufacturing sectors.
Lisa frequently acts in cases with an international dimension, working with lawyers in other jurisdictions (recent examples include Jersey, Isle of Man, Scotland, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia).
She is adept in cases involving forensic accounting, digital forensics and other expert evidence.
Further Expertise
In 2023 Lisa was chair of a prestigious panel of international experts at the 40th Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime and in 2024 she chaired at the Artificial Intelligence and Digital Security Conference in Manchester. She was a keynote speaker at “Reforming Corporate Insolvency Law for the 21st century” in 2025, a joint collaboration between the Society of Legal Scholars and Lancaster University.
Recent presentations by Lisa at Exchange Chambers’ Insolvency and Commercial Litigation conferences include “In the Shadows? Fraud and Insolvency” (2025/2026) and “Recent Developments in Corporate Litigation” (2024).
