Lisa Skipp - DAC Beachcroft
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Lisa Skipp's Expertise

 

Lisa Skipp

Lisa has a wide-ranging commercial practice with particular focus on complex breach of contract claims, civil fraud and conspiracy claims, complex property claims, misrepresentation and warranty claims, joint venture disputes and cases involving injunctive relief.

Lisa's cases often have an international dimension, whether litigating in London on behalf of international clients or acting for UK and non-UK based clients in multi-jurisdictional disputes and has experience of resolving disputes through other forms of alternative dispute resolution.

She has over 10 years’ post qualification experience advising clients across a range of sectors. Her key clients include Railways Pension Scheme (one of the UK’s largest and longest established pension funds), CMC Markets Plc, Primary Bid Ltd (a regulated capital markets technology platform connecting public companies to their communities during fundraisings), Capital Land Property Group, Knaresborough Investments Ltd and Croft Communications Ltd. Lisa advises a wide range of clients including financial institutions, high net-worth individuals, corporates, house builders, construction companies and property investment companies.

Lisa is recognised as a Rising Star in the Legal 500 ("Lisa Skipp always shows a keen interest in clients’ businesses", she is "a clear thinker" and "all over the detail") and was nominated as an outstanding lawyer as part of Thomson Reuters’ global research with senior in-house counsel.

Recent experience includes:

  • Acting for Railpen on a complex and high value dispute arising out of a partnership agreement relating to the acquisition of a significant portfolio of assets.
  • Lisa has acted for CMC Markets for a number of years on a variety of disputes, including breach of contract claims, fraud and conspiracy claims, restrictive covenant claims and claims with regulatory issues (with international elements - Chile, Singapore, Dubai, Australia, US, Europe).
  • Acting for an oil and gas company plus its subsidiaries and statutory directors, defending them against allegations of unlawful means conspiracy and defrauding creditors (a claim pursued under Section 423 of the Insolvency Act). Claims arise out of various joint ventures which operate assets in the North Sea.
  • Acting for CMC Spreadbet Plc against Robert Tchenguiz, a high profile entrepreneur, who incurred a debt on his trading account. CMC secured a resounding victory and the judgment has set down helpful precedents for the spread betting market.
  • Acting on a £75 million negligence and breach of contract claim for an investment company arising out of the acquisition of a company for an inflated price.
  • Acting for an investment company in a claim by India’s largest real estate developer, following the issuance of bonds in a $225m refinancing arrangement.
  • Acting on behalf of a group of senior oil industry executives in connection with a $5 billion international arbitration in an oil and gas industry dispute, with the hearing taking place in Singapore.
  • Acting for an Italian bank, in multi-million pound proceedings in relation to the restructuring of financial transactions.
  • Acting for CMC Spreadbet Plc and its worldwide subsidiaries in a claim against the Group’s Chief Commercial Officer and 6 others in a breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty and unlawful means conspiracy claim (relating to secret profits and facilitation payments).
  • Securing a significant win for a property investment client in a case involving fraudulent misrepresentations made prior to a contract.

Professional memberships: In addition, Lisa is a member of the London Solicitors' Litigation Association, the Financial Services Lawyers Association and Fraud Lawyers Association.

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