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About
Provided by Lesley Anderson KC
Practice Areas
All aspects of chancery and commercial litigation especially as trial advocate; corporate and personal insolvency; commercial contracts including joint ventures, distribution and agency contracts and share and asset sale warranty claims; company law especially shareholder disputes;, directors’ duties and breach of trust/fiduciary duty claims; directors’ disqualification and directors’ and employee duties (including restrictive covenants and confidential information); partnership; banking (especially secured lending and guarantees); commercial property and landlord and tenant; professional negligence (especially solicitors, accountants, surveyors and financial advisers); sale of goods; fraud; commercial torts and insurance. Regularly instructed on behalf of the Government.
Career
Lecturer in Law - University of Manchester 1984-89; Training Manager Norton Rose M5 Group 1989-91; Called to the Bar 1989; CEDR Accredited Mediator 2000; Year of Silk 2006; Recorder 2006; Authorised to sit as Deputy Judge of the High Court Chancery Division 2008; Master of the Bench of the Middle Temple 2011. Member of Hardwicke in London from 2011.
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association (Committee Member); Northern Chancery Bar Association; Northern Circuit Commercial Bar Association; member of the Northern and North Eastern Circuit.
Publications
Author of five chapters on information gathering and investigations in Tolley’s Insolvency. Member of the editorial board of Lexis Nexis PSL on Insolvency & Restructuring
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Lesley Anderson KC is recognised as a leading light on the Northern Circuit. Her practice covers a wide range of contentious commercial and chancery matters, including company, insolvency and property disputes. She acts for professional firms, multinational companies and financial institutions.
Lesley Anderson KC is a widely regarded leader in the market who handles contentious chancery and commercial matters. She offers expertise in areas including breach of contract matters, shareholder issues and VAT.
Lesley Anderson KC is an eminent commercial silk with especially noteworthy partnership expertise, particularly in the professional services sphere. She regularly advises solicitors, financial advisers, surveyors and estate agents. She brings to her work valuable experience of working in a training capacity for an international law firm and is also a CEDR-accredited mediator.
Lesley Anderson KC is a respected commercial and chancery practitioner who is noted for her skill in professional negligence matters. She is widely considered to be one of the standout barristers on the Northern Circuit.She represents both claimants and defendants, and is particularly well regarded for her deft handling of claims against solicitors, surveyors and financial advisers.
Lesley Anderson KC has an enviable reputation in the sector and is recognised as a skilled mediator and representative of her clients in court. She routinely advises local authorities on development-related issues as well as trespass claims and rights of way disputes. Since 2008 she has sat as a deputy judge in the Chancery Division of the High Court.
Lesley Anderson KC is a top restructuring and insolvency silk offering expertise across the board. She is well equipped to handle both corporate and personal insolvency matters of the utmost complexity. She regularly deals with disputes regarding corporate administrations and liquidations. She is routinely instructed in property-related insolvency matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Lesley Anderson KC is my go-to silk for any property-related matters which justify her involvement."
"I think Lesley Anderson KC is the best in town, she's absolutely superb."
"Lesley is pre-eminent. When you need someone to get involved in insolvency she is the heavyweight to go to."
"Lesley is at the very top of her game."
"Lesley is considered to be excellent across the board - in insolvency and more generally."
"Lesley gets to grips with the facts and legal issues quickly, and provides prompt and pragmatic advice. She has a good rapport with clients - puts them immediately at ease that they're in good hands."
"An approachable and robust counsel with both commerciality and imagination when faced with challenging problems. A very sharp legal mind."
"Lesley's written advice is thorough, but to the point. She has a clear sense of what the client is seeking to achieve and delivers strong commercial advice."
"Lesley is very efficient and organised. She is great at dealing with a lot of information, quick on her feet and knowledgeable. She is approachable and sensitive."
"Lesley Anderson is very strong and has a great attention to detail."
"Lesley is fantastic on her feet, in writing and in conference. She is very user-friendly and reassuring with clients."
"Lesley Anderson KC is my go-to silk for any property-related matters which justify her involvement."
"I think Lesley Anderson KC is the best in town, she's absolutely superb."
"Lesley is pre-eminent. When you need someone to get involved in insolvency she is the heavyweight to go to."
"Lesley is at the very top of her game."
"Lesley is considered to be excellent across the board - in insolvency and more generally."
"Lesley gets to grips with the facts and legal issues quickly, and provides prompt and pragmatic advice. She has a good rapport with clients - puts them immediately at ease that they're in good hands."
"An approachable and robust counsel with both commerciality and imagination when faced with challenging problems. A very sharp legal mind."
"Lesley's written advice is thorough, but to the point. She has a clear sense of what the client is seeking to achieve and delivers strong commercial advice."
"Lesley is very efficient and organised. She is great at dealing with a lot of information, quick on her feet and knowledgeable. She is approachable and sensitive."
"Lesley Anderson is very strong and has a great attention to detail."
"Lesley is fantastic on her feet, in writing and in conference. She is very user-friendly and reassuring with clients."
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