Adrian joined W Legal at the beginning of 2022 and brings with him a wealth of experience and contacts from the commercial property world.
Adrian trained and spent the first years of his career at the firm which still bears his name: Wallace LLP. Subsequently, he worked in the City and Mid-town at firms including Fladgate LLP where he was a property partner for 10 years. Immediately before joining W Legal, he spent two years working in the property industry as CEO of one of his major clients.
He is a property specialist and over his career has gained experience and expertise in a wide range of property related work including: the acquisition, disposal and management of investment properties; commercial leases; development work and the property aspects of planning related work.
In recent years, he has been particularly involved in development sites and all related property aspects including: options; subject to planning contracts; and overage agreements.
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Lisa has particular expertise in bribery and corruption, money laundering, fraud, tax evasion and market abuse matters and has acted for clients in some of the most high-profile cases brought by the SFO, FCA, CPS and other UK and international prosecution authorities. Many of those cases involved complex cross boarder issues such as requests made pursuant to mutual legal assistance treaties, double jeopardy, human rights, and extradition. Lisa has also successfully challenged decisions made by different prosecuting authorities in judicial review proceedings and under the victims right to review scheme.
In addition, Lisa has considerable experience acting for clients in civil fraud and director misfeasance cases, civil tax matters brought by HMRC, as well as personal and company insolvency matters.
Lisa is well known and respected in the industry as someone who can provide pragmatic and results oriented advice.
W Legal Limited is not a partnership and the term “partner” applied to a person does not denote that such person is in partnership with W Legal Limited or with any other partner, consultant, director, officer, employee or agent of W Legal Limited. The term is used to describe a person’s seniority and experience.
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