Priyansha qualified at Orrick, Herrington Sutcliffe LLP with experience in insolvency litigation, financial markets, corporate transactions and restructuring and gained further experience in insolvency and banking at Simmons Simmons LLP.
Priyansha has represented range of office holders and advised a range of stakeholders in all types of cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters, both contentious and non-contentious. She has experience in cross-border insolvency litigation matters such as Frank Schmitt v Henning Deichmann and Others [2012] EWHC 62 (Ch), distressed assets and business sales and loan restructurings.
Prior to embarking on a career as a solicitor, Priyansha has acquired extensive commercial experience as a global brand manager of an international oil company.
Priyansha is admitted as a solicitor to practice in England Wales.
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English Courts are not obliged to enforce foreign judgments under UNCITRAL Model Law on crossborder insolvency: Rubin and Lan v Eurofinance SA and others [2009] International Corporate Rescue, Volume 7, Issue 1.
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.
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