Lizzie Whelan

Lizzie is a solicitor in the Commercial Disputes team.

She advises UK-based and international clients on a broad range of commercial disputes, investigations and litigation. She regularly assists clients throughout the lifecycle of a dispute, from pre-action strategy and settlement negotiations through to High Court proceedings, enforcement and alternative dispute resolution.

Lizzie has experience across a wide range of commercial matters, including civil fraud, contractual disputes, insurance disputes, shareholder and company disputes, insolvency, banking and finance disputes, professional negligence claims, and construction disputes.

She is particularly interested in civil fraud and asset recovery matters and has experience advising on fraud-related claims, recovery strategies, freezing order issues, enforcement options and disputes involving allegations of dishonest conduct.

Lizzie is also regularly involved in contentious insolvency matters, including advising lenders, insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders on security and enforcement issues, recovery strategies and insolvency-related disputes.

She frequently assists on complex High Court litigation, including proceedings in the Commercial Court and Technology and Construction Court, and supports clients in resolving disputes through negotiation, mediation and litigation.

• Acting for a UK company in connection with a multi-million pound civil fraud claim concerning the alleged misappropriation of utilities across multiple sites, including pre-action investigations and recovery strategy.
• Acting for an individual defendant in relation to fraud allegations exceeding £1 million, including an application to discharge a world-wide freezing order.
• Acting for trustees in bankruptcy in relation to the recovery of assets following a substantial investment fraud, including asset tracing, recovery claims against third parties and issues arising from parallel confiscation proceedings under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
• Acting for a property investment company in a complex multi-party construction dispute concerning alleged defects in a residential development, including defective cladding.
• Acting for a claimant in a professional negligence claim against a law firm arising from advice provided in connection with a residential trust scheme.
• Advising a client on the recovery of funds transferred pursuant to an alleged fraudulent investment and immigration scheme, including potential claims against multiple parties.