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David Lascelles

David Lascelles

Call: 2003

Barrister

"He is exceptionally bright and a really good tactician and strategist."

(Chambers & Partners 2024)

“David is extremely bright, resourceful and diligent. He is a fine choice of junior counsel for heavyweight corporate and commercial disputes."

(Chambers & Partners 2023)

"He has a strategic brilliance beyond his years."

(Chambers & Partners 2023)

“David is a star; he is has an excellent technical command of complex matter and a keen eye for tactics which gives him the edge over other more senior counsel.”

(Legal 500 2023)

“Extremely thorough, bright and commercial minded. A go to junior for corporate and commercial disputes.”

(Legal 500 2023)

"Has a huge wealth of knowledge and is very client-friendly."

(Chambers & Partners 2022)

"He has a strategic brilliance beyond his years."

(Chambers & Partners 2022)

"Very able, user-friendly and incredibly bright."

(Chambers & Partners 2022)

"He is a stellar black-letter lawyer, as well as immensely hard-working - a great team-player. He will go the extra five miles for the client and find the main road, not an irrelevant bye-way."

(Legal 500 2022)

"Incredibly bright, very responsive, very personable and affable, able to articulate complex issues in a very user-friendly way to clients."

(Legal 500 2022)

“Very legally astute and persuasive and has a great manner with clients”

(Chambers & Partners Global 2021)

“David is incredibly bright and good at what he does. He’s very responsive and client-friendly”

(Chambers & Partners UK 2021)

“Masters complex issues swiftly and has a great ability to explain them simply to clients”

(Legal 500 2021)

“A great team player”

(Legal 500 2021)

David Lascelles

"He is exceptionally bright and a really good tactician and strategist."

(Chambers & Partners 2024)

“David is extremely bright, resourceful and diligent. He is a fine choice of junior counsel for heavyweight corporate and commercial disputes."

(Chambers & Partners 2023)

"He has a strategic brilliance beyond his years."

(Chambers & Partners 2023)

“David is a star; he is has an excellent technical command of complex matter and a keen eye for tactics which gives him the edge over other more senior counsel.”

(Legal 500 2023)

“Extremely thorough, bright and commercial minded. A go to junior for corporate and commercial disputes.”

(Legal 500 2023)

"Has a huge wealth of knowledge and is very client-friendly."

(Chambers & Partners 2022)

"He has a strategic brilliance beyond his years."

(Chambers & Partners 2022)

"Very able, user-friendly and incredibly bright."

(Chambers & Partners 2022)

"He is a stellar black-letter lawyer, as well as immensely hard-working - a great team-player. He will go the extra five miles for the client and find the main road, not an irrelevant bye-way."

(Legal 500 2022)

"Incredibly bright, very responsive, very personable and affable, able to articulate complex issues in a very user-friendly way to clients."

(Legal 500 2022)

“Very legally astute and persuasive and has a great manner with clients”

(Chambers & Partners Global 2021)

“David is incredibly bright and good at what he does. He’s very responsive and client-friendly”

(Chambers & Partners UK 2021)

“Masters complex issues swiftly and has a great ability to explain them simply to clients”

(Legal 500 2021)

“A great team player”

(Legal 500 2021)

Contact

David Lascelles is a highly-regarded commercial litigator.  He brings a wealth of experience to resolving disputes successfully.

David specialises in litigation arising from high-value commercial contracts, the sale of shares and businesses, shareholder and LLP membership, commercial fraud, and director and senior employee relations. His cases are often multi-party and multi-jurisdictional.

David heads Littleton’s company law group. He is also Littleton’s Commercial Bar Association representative.

Examples of cases in which he has been instructed are set out under the specialism headings.

David has been recognised for many years by both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500 independent guides to the legal professions as one of the country’s leading barristers in both commercial and company law litigation. He is one of only three juniors recommended both for commercial and for company litigation and ranked within the top 3 bands in the 2023 UK editions of both Chambers & Partners and Legal 500. David is further recommended in Chambers Global as one of the foremost practitioners in the UK Commercial Dispute Resolution market.

David has been shortlisted for Commercial Junior of the Year at the 2022 Legal 500 Bar Awards.

David was also featured in Legal Week’s junior “Stars at the Bar” feature for his exceptional skill in litigating commercial and corporate disputes.

Market feedback from the guides in recent years includes:

“He is exceptionally bright and a really good tactician and strategist.” (Chambers & Partners 2024)

“David is extremely bright, resourceful and diligent. He is a fine choice of junior counsel for heavyweight corporate and commercial disputes.” (Chambers & Partners)

“He has a strategic brilliance beyond his years.” (Chambers & Partners)

“Extremely thorough, bright and commercial minded. A go to junior for corporate and commercial disputes.” (Legal 500)

“David is a star; he is has an excellent technical command of complex matter and a keen eye for tactics which gives him the edge over other more senior counsel.” (Legal 500)

“Has a huge wealth of knowledge and is very client-friendly.” (Chambers & Partners)

“He has a strategic brilliance beyond his years.” (Chambers & Partners)

“Very able, user-friendly and incredibly bright.” (Chambers & Partners)

“He is a stellar black-letter lawyer, as well as immensely hard-working – a great team-player. He will go the extra five miles for the client and find the main road, not an irrelevant bye-way.” (Legal 500)

“Incredibly bright, very responsive, very personable and affable, able to articulate complex issues in a very user-friendly way to clients.” (Legal 500)

“Very clever, very clear in his advice and willing to go the extra mile. He’s superb” (Chambers & Partners)

“Excellent to work with, David always provides clear and commercial advice” (Chambers & Partners)

“Impressive in court, extremely bright and very user friendly” (Chambers & Partners)

“A great communicator, David is very good with clients and very down to earth” (Chambers & Partners )

“Exceptionally analytical with a great eye for detail, his memory is astonishing” (Legal 500)

“Definitely someone you want on your team” (Chambers & Partners)

Commercial Contract Disputes

Share and Business Sale Disputes

Shareholder and LLP Disputes

Director and Senior Employee Disputes

Commercial Fraud

Arbitration

Academic Background and Prizes

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