Annalisa has experience advising and representing clients in complex commercial disputes and contentious insolvency matters, including:

• A high-net-worth individual in defending a US$101 million High Court fraud claim involving allegations of unlawful means conspiracy and joint tortfeasor liability;
• A social-impact real estate firm in a £10 million-plus shareholder dispute concerning the alleged misappropriation of company funds by directors and the exclusion of a shareholder from management and decision-making;
• A company in pre-action proceedings against a former director and employee concerning alleged breaches of fiduciary and statutory duties, including conflicts of interest, non-disclosure of interests in proposed transactions and conduct allegedly contrary to the company’s interests;
• A shareholder in a joint venture dispute involving allegations of defamation, misappropriation of a business concept and breaches of directors’ duties;
• Shareholders of a television production company in a dispute concerning the alleged exploitation of a character, including advice on intellectual property rights and settlement strategy;
• A media entrepreneur and former CEO of a fashion publication in urgent insolvency proceedings seeking to set aside a statutory demand;
• The general partner of a Cayman Islands investment fund in a dispute concerning its duties in relation to the distribution of assets exceeding US$4 billion to the fund’s limited partners;
• Defendants in complex British Virgin Islands litigation involving allegations of asset stripping and fraud, including a jurisdiction challenge and an application for a freezing injunction.