Lianne Craig

Hausfeld

Lianne Craig, Hausfeld’s commercial disputes team head since October 2019, spent 2020 not only beavering away on cases but also raising the profile – and size – of her team. The days of Hausfeld being a competition boutique in the City are long gone. In no small part thanks to Craig, it is now an 18-partner litigation firm with a growing reputation for claimant-side commercial disputes. During the lockdown months, Hausfeld added 14 fee-earners followed by the lateral hire of Ned Beale from Trowers & Hamlins along with of counsel Olena Gulyanytska this January.

Craig’s long-standing links to Spain have also led to her firm reinforcing its foothold in Europe, notably with the launch of a collaboration with Spanish firm Eskariam in relation to the Spanish Milk Cartel case. On top of this, Craig and her team are ramping up the firm’s environmental and climate change practice, handling a range of shareholder and public interest claims and a number of projects for Client Earth. Hausfeld is also working pro bono with Jolyon Maugham QC’s Good Law Project on a bid to challenge the UK Government to revise its clean-air strategy in light of the emerging links between poor air quality and Covid-19.