Lisa Walmisley

Lisa is a Partner in Baker and Partners (BVI) Limited. She is English and BVI qualified and experienced.

Lisa concentrates on high value commercial, company and insolvency litigation. Lisa was a commercial Barrister at two of the leading sets of Chambers outside London for 18 years until she moved to BVI in 2019. Lisa is well versed and experienced in her practice as a Barrister in commercial fraud and all company’s actions including shareholder and commercial contracts disputes. She has extensive experience in insolvency matters and has been recommended in both Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 as an expert in her field throughout her successful career. In 2019 she embraced the opportunity for a change and began working in BVI.

In the BVI Lisa advises regularly on all aspects of company law including claims to the ownership of shares, exclusion from management and loss of substratum as the basis for the appointment of Liquidators on the just and equitable ground.

In insolvency matters, Lisa advises on all aspects of the appointment of liquidators -voluntary and by the Court- and the conduct of the liquidation thereafter.

Lisa is secretary of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC) BVI and is also member of the Recovery and Insolvency Association (RISA) BVI, INSOL, the Women’s Offshore Network BVI, and of the American Bankruptcy Institute.