Lianne Craig

Lianne Craig is a Partner at Hausfeld & Co LLP. Lianne advises on complex disputes across a range of sectors, with a particular expertise in competition, commercial and financial services litigation.  Lianne works with an international client base, and has particular experience in dealing with multi-party litigation, often involving large groups of claimants.  Typically, clients have included multinational corporations, SMEs, financial institutions, private equity or hedge fund investors and private individuals. 

Lianne is also accustomed to working under innovative funding structures, allowing clients to offset the risk of litigation wherever possible. 

Current notable cases include leading the pursuit of damages in a standalone case brought on behalf of over 400 claimants (including many multinational corporates) affected by the Air Cargo Cartel.  Lianne is also involved in the Carbon Graphite follow-on damages litigation before the Competition Appeal Tribunal, the Court of Appeal and a hearing pending before the Supreme Court in early 2014.  Previously, Lianne was involved in a number of heavyweight cases arising from the collapse of Lehman Brothers.  She has advised on a wide range of litigation matters including shareholder disputes (including warranty claims); general commercial disputes arising out of issues such as breach of contract, misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty; bondholder disputes; claims arising out of loan, structured finance and derivatives transactions; and cases involving large scale fraud and mis-selling of investments.

Lianne has spoken at conferences and been quoted extensively as an expert in the worldwide press in relation to the LIBOR manipulation scandal. 

Lianne has a strong commitment to human rights and to pro bono work. She has worked pro bono for clients ranging from private individuals to UK charities and international NGOs.

Prior to joining the firm, Lianne was a Senior Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges, before which she trained and qualified at Clifford Chance LLP.  Lianne is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen (First Class LLB (Hons) with Belgian Law) and is fluent in Spanish, as well as speaking French to an advanced level.