Lisa Lacob Call 2004; B.Bus.Sci (first class honours) LLB (magna cum laude) (Cape Town) LLM (first class) (Cantab) E-mail: llacob@3vb.com

Lisa Lacob undertakes general commercial work including banking and financial services, insurance, professional negligence, commercial fraud and company law.

Before coming to the Bar, Lisa practiced as a Solicitor in the Banking Group of Linklaters, a leading international law firm, where she specialised in a broad range of UK and international financing transactions, including syndicated lending, tax-structured financings, structured property financings and non-recourse lending.

During this time Lisa completed a 9 month secondment to the Securitisation and Structured Finance Group of Lloyds TSB Bank, where she acted as sole legal adviser to the group, with responsibility for drafting, negotiating and advising on documentation relating to securitisations and capital markets issues.

Lisa also trained as a commercial attorney in South Africa, where her responsibilities included drafting and advising on commercial contracts and other corporate documentation, including sale of business agreements, sale of share agreements, joint venture agreements and shareholder agreements

Scholarship and Awards

Cambridge

• Evan Lewis-Thomas Law Studentship


• Mandela Cambridge Bursary


• Galloway and Porter Prize (overall examination performance)

• Amelia Schenkman Entrance Scholarship


• Attorney's Fidelity Fund Scholarship


• wamley Undergraduate Scholarship


• Scheepers Memorial Scholarship


• Commerce Faculty Scholarship


• Judge Shock Prize for top First in law (final year)


• Butterworths Prize, TW Price Memorial Prize, Juta Law Prize and Attorneys Fidelity Fund Prize for performance in law (preliminary and intermediate years)


• Adams and Adams Intellectual Property Law Prize


• Ben Beinart Prize (Roman Law)


• John Gilbert Kotze Medal (Roman Law and Private Law)


• Leonard Fine Prize (Business Policy)


• Cape Bar Council Moot Prize

Publications

• "The World of Offshore Sham Trusts" Insurance and Tax (SA)


• Hees NO v Southern Life Association Ltd and Ries v Boland Bank PKS Ltd: The importance of updating beneficiary nomination provisions in Insurance Policies" Insurance and Tax (SA)"
  
• Doyle v Board of Executors: Confirming the contingent beneficiary's right to an accounting" South African Law Journal


• The Offshore Trust World: The Status of a Letter of Wishes" Juta's Business Law (SA)