Alisha Maddocks is an associate in the London office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Litigation & Trial Department. 

Alisha advises clients on a wide range of complex commercial litigation and international arbitration matters, including financial and shareholder claims. 

Alisha maintains an active pro bono practice, regularly advising clients at the Royal Courts of Justice Advice Bureau.

Prior to qualification, Alisha spent two years training in the firm’s London office, gaining experience in the Leveraged Finance, Transactional Tax, and Litigation & Trial departments. 

Alisha’s experience includes advising:

  • One of the world’s largest financial exchanges defending a series of breach of warranty claims by the purchaser of a voice broking business
  • An Asian renewable energy company in its defense of a US$2 billion indemnity claim brought by former management in a London-seated LCIA arbitration
  • A Chinese biopharmaceutical company, defending claims brought by a major shareholder in relation to the outcome of the company’s AGM, and the validity of the company's shareholder rights plan, before the UK Supreme Court
  • A large private equity firm in High Court proceedings regarding the interpretation of operative clauses in corporate contracts 

Bar Qualification

  • England and Wales (Solicitor)

Education

  • BA in Human, Social and Political Science, Newnham College, University of Cambridge
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Law, BPP Law School, London

Languages Spoken

  • English