Year of Call: 2012
“Lara is truly exceptional on her feet. Extremely smart and commercial, she is all over the detail.”
“A robust advocate who is confident and persuasive. She is a delight to work with and always has a commercial, bigger-picture view in mind”
Lara has a commercial Chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on high value disputes in England & Wales and offshore. Her work encompasses all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, property litigation, civil fraud, company law and insolvency matters.
Consistently ranked as a leading junior barrister in the legal directories, Lara is recommended in 4 practice areas (commercial litigation, insolvency, company and property litigation) across the current editions of Legal 500 (London Bar) and Chambers and Partners (UK Bar).
Lara has been described in the legal directories as: “truly exceptional on her feet. Extremely smart and commercial, she is all over the detail”; “a robust advocate who is confident and persuasive. She is a delight to work with and always has a commercial, bigger-picture view in mind”; “excellent. She is pragmatic, responsive and commercial, with a meticulous eye for detail, and provides very clear advice”; “an absolute star, razor sharp and fearless in submissions and cross-examination”; “very thorough and precise. She comes across as very reliable and trustworthy. She is not easily thrown and is a strong and careful advocate”; “she is an assured performer in court “; “her advocacy style is calm but confident”; an intelligent tactician”; “determined, tenacious and gets to the heart of an issue with practical solutions”; “incredibly diligent”; “a bright and hardworking junior with a good grasp of company law and a zest for commercial litigation” and “Lara is highly competent, attentive and generates a positive client experience”.
Comments in the directories about her advice and written work include: “Lara’s written work and advice is extremely good. She knows what clients need and is all over the detail”; “Lara's advice on complex matters is always timely and easy to understand. Her drafting skills are excellent, being clear, concise and pragmatic”; “Her pleadings are excellent”; “bright, thorough, responsive and very easy to work with. She adds value to all that she has been asked to assist with”; and “covers every angle and has brilliant drafting abilities”.
Lara is highly regarded for her advocacy and, in the majority of her cases, she acts as lead or sole advocate. She frequently appears (unled) against senior juniors or KCs. However, she is equally comfortable acting as junior counsel led by more senior barristers from within or outside chambers, as she is currently doing across a range of cases in England and internationally.
In addition to her private work, Lara also undertakes work on behalf of the UK Government. She is on the Attorney General’s B Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown and represents the Government in commercial, property, company and insolvency matters.
Before transferring to the English Bar, Lara was a solicitor in the London commercial disputes team of two US firms: Weil, Gotshal & Manges and McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP. Between 2013 and 2015, Lara practised as a Cayman Islands attorney in the Dispute Resolution and Insolvency group at Maples and Calder.
Junior Counsel to the Crown – B Panel (current appointment)
Junior Counsel to the Crown - C Panel (2022 to 2025)
Chancery Bar Association (Committee Member)
COMBAR (The Commercial Bar Association)
INSOL
Property Bar Association
Registered Name: Lara Kuehl
VAT Information: 220373841
Registered Name: Lara Kuehl
VAT Information: 220373841