Lara is a South African qualified attorney specialising in insurance and reinsurance coverage and liability disputes. She has experience in property damage, business interruption, professional indemnity and product liability matters, as well as general commercial litigation.

Prior to moving to the UK, she spent six years as an associate in South African law firms, where she worked on insurance and commercial disputes spanning the transport, energy, manufacturing, security, retail, medical and agricultural industries, as well as on matters in various other African jurisdictions.