Elisabeth Mason
Knowledge lawyer
Elisabeth is a knowledge lawyer in the commercial dispute resolution team. She has extensive experience in commercial litigation and reputation management disputes, and plays a central role in knowledge sharing across the team.
She focusses on ensuring that the team, and particularly those at a junior level, have the tools they need to provide the highest quality service to the firm’s clients. Elisabeth’s work involves designing and delivering training, drafting precedents, and producing client-facing guides and articles.
We are in a period of exceptionally fast change in how legal services are delivered. My priority is ensuring that our people are equipped with the skills and knowledge they need to navigate these changes and to continue providing excellent client service.
Highly regarded for her attention to detail, judgment, and empathetic approach, Elisabeth was first recommended in the Legal 500 in 2019, and was listed as an ‘Associate to watch’ by Chambers UK. She trained at the firm and qualified as a solicitor in 2016. As a junior associate in the commercial dispute resolution team, she worked on a wide range of commercial litigation matters from pre-action through to trial. She then spent several years at a niche reputation management practice, acting exclusively in media and communications claims, before returning to Penningtons Manches Cooper in January 2023.
Recent work highlights
Student Equality Act claim
Twitter defamation claim
Defamation claim against The Times
Defamation claim defended
Privacy and harassment/stalking claim
External recognition
What people are saying
… widely respected for her exceptional industry, judgment, knowledge and client-management. She is not afraid to roll up her sleeves when required and delivers excellent results.
… an extremely impressive individual who is very hardworking and has sound judgment – the ideal team player who extracts excellent results.
… a pleasure to work with at all times, even when things get stressful.
She is impressive, extremely hardworking and great with clients, and one of the leading associates in this area.
Elisabeth is very good with clients. She is very sympathetic towards any client, very thorough and has a very high quality of written work.
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