Lindsay studied law at Reading University, but after qualifying as a solicitor at one of the largest London practices in the early 1990s he returned to university (in Stirling and Tokyo) to obtain a first in Japanese Language. He then worked for a number of years with a major commercial law firm in the Thames Valley before joining Rowberry Morris in 2006 where he deals with a broad range of commercial property transactions, specialising in land and business acquisitions, landlord and tenant matters and development work.

He lives in Reading and has the usual, wide, variety of pastimes and maintains a strong interest in all things Japanese including membership of the Japan Society.