Brodies LLP

Restructuring & Advisory; Litigation;

Lucy advises on all aspects of personal and corporate insolvency and obtained her Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency in 2011. She acts on behalf of a wide range of clients, including lenders, insolvency professionals, commercial creditors, directors and individuals. Lucy is frequently called upon to advise on asset recovery, challenges of pre-insolvency transactions, directors' misfeasance and a wide range of technical insolvency issues.

She has acted for financial institutions in relation to high profile and high value misrepresentation and contractual disputes. She has extensive experience of acting for clients in both the Court of Session and sheriff courts. Lucy also has experience of acting on behalf of directors faced with disqualification action, including negotiation of disqualification undertakings and applying to Court on behalf of directors for permission to act as a director while disqualified.

Lucy's practice areas include:

• Personal insolvency
• Corporate insolvency
• Director disqualification
• Commercial and corporate litigation

Qualified in 2008 and have specialised in contentious restructuring & advisory work throughout my career.

Moved through the ranks from solicitor to senior solicitor, being promoted to associate in 2014 and senior associate in 2018,  promoted to partner in May 2019.

A committee member of the Edinburgh Insolvency Discussion Group (the “EIDG”) and holds the CPI (Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency) qualification.  Regularly speaks and provides training on insolvency-related topics, including providing training for the JIEB (Joint Insolvency Examination Board) exam, providing the legal updates to the EIDG and IPA Conference. Lucy is part of the Terralex Restructure & Insolvency Group.

English

R3

The Edinburgh Law School; Edinburgh University 2001 – 2006

Diploma in Legal Practice (2006)

LLB (Hons) Law 2:1 (2005)

LLB (Hons), Sip LP

Lucy is a keen cook.  In her spare time she also enjoys to run and ski.