Tracy Lacey-Smith > SA Law LLP > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile
SA Law LLP Offices
GLADSTONE PLACE
36-38 UPPER MARLBOROUGH ROAD
ST ALBANS
AL1 3UU
England
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Tracy Lacey-Smith
Work Department
Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution.
Position
Partner, Joint Head of Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution. Tracy guides clients through commercial disputes using mediation, settlement negotiations or litigation as necessary. She has over 16 years’ experience in all forms of dispute resolution, acting for a wide range of clients across varied sectors including education, healthcare and not for profit.
Her considerable expertise includes enforcing restrictive covenants, shareholder and boardroom disputes. She also advises on complex contractual matters, professional negligence issues, insurance matters and intellectual property concerns.
Career
Curwens Solicitors (1999-2006); qualified 2002; head of employment 2003; partner 2006; SA Law (2007 to date) partner and head of employment SA Law 2007-2010, becoming joint head of commercial litigation and dispute resolution in 2010.
Memberships
Employment Lawyers Association; Association of Women Solicitors.
Education
St Anne’s; University of East Anglia (1999 Law LLD 2(1); 2000 BPP (LPC Commendation).
Leisure
Good food, socialising with friends and family, running, going to the ballet.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
The team at SA Law LLP combines ‘strong knowledge with practical expertise‘ when advising a diverse client roster of universities, shareholders and multinational corporates. Robert Ryall and Tracy Lacey-Smith jointly head the St Albans-based team. Lacey-Smith often appears before the High Court, and ‘always goes the extra mile‘ when acting in cases concerning breach of contract claims, while Ryall is ‘calm and experienced‘ when handling claims of alleged wrongdoing, frequently advising professional athletes and sports clubs. ‘Stand-out‘ practitioner Simon Walsh has expansive experience in insolvency and civil claims, in addition to handling freezing injunctions. Praised by clients for being ‘the ideal solicitor‘, senior associate Clare Mackay predominantly handles shareholder disputes, purchase agreements, and vexatious complaints, and associate Helen Young takes a ‘tenacious and realistic‘ approach when assisting clients with contested debt recovery mandates.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx