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Lorraine Lanceley

Work Department
Position
Partner
Lorraine specialises in high-value and complex commercial disputes. She has worked on a number of high-profile cases including the group litigation concerning RBS’s £12bn rights issue.
Lorraine specialises in general commercial disputes and has experience in a wide range of high- value contentious matters including banking and financial services litigation, fraud, shareholder disputes, insolvency, competition damages actions, judicial review, professional negligence, partnership disputes, and bribery and corruption. She also has experience in mediation, arbitration and expert determination.
Lorraine’s experience includes:
- Acted for the liquidators of three venture capital trusts investigating allegations concerning the former manager and liquidators of the companies
- Acted for 313 institutional investors in the group litigation against RBS regarding its 2008 £12bn rights issue
- Advising a leading UK FinTech company in relation to various disputes including a potential multi-investor claim
- Advising a world leading asset finance software company in relation to a shareholder dispute
- Advising on a series of high-value contractual disputes with major banks and companies in respect of the misuse of core computer systems
- Advised a major tobacco company on the judicial review of the decision to introduce plain packaging of tobacco products and in relation to its challenge of the EU Tobacco Products Directive II
- Advised on a number of high-value multiparty private competition follow-on damages actions in the High Court representing various global enterprises including a major oil and gas company
- Acted on a large-scale multi-jurisdictional bribery and corruption investigation
- Acted on high-profile professional negligence claim in the Commercial Court ranked as one of the Lawyer’s Top 20 cases of 2014
Career
Lorraine trained at Ashurst LLP, qualifying in March 2010. She worked in Ashurst’s general commercial litigation team until October 2015, when she joined Stewarts.
Personal
Lorraine’s interests include music, dance, reading, yoga, the great outdoors (preferably the North York Moors) and spending time with family and friends. She has a passion for mentoring others within the legal profession, particularly maternity leave returners, and is a member of Stewarts’ parent buddy scheme.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
(Leading partners)With ‘great strength in depth‘, boutique litigation and conflict-free firm Stewarts Law LLP is regularly called upon to act against major banks and financial institutions. Lucy Ward leads the team, along with Mo Bhaskaran, while Keith Thomas is head of the firm’s securities litigation practice. Elaina Bailes excels in fraud and asset recovery and financial services and securities litigation, while Lorraine Lanceley has experience acting for both claimants and defendants. Clive Zietman retired in May 2024. Ian Gatt KC left to join Brick Court Chambers.
London > Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
A leading firm in securities claims and group litigation stemming from the misselling of financial products, Stewarts Law LLP has a successful track record acting for claimants against financial institutions, investment banks and major corporations. Fraud and professional negligence claims are particular areas of expertise, as well as tax disputes and competition litigation. ‘Excellent strategist’ David Pickstone and ‘superb lawyer and litigator’ Kate Pollock lead the firm’s group actions offering, alongside Keith Thomas, who also heads the securities litigation practice. Harry McGowan also specialises in securities claims, while Stuart Carson focuses his practice on competition litigation. Aaron Le Marquer spearheads claims related to COVID-19 business interruption insurance. Alex Lerner boasts particular expertise in group litigation arising from the mis-selling of financial products. Further key names to note include Elaina Bailes, Lorraine Lanceley and Elisa Wahnon.
Lawyer Rankings
- Group litigation: Claimant London > Dispute resolution
- Leading partners London > Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Commercial litigation: premium London > Dispute resolution
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Senior executives
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax