Lucy Keane > Signature Litigation LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Signature Litigation LLP Offices
138 FETTER LANE
LONDON
EC4A 1BT
England
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Lucy Keane
Work Department
International Arbitration, Commercial Litigation
Position
Lucy is a counsel in the Gibraltar office of Signature Litigation specialising in international arbitration and commercial litigation.
Lucy’s commercial litigation experience includes shareholder disputes; commercial contracts; international trade and shipping; construction disputes; product liability; professional negligence and regulation; energy disputes and insolvency. Lucy is also experienced in fraud and asset tracing/proceeds of crime applications and is often called on to give sanctions advice. She has extensive advocacy experience and has appeared in courts at all levels in the UK.
Lucy is qualified in five jurisdictions – Scotland (Advocate); New York (Attorney at Law); England & Wales (Barrister, Inner Temple); Ireland (Barrister ); and Gibraltar (Barrister). She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb). She was recently appointed by the European Commission to its List of Arbitrators in Bilateral Trade Disputes with Third Countries.
Career
Advocate, Scottish Bar, 1988; Litigation Lawyer, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, 2019; ; Barrister & Arbitrator, Lamb Chambers/33 Bedford Row, London 2020; Counsel, Signature Litigation, 2022.
Languages
English, German, French, Italian and Spanish.
Memberships
Co-chair, New York State Bar Association (International Section) Art Law, Art Funds & Art Finance Committee; Fellow, the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (FCIArb); the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators; LMAA Supporting Member; Energy Arbitration Club, London; Swiss Arbitration Association.
Education
University of Strathclyde; University of Dundee; CIArb/Oxford University; University of Gibraltar.
Lawyer Rankings
Gibraltar > Dispute resolution
(Next Generation Partners)Signature Litigation LLP has ‘an expert blend of international litigation and Gibraltar Court experience’. It excels in large-scale commercial litigation, advising on cases with novel legal issues or first-of-their-kind matters, demonstrated through its representation of Gibfibre in the market-first litigation under new competition legislation against Gibtelecom and Rockolo. Elliott Phillips ‘is able to handle a wide range of commercial and private client disputes’, namely civil fraud, asset tracing, insolvency and shareholder disputes. Qualified in four jurisdictions, Lucy Keane is the lead international arbitration expert and is experienced in international trade, construction and insolvency matters. Paul Grant is active in construction, insurance, landlord and tenant, and clinical negligence disputes. ‘Future star’ Colin Grech stands out for his knowledge of maritime and admiralty law.