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Lily Church

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Position

Lily accepts instructions in Chambers’ core areas of practice including company law, restructuring and insolvency, offshore litigation, commercial litigation and arbitration.

Upon obtaining tenancy Lily undertook a three-month secondment in the Financial Institutions Disputes Group at Freshfield Bruckhaus Deringer and a further three-month secondment in the corporate/M&A department at Slaughter and May.

During pupillage Lily assisted with a variety of matters, including both corporate advisory work and litigation. Notable work included providing assistance with ClientEarth v Shell Plc [2023] EWHC 1897 (Ch), concerning an application for permission to continue a derivative claim. Lily also provided research support in the Carillion directors disqualification proceedings in advance of the pre-trial review hearing and in the case of ENRC v Dechert [2023] EWHC 3280 during the causation and loss phase of trial.

Education

Lily studied on the Masters of Corporate Law programme at Cambridge University where she obtained a First Class postgraduate degree and ranked second in her year, winning several university prizes. During her time at Cambridge, Lily was the resident Richard Sykes QC Scholar at Pembroke College.

Lily obtained a First Class undergraduate law degree at the University of Durham and a Distinction in the Bar Course at the Inns of Court College of Advocacy, ranking third in her cohort. Lily was also the recipient of an Inner Temple Major Scholarship, Duke of Edinburgh Award and COMBAR Scholarship