Lucy Keane > 33 Bedford Row > London, England > Barrister Profile

Lucy Keane

Work Department

Position

Lucy is qualified in four jurisdictions. She is a barrister in England & Wales, an attorney at law in New York, an advocate in Scotland and a barrister at law in Ireland. She specialises in international dispute resolution, with particular interest and expertise in international commercial arbitration. Lucy’s breadth of experience has included a judicial appointment in Scotland as a part-time Sheriff sitting in the sheriff courts in both civil and criminal cases. She has appeared in courts at all levels in Scotland and has taken a case from first instance to the House of Lords. She is an extremely competent advocate whose advocacy experience ranges from interlocutory matters to complex appeals. Lucy was awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Advocacy by the Faculty of Advocates in 2016.

Career

Lucy is qualified in four jurisdictions. She is a barrister in England & Wales, an attorney at law in New York, an advocate in Scotland and a barrister at law in Ireland. She specialises in international dispute resolution, with particular interest and expertise in international commercial arbitration. Lucy, called to the Bar in Scotland in 1988, has extensive experience as an advocate dealing with commercial litigation. Her range of experience includes shareholder disputes, commercial contracts, investment funds and associated regulatory issues, charity law, sale and carriage of goods and international trade. Lucy also deals with building contract and property disputes, product liability, professional negligence and professional discipline and oil & gas disputes. Lucy gained invaluable experience in international oil & gas matters early in her career as counsel in the team representing Occidental Petroleum in the Piper Alpha disaster arbitrations and her interest in international arbitration and energy-related matters developed from there.
Lucy has represented both the Crown and other parties in Fatal Accident Inquiries (equivalent to Inquests) involving sudden or suspicous deaths. She recently acted for a medical professional in the longest Fatal Accident Inquiry (Inquest) held in Glasgow Sheriff Court, a complex and challenging matter involving a number of specialisms including haematology, oncology and neurology.

Languages

German

French

Italian

Spanish

Memberships

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators: Fellow (FCIArb)

The Worshipful Company of Arbitrators

The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple

The Honorable Society of King’s Inns (Ireland)

Faculty of Advocates (Scotland)

London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) Users’ Council

New York State Bar Association

American Bar Association

The Energy Arbitration Club, London

Swiss Arbitration Association

Arbitration Ireland

Education

Lucy is qualified as a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and holds the Chartered Institute’s Diploma in International Commercial Arbitration. Her enthusiasm for international arbitration extends to conducting lectures and training on the subject, particularly in relation to advocacy in international arbitration. She recently presented training seminars on this topic to legal professionals in the Netherlands. Being qualified in four jurisdictions, Lucy has the ability to work across legal borders with ease. Her facility for languages has also been invaluable in many instances and she has particular competence and experience in working on cases in German.