LAWYER PROFILE

Lucy Edwards

UK 2026

Kingsley Napley LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture

UK-wide

12 years ranked

About

Provided by Kingsley Napley LLP

Practice Areas

Lucy acts for most of the POCA receivers on the joint panel of receivers, usually acting for enforcement receivers on the realisation of assets. She also has experience acting for management receivers and trustees for civil recovery. Lucy has varied experience acting for receivers with particular emphasis on property and the interplay of POCA and the insolvency regimes, in which area Lucy also has a wealth of experience. She is also experienced in realising pensions, defending applications for permission to sue receivers and in relation to receivers’ costs. Lucy is regularly consulted by receivers on tenders and presents to receivers, prosecutors and other organisations on POCA issues and the interaction with insolvency law.

Career

Lucy is a Legal Director in Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution Team having joined in 2022 from Blake Morgan. She has been advising POCA receivers for over 20 years and has been the secretary of the Proceeds of Crime Lawyers’ Association for over 10 years.

Professional Memberships

Association of Business Recovery Professionals (R3), POCLA, IWIRC

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

POCA Work & Asset Forfeiture - UK-wide

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Lucy Edwards has specialist expertise in advising insolvency practitioners on POCA matters and is highlighted for assisting with confiscation orders.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Lucy has an excellent grasp of what has to be done and an excellent grasp of the legislation behind the POCA work, which is complex in itself.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureChambers Guide to the Legal Profession
Lucy Edwards has emotional intelligence and knows the field incredibly well.
POCA Work & Asset ForfeitureChambers Guide to the Legal Profession