Lucy Pert

Lucy Pert is the co-head of commercial disputes in London. She has over 20 years of commercial dispute resolution experience gained in the world’s leading litigation practices. Her practice covers financial services, contentious restructuring, insolvency and shareholder and general commercial disputes.

Lucy has extensive experience of managing international cross-border litigation, working frequently in all English courts and pursuant to multiple arbitral rules. Lucy’s clients include corporates, hedge funds, private equity houses, local authorities and insolvency practitioners and high net worth individuals, often acting adverse to large financial institutions.

Having previously worked for a leading global litigation funder, Lucy really understands the economics of disputes and can bring unique insights to assist clients with litigation funding. Lucy also frequently advises third party funders with external due diligence or on-going support.

In June 2022, Lucy was appointed to the London Chamber of Arbitration and Mediation (LCAM) Commercial Rent (Coronavirus) Act 2022 Arbitrator Panel. Lucy is qualified in England and Wales and admitted to the bar in New York. She speaks fluent French.

Lucy chairs the firm’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Committee, and is an avid speaker on the commercial disputes circuit.

Previously at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, London; Paul, Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison in New York and Freshfields Bruckhaus Derringer, London.