Lucy Shawdon
Biography
Lucy is an associate in the Firm's Dispute Resolution team. Lucy was seconded to the commercial legal team of a multinational consumer goods company in 2020 and has also spent time working in our Dubai dispute resolution practice.
Representative Legal Matters
- Acting for two entities wholly owned by the State of Kuwait in connection with high value fraud claims brought against individuals and entities connected with a fund investment in the Cayman Islands
- Acting for an individual investor and their company in ICSID arbitration proceedings against an African state, valued at over EUR 1 billion
- Advising for state-backed investors in connection with discovery proceedings in multiple jurisdictions
- Acting for a French financial institution in connection with English court proceedings relating to allegations of fraud, valued at EUR 100 million
- Acting for a Jersey-based private bank (in its capacity as security trustee in a financing arrangement) in connection with threatened proceedings in the English and French courts
- Acting for a well-known consumer goods company in proceedings related to ESG concerns in the supply chain
Admissions
- England & Wales (2021)
Education
- BPP University (LLM Commercial Legal Practice Course) (2019)
- BPP University (Graduate Diploma in Law) (2018)
- University of Bristol (BA French and Spanish) (2017)
Languages
- French
- Spanish
Baker & McKenzie LLP, an English partnership, is a member of Baker & McKenzie International, a Swiss Verein.