Lucy Hall
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Lucy Hall

Senior Knowledge Lawyer

Lucy has 20 years’ experience and brings a distinctive blend of transactional expertise and knowledge management capability to her role.

Lucy worked as a senior lawyer for ten years with expertise spanning project finance, corporate finance, securitisation, and real estate finance.  Lucy advised banks, financial institutions, other lenders and borrowers on a broad range of finance transactions.  During her career, she has completed two client secondments, gaining valuable in-house perspective.  She transitioned to a senior knowledge lawyer role in January 2016 and focuses on project finance, with a particular emphasis on energy innovation.

In her current position, Lucy is responsible for knowledge management, maintaining precedents and know-how whilst providing transactional support. She designs and delivers both internal and client-facing international training programmes, drawing on her extensive practice experience.

Lucy has a strong interest in legal technology and AI solutions, having led a ten-part series on AI and legal tech tools. She works closely with the Innovation team, helping to embed new technologies and ways of working across the practice.

Lucy is also Co-Chair of the Global Families Network.

Expertise

Industries

Published Work

  • Wrote a chapter on "Career paths for professional support lawyers" in "The Rise of Specialist Career Paths in Law Firms" published by Globe Law and Business, June 2022
  • Wrote a chapter on "What tech is best?" in a book called "The Evolving Role of the PSL" published by ARK Group, September 2018
  • "The new approach to mining in Africa," Frontier Market Network, February 2013 "The Human Touch," International Mining, November 2012
  • "Ethiopia report – Land of Mining Opportunities," Mining Journal, September 2012
  • "Digging Deep for the Future," Mining Journal, July 2012
  • "Key Issues Affecting Mining Projects in Africa," Angola Today, July 2012

Qualifications

Admissions

Solicitor, England and Wales, 2008

Academic

University of Bristol LLB, 2004

Nottingham Law School LPC, 2005

Disclaimer
A&O Shearman was formed on May 1, 2024 by the combination of Shearman & Sterling LLP and Allen & Overy LLP and their respective affiliates (the legacy firms). Any matters referred to above may include matters undertaken by one or more of the legacy firms rather than A&O Shearman.