Lucy Scott
Senior Lawyer
Special Counsel
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Auckland
Bio
Lucy Scott is commercial litigator and regulatory lawyer with a particular interest in contractual, shareholder, and property disputes. Her extensive knowledge in regulatory investigations and prosecutions positions her as a key advisor to her clients. She is an experienced adviser on regulatory issues across a wide range of sectors, including financial services, health and safety and consumer and competition.
Lucy’s in-house experience has honed her ability to offer balanced, pragmatic advice, making her a trusted figure in managing complex commercial and regulatory challenges.
Lucy regularly represents clients in investigations involving the...
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Recognition
Qualifications
- LLB First Class Hons – University of Canterbury
- Admitted in New Zealand – 2011
Expertise
Work highlights
- Acted for a finance company on a Commerce Commission investigation into compliance with the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003.
- Acted for a derivatives issuer on an investigation by the Financial Markets Authority into an alleged breach of its standard licence conditions.
- Acted for a FMCG client on the competition law aspects of a potential merger.
- Represented a shareholder opposing a company scheme of arrangement under Part 15 of the Companies Act 1993 in the High Court.
- Represented a Super Rugby franchise in the High Court and at mediation in relation to a contractual dispute.
- Represented an individual in relation to a Financial Markets Authority investigation into accounting records and other matters.
- Acted for a number of insured clients on investigations and prosecutions under the Health and Safety at Work Act 2015.
- Acted for a beneficiary of a trust in a long-running dispute regarding trustee decisions and trust property.
- Acted for a NZX listed commercial landlord on several property disputes, including disputes resolved by mediation.
- Acted for a trust to obtain a High Court sale order for a property in novel circumstances. The trust's debtor owned a share of the property, but the trust claimed that it was the beneficial owner of the other registered proprietors' shares. The court ordered a sale of the property with proceeds to be distributed to the trust.
- Acted for a tourism industry client on a successful High Court application for judicial review against Tourism New Zealand regarding a licence dispute.
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