Lucy provides pragmatic, accessible and commercial advice to clients on their property matters.
Lucy’s work includes supporting clients on:
- Freehold and acquisitions and disposals;
- Leasehold portfolio management including regears, agreements for lease and surrenders;
- Residential and commercial development;
- Investment property acquisitions, disposals and portfolio management;
- Property financing and refinancing;
- Green energy leases (including PPA arrangements).
Lucy’s clients are based across the UK and in a variety of sectors such as retail, manufacturing, logistics, food, sports and professional services.
Lucy works alongside our Corporate and Commercial, Employment, Construction and Litigation and Dispute Resolution teams to provide clients with a full legal service. In particular, Lucy routinely works with our Corporate and Commercial team on property elements of business sales, mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to joining Leathes Prior as a Partner in June 2019, Lucy trained at Mills & Reeve LLP, qualifying in September 2011. Lucy studied law at the University of East Anglia and graduated in 2008, before completing her Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in London.
In her spare time Lucy loves spending time with her family, good food, fashion, travel and live music.
Lucy’s recent experience includes acting:
- On the sale of a residential development site.
- On a promotion agreement, for the promoter.
- On the purchase of development land for a health facility.
- On the purchase of the high-value redevelopment of commercial premises by a tenant.
- For an owner-occupier on a time pressured refinance, needed for improvement works.
- On the complex exit from existing facility to new (larger) premises for a leisure industry client.
- As an advisor to in-house lawyers on property queries and strategy.
- For a retail tenant taking leases of strategic new sites.
- For an energy sector client on solar PPA projects.
Lucy has also recently worked alongside our corporate team on the following transactions:
- Sale of leisure industry business for in excess of £6.4 million; and
- Sale of family business for in excess of £1.8 million.
Lucy has genuinely impressed us with her exceptional skills as a solicitor. She goes above and beyond for her clients, thinking outside the box and ensuring our best interests and future obligations are met. What should have been a simple transaction turned into a tricky one, but I could see it through thanks to Lucy's dedication, great sense of humour, and personality. I wouldn't have had the patience to continue without her.
Lucy well done you. You have been fantastic guiding us through the whole process. We will definitely find time to celebrate with you with something appropriately bubbly.
We instantly warmed to Lucy, who filled us with confidence. From the moment we sought her assistance, I was impressed by her professionalism, expertise, and genuine care for her clients. Their practice is unparalleled. Lucy Whipps has extensive knowledge of commercial property law and navigated our transaction with precision and diligence. She took the time to understand our situation fully and provided a tailored solution that exceeded our expectations. I wholeheartedly recommend Lucy Whipps at Leathes Prior to anyone needing commercial property legal assistance. The exceptional service we received from the entire commercial property team at Leathes Prior, led by Lucy, is a testament to their dedication and commitment in the legal field. Thank you again Lucy.
For several years now, Lucy has overseen a range of major commercial property matters for us, including complex lease work and wider transactional support. Her attention to detail, responsiveness, and steady guidance have made a real difference to our business. Lucy is approachable, reassuring, and someone we trust completely. We genuinely value the relationship and continue to rely on her for all significant property work.
Thank you for your help it has been a pleasure working with you, so nice to be able to chat through a situation and get to a common sense approach.
You did a great job last time so you were our first choice for this one - I'm sure it won't be the last either!
Focused, intelligent, hardworking and a great legal mind.
I would like to thank you for attending to the matter in such a professional and efficient manner.
Your help was very much appreciated. Your assistance in the matter, dealing with my queries and bringing the transaction to a conclusion, meant that both Landlord and Tenant could complete the lease within the deadline, which was very important for the tenant.
It’s been a pleasure working with you both and others at Leathes Prior over the years, your wealth of expertise and excellent service has been greatly appreciated.