3PB brings in experienced international arbitration and commercial litigation barrister Lucy Keane

1st December 2025

3PB Barristers (3 Paper Buildings) announced today that senior international arbitrator and commercial litigator Lucy Keane FCIArbLucy KeaneCall: 1988, who is qualified in five jurisdictions, has joined their London office in the Inner Temple as an associate.

Lucy brings substantial experience in international commercial arbitration and litigation as well as extensive advocacy experience before the English (and other) courts, adding further senior advocacy firepower to the national chambers' global disputes practice.

Lucy joins from 33BR, where she specialised in international dispute resolution, notably commercial arbitration cases under LCIA and ICC rules. Lucy’s practice included client representation as counsel and advising clients on dispute resolution structuring in commercial contracts, as well as arbitrator appointments. Lucy was also appointed by the European Commission in 2022 to its pool of accredited arbitrators for bilateral trade disputes. Lucy’s most recent experience has been with a boutique disputes practice in Gibraltar, where she acted as counsel in a number of complex cases ranging from corporate insolvency to shareholder disputes. Lucy also appeared as counsel in cases involving crypto assets, including a recent multi-million pound claim before the Supreme Court of Gibraltar involving worldwide freezing and ancillary orders and a LCIA arbitration concerning crypto investment.

An adviser to energy, shipping and corporate clients, Lucy assists clients on shareholder disputes, commercial contracts, investment funds and associated regulatory issues, sale and carriage of goods and international trade disputes. She first became involved in large-scale oil and gas disputes when appointed as one of the counsel representing Occidental Petroleum in the proceedings arising from the Piper Alpha disaster in 1988.

3PB's Patrick Heneghan, who heads 3PB's Commercial Group, commented: "I am thrilled that Lucy has decided to join us. She will further enhance our international arbitration team and its capacity to support substantial matters across a range of sectors, notably energy, shipping, gaming and technology.”

Lucy commented: “3PB is an excellent fit for my practice, which has spanned most regions of the world and many of the major industries that 3PB are already very active across. I look forward to continuing my international arbitration and UK and international commercial disputes practice alongside some exceptionally talented commercial barristers."

To contact Lucy, please email her on [email protected]. To instruct her, or see about her availability, please email her clerk David Fielder on [email protected] or by calling him on 020 7583 8055.