Pauline Lépissier
Partner
Areas of Expertise
Pauline has a broad practice resolving disputes for clients across a wide range of sectors and acting in complex inquests.
Pauline is adept at finding practical solutions for clients that take into account commercial objectives, including cost-effective resolutions and the protection of reputations.
Pauline advises clients on a wide range of contentious matters, including fraud prevention, investigation, and recovery, contractual disputes and termination, regulatory investigations and intellectual property disputes.
Pauline has a particular expertise in disputes arising out of PFI contracts and the facilities management sector.
Pauline also has a practice in public law and inquests. She has years of experience representing vulnerable witnesses in complex inquests and resulting proceedings such as criminal prosecutions. She regularly acts in judicial reviews, equality and human rights claims, particularly in the custodial sector.
Pauline is a native French speaker and able to provide advice in French on matters of English law.
Experience
Prior to joining Devonshires in 2016, Pauline briefly worked in retail banking in Paris before completing her training contract with a full-service regional law firm.
Publications
- Bringing disputes to a head before PFI expiry
- Hoo-ver you talking about? Identification in defamation claims
- Challenging expert evidence: TUI UK Ltd (Respondent) v Griffiths (Appellant) [2023] UKSC 48
Directories
Key Lawyer – Legal 500, 2024
Conferences
Pauline delivered MBL Seminar’s Learn Live Webinar on Common Pitfalls in PFI Disputes
Pauline has also hosted a number of Devonshires webinars, including:
Education
Pauline graduated from Oxford University with a BA in History, before completing her GDL and LPC at BPP Law School.
Personal
Pauline enjoys pub quizzes and travelling.
Pauline’s Interview as a new Partner
Pauline Lépissier has been promoted to Partner. We invited Pauline to talk to us about her journey to becoming a Partner as well as what inspires her about working at Devonshires.
News Articles
Reputation is Key. How organisations should be dealing with negative social media – FMJ
How to avoid going to Court when you are going through a dispute – FMJ
Committing to the rules: personal service under the new Part 81 – Thomson Reuters
A lesson in contesting particulars of claim – Thomson Reuters
Service in the time of a pandemic: Stanley v London Borough of Tower Hamlets – Thomson Reuters
Professional Membership
Fraud Lawyers’ Association
French Chamber of Commerce
L’Association des Juristes Franco-Britanniques
Testimonials
Legal 500, 2024“Pauline Lépissier is very sensitive to the needs of clients and extremely hard- working. She is on top of the detail in a manner that puts her client in the best position”.
“I am beyond elated. You did a great job.”
“[Pauline] has really picked things up quickly, helped draw order to our thinking and has made amazing progress.”
Get in touch
| 020 7880 4293 |
| pauline.lepissier@devonshires.co.uk |
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London Office
Devonshires Solicitors LLP 30 Finsbury Circus London EC2M 7DT |
| 020 7880 4343 |
| elizabeth.holland@devonshires.co.uk |
