Lucy Lazzeri
General Counsel & Company Secretary, HS1 Ltd.
Lucy joined HS1 as General Counsel & Company Secretary in September 2011, following the company’s acquisition by Borealis Infrastructure and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan. Having successfully completed a £1.6 billion refinancing of HS1’s acquisition debt in 2013, Lucy’s role has now expanded beyond the legal and company secretarial function to include responsibility for the management of risk and insurance, as well as HS1’s planning, property, heritage, environment and procurement functions.
Lucy has extensive experience in the rail industry, having previously acted as senior legal advisor to Porterbrook Leasing Company Limited, one of the UK’s rolling stock operating companies. In 2014, she featured in The Lawyer magazine’s Hot 100 list and was also part of the judging panel for the prestigious Lawyer Awards.