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Celia Lloyd-Davidson, Legal Director, Boodle Hatfield

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Litigation

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Celia Lloyd-Davidson, Legal Director, Boodle Hatfield

Celia is a Legal Director in the Litigation team who combines her background in leading City practices to offer clear, bespoke advice with a strong sector focus.

She is an Intellectual Property specialist and has worked with a wide range of clients across the heritage, arts, fashion, luxury, hospitality and charity sectors. Celia advises on contentious and non-contentious IP, including trade marks, passing off and copyright. She also supports clients on wider issues including commercial contracts, licensing, grants, governance and specialist sector advice in relation to, for example, acquisitions, provenance, cultural property and museum accreditation.

Having worked in Europe, Celia has a strong international network and longstanding experience of cross-border work. She is also able to draw on her in-house experience to provide clear, pragmatic advice tailored to client needs. She is active in UK Intellectual Property and Art Law circles through her Committee membership of the Competition Law Association and ongoing engagement with PAIAM, the Association of Art Lawyers and others. She has contributed to Masters programmes at Queen Mary University London and provided board level support to industry groups, arts organisations and heritage institutions at a national level.

Areas of Practice

Art Litigation, Art Law & More

Awards and Rankings

Legal 500, Band 3 Intellectual Property 2026

Memberships

PAIAM

Competition Law Association (committee member)

Art Lawyers Association

Education & Qualification

University of Oxford and University of Cambridge

Qualified as a solicitor in 2010

Legal 500, Band 3 Intellectual Property 2026

PAIAM

Competition Law Association (committee member)

Art Lawyers Association

University of Oxford and University of Cambridge

Qualified as a solicitor in 2010

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