Legal Team

Head of Legal Services
Geraldine Ismail -  g.ismail@lse.ac.uk LLB (Hons), LLM (Human Rights), Solicitor

Senior Legal Counsel
Mariachiara Valsecchi - m.valsecchi1@lse.ac.uk LLM, Solicitor

Legal Counsel
Lima Hussain - n.hussain11@lse.ac.uk LLB, LLM, Solicitor

Paralegal
Samuel Dixon - s.d.dixon@lse.ac.uk LLB

For general legal advice on day-to-day matters including projects and reactive school business, contract review, drafting and support, advice and assistance on other legal documents including partnerships and relationships, please contact us at secdiv.contracts@lse.ac.uk

If your contract is related to Research & Innovation, contact them at ri.contracts@lse.ac.uk

If your contract is within LSE’s approved templates, please contact your department’s budget controller. If in doubt about whether your contract falls within a template, please contact procurement at procurement@lse.ac.uk

For student related complaints or disciplinary matters: secdiv.complaints@lse.ac.uk  

For appeals from student complaints or disciplinary matters: secdiv.appeals@lse.ac.uk 

For LSE colleagues to send contracts, agreements, and other documents for signature under the scheme of delegated legal authority, once it has been approved as necessary under the financial transactions authorisation thresholdssecretary@lse.ac.uk 

For issues relating to insurance and auditing activities: secdiv.insurance@lse.ac.uk 

If you become aware of a problem which has the potential for litigation or receive correspondence (from external lawyers, court or otherwise) which indicates a potential claim against the LSE or any of its staff, please immediately bring the matter to the attention of the Head of Legal, Geraldine Ismail.