Laura-May Scott

Laura-May is a member of the Insurance Recovery Group at Reed Smith. In her insurance recovery work, she acts exclusively for policyholders in a range of disputes with insurers. Laura-May has represented clients in both arbitration and court proceedings, and has particular experience in coverage disputes involving finance insurance, marine cargo insurance, directors’ and officers’ insurance, and political risk and trade credit insurance.

Laura-May also routinely advises companies on their insurance policy programmes, reviewing policy wordings and providing technical assistance with scope of coverage queries.

As well as having significant insurance recovery and litigation experience, Laura-May also advises financial institutions dealing with a broad range of regulatory and compliance issues, and has represented banks and individuals in contentious regulatory proceedings before the Financial Conduct Authority.

For the last six years, Laura-May has been individually ranked in The Legal 500 UK and Chambers UK as a leading practitioner in insurance litigation. Clients and peers have described her as "excellent, with huge potential", "impressive", "very able", and "always on top of the details and excellent with the clients." 

Laura-May was also shortlisted in Brummell magazine’s 2025 “Ones to Watch in the City” list. The ranking highlights 30 professionals under 40 whose achievements and leadership mark them as the next generation of City leaders in financial services, law and related sectors.