Excited states in the neutron-deficient N = 84 nuclide 155 Lu have been populated using the 102 Pd( 58 Ni,αp) reaction. The 155 Lu nuclei were separated using the gas-filled recoil separator RITU and implanted into the Si detectors of the GREAT spectrometer. Prompt γ-ray emissions measured at the target position using the Jurogam Ge detector array were assigned to 155 Lu through correlations with α decays measured in GREAT. Structures feeding the (11/2 − ) and (25/2 − ) α-decaying states have been revised and extended. Shell-model calculations have been performed and are found to reproduce the excitation energies of several of the low-lying states observed to within an average of 71 keV. In particular, the seniority inversion of the 25/2 − and 27/2 − states is reproduced.