Lawyers in England

Claire Yorke

Claire is a Partner in the Family team, practicing in the area of family law for 16 years. She recognises that changing family dynamics require a flexible and commercial approach, with early intervention and the use of ADR being key. Her diverse practice includes advising international and domestic HNW clients on the financial implications of relationship breakdown, in particular those involving trusts and corporate assets, crypto assets, inherited wealth, complex remuneration structures and where there are allegations of non-disclosure or dissipation. She also has a well-established wealth protection practice advising clients on pre-and post-nuptial agreements. Claire has great experience in private law cases relating to a child's living arrangements, significant decisions regarding their care and applications by one parent to relocate within the UK or overseas with a child. Claire has a particular interest in managing the reputational aspect of relationship breakdown and protecting the balance between personal and private life. Described as "one of the very best partners", "out performing her peers" and whose negotiating skills are "second to none", Claire is adept at ensuring that her clients feel supported in what is often a pivotal time in their lives, working with them to achieve the best possible outcome, enabling them to move forward with confidence.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

Claire van Rees

Partner advising trustee and employer clients on a wide range of pensions issues such as pension scheme mergers, liability management exercises, tax legislation and auto-enrolment issues. She also has experience of advising insurance companies on their pensions products, and has a particular interest in defined contribution benefits and master trusts.

Sacker & Partners LLP

Claire-Marie Cornford

Partner Claire-Marie is the lead Partner for the Will, Trust and Estate Disputes team in London. Claire-Marie specialises in private client disputes and litigation, specifically those concerning trust, estate and succession disputes. Her clients include private individuals, trustees, executors, administrators, protectors and beneficiaries. She deals with all manner of disputes both in the UK and internationally, including claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, will disputes, and claims in respect of beneficial interests in property. Claire-Marie was named in Citywealth's list of Top 10 Powerwomen Trust Litigators 2020 and Top 100 Trust Litigators and Polymaths in May 2020. She is also ranked in Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite Directory as 'One to Watch'.

Irwin Mitchell

Clara Westbrook

Clara is a senior Data Privacy lawyer with over 20 years' experience advising businesses on European and English Data Protection law. Clara heads up Arbor's Data Privacy practice group, helping clients to navigate this complex area of law in an accessible and commercial way, enabling them to achieve their business objectives in compliance with data protection law. Clara advises clients across a wide range of sectors including digital, media, travel, e-commerce, luxury goods, healthcare, FMCG, Financial Services and aerospace. At the strategic level, Clara helps organisations implement global data protection programmes from the development of global data protection policies and related processes and procedures to building data protection teams. The Data Privacy practice covers the full range of data protection issues including audits, data transfers, contract reviews, marketing compliance and supporting clients who have suffered data breaches or complaints from the regulator - Clara also advises clients on dealings with data protection authorities.

Arbor Law

Clare Andrews

Partner dealing with all aspects of residential property with particular expertise in leasehold property issues.

Moore Barlow

Clare Archer

Clare is a partner and head of the London private client team. She specialises in tax and estate planning to include the administration of large and complex estates, often with an international or contentious aspect; will and trust drafting, elderly client and capacity issues and a wide range of asset protection and equity work.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Clare Arthurs

Clare heads the dispute resolution division and is a member of the firm's strategy board. A former commercial and public law litigator, Clare led the knowledge function for the commercial dispute resolution team prior to her appointment as partner in 2021, working across a broad range of specialisms including international litigation and arbitration, group actions, professional negligence, reputation management, and regulatory compliance. In recent years she has played a pivotal role in the introduction of new technology, business improvement and team leadership. Her responsibilities have also included organising training for fee earners and drafting and maintaining the department’s precedent documentation. She has devised and delivered a variety of client facing seminars. Clare is an established author in the legal press, writing for journals such as New Law Journal, Solicitors Journal, Commercial Litigation Journal, the International Bar Association Newsletter and Insolvency Intelligence. She has also edited the CDR department’s publications including client updates, topical ebulletins and the Commercial LiteBites series, which aims to provide clients with important practical pointers.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Clare Barber

Clare is a highly experienced corporate lawyer with a particular focus in the entertainment, hospitality, advertising and technology sectors. She advises on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers and acquisitions, private equity and venture capital investment, management buy-in/outs, corporate restructuring and joint venture and shareholder arrangements. Clare advises private businesses and entrepreneurs on all aspects of the corporate journey from start-up and capital raising through to acquisitions and exit planning. She has acted as non-executive board director of several early stage businesses providing corporate governance advice and legal counsel.

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Clare Barlow

Partner

Birketts LLP

Clare Bellis

Director

Freeths LLP

Clare Best

Associate

Ashtons Legal

Clare Breeze

Clare is a partner and head of the real estate group. Clare regularly advises investors, developers, private clients, family offices and funders on a wide variety of both domestic (UK) and cross-border commercial and residential real estate transactions with an emphasis on investment, development, leasing, joint ventures and real estate finance. Her sector experience includes prime residential, build-to-rent (BTR) and private rented sector (PRS), student accommodation, offices, retail, industrial, hospitality and leisure. Clare also heads up the Private Client Property team.

Macfarlanes LLP

Clare Brereton

Partner

Brahams Dutt Badrick French LLP

Clare Campbell

Road traffic accidents abroad, aviation accidents, cruise accidents, workplace accidents abroad, group illness litigation, accidents in America, claims arising out of the Package Travel Regulations, fatal accidents, Inquests, consumer group actions.

Leigh Day

Clare Comiskey

Associate legal executive

Irwin Mitchell

Clare Davitt

Senior Associate Clare has considerable experience in all real estate transactions acting for a mix of investors, lenders and occupiers, but has a particular focus on landlord and tenant and real estate finance transactions. Clare also has experience of acting on significant investment acquisitions and disposals. She also assists the corporate team with the property aspects of transactions and has considerable experience in dealing with transactions in the healthcare sector and insolvency practitioners.

Irwin Mitchell

Clare Emery

Clare is a partner within the corporate department and heads up the Dental Team sitting within the Health and Social Care team at Harrison Clark Rickerbys. Clare has been working within the dental sector for over 15 years, and as one of only a small number of NASDAL accredited lawyers within the United Kingdom, she is nationally recognised for my expertise in advising dentists. Clare's primary focus is on assisting dentists to achieve their potential, whether through buying, selling or restructuring their practices. Clare's in-depth knowledge of the NHS and CQC frameworks within which practices operate allows her to provide specialist support to clients where issues arise with their regulators. Clare is often called upon to speak at dental conferences and seminars to share her knowledge of the dental sector.

HCR Law

Clare Evans

Clare is the Deputy Head of Human Rights. Clare is a civil liberties solicitor, specialising in human rights, inquest and public law.

Saunders Law

Clare Hanna

Browne Jacobson LLP

Clare Hardy

Clare is a Partner who advises on a range of public law matters. Her experience includes advising on governance on constitutional issues, local government law, disclosure of information, member conduct, school governance and organisation and public procurement. She has worked on a range of complex projects, assisted and advised on investigations and reviewed guidance and other documents. Clare’s experience includes acting on a range of complex projects, involving public bodies. This includes advising on powers and governance, carrying out options appraisals, drafting and negotiating agreements and advising on land disposal.

Geldards LLP

Clare Harris

Partner, Head of Wealth Preservation

Greenwoods

Clare Hennessey

Clare Hennessey is special counsel in the firm’s London office. Her practice focuses on the resolution of complex commercial disputes via litigation in the English courts. Clare’s broad experience includes advising clients in relation to complex civil fraud, breaches of contract and warranty, shareholder and joint venture disputes, professional negligence, and competition and regulatory investigations, in sectors including finance, energy, construction, automotive, telecommunications, and professional services. She also has particular experience in cartel damages actions before the Competition Appeal Tribunal.

Jenner & Block LLP

Clare Hetherington

Clare is a Legal Director in the Private Client department. Clare’s advises a wide range of clients ranging from high net worth (and ultra high net worth) individuals, to trustees of family trusts with a variety of assets and underlying structures, spanning both onshore and offshore jurisdictions. In particular she is experienced in: advising on complex estate and inheritance tax planning including cross-border matters; UK tax, residence and asset structuring advice for high net worth families relocating to and leaving the UK; advising on family succession issues including family businesses, preservation of family wealth and governance; creation of new trusts and advising on the tax and trust implications of structures resident in the UK and offshore . She also has experience in preparing and registering Lasting Powers of Attorney.

Payne Hicks Beach LLP

Clare Jackman

Partner in the Commercial team and the Head of IP

Ashfords LLP