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37TH FLOOR, ONE CANADA SQUARE, CANARY WHARF, LONDON, E14 5AA, ENGLAND
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Work 0207 718 0090
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Fax 0207 718 0091
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www.cm-murray.com
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CM Murray LLP is a specialist employment and partnership law boutique, providing confidential, strategic advice to multinational corporations, professional partnerships, directors and partners.

The firm: The employment law practice focuses primarily on sensitive City issues and international employment arrangements and disputes.

Partner discrimination issues, management of team moves, partner departures and enforcement of restrictive covenants are key aspects of the firm’s partnership law expertise.

Managing partner Clare Murray established and is past chair of XBHR, a global think tank for cross-border HR experts. Its members include in-house HR counsel, HR directors, private practice employment lawyers, and tax, benefit and immigration advisers based around the world, all with interest and expertise in cross-border HR issues: www.xbhr.com.

Clare was also a founder member and honorary secretary of the Association of Partnership Practitioners, the leading UK association for lawyers, accountants and related professionals advising on partnership law and practice: www.app.org.uk.

All lawyers in the firm were previously with leading City firms recognised for their expertise in employment and partnership.

Types of work undertaken: CM Murray has substantial experience in handling a wide variety of sensitive employment and partnership issues, particularly within the legal, financial services and recruitment sectors, including: board-room disputes, director bonus, discrimination and departure issues; complex discrimination litigation; internal HR investigations; large-scale redundancy/reduction in force programmes; expatriate arrangements and disputes; partner departures; and team moves.

The firm’s advice is tactical and pragmatic. Its approach is direct, firm and focused squarely on its clients’ commercial objectives and limited timescales.

Breakdown of work %
Employment 50
Partnership 50

Number of UK partners 2
Number of other UK fee-earners 3

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