Claire Sheppard > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Claire Sheppard
Work Department
Planning and Environmental
Position
Claire has over 25 years’ experience in environmental law. She advises clients on environmental issues in a transactional and regulatory context.
Claire has acted on a wide range of transactions including corporate sales and acquisitions, privatisations and project transactions. She advises on legal due diligence and the identification of environmental liabilities and the contractual allocation and apportionment of environmental risk. In the real estate context, her experience includes advising on environmental issues in relation to property sales and purchases, leases and developments.
Career
Claire qualified as a solicitor in 1991.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Real estate > Planning
Farrer & Co
’s planning team has an ‘excellent commercial understanding of the market’ and a strong background in urban development and community projects. The team is led by Karen Phull, who is praised by clients for her ‘clear, pragmatic and helpful advice’. The firm has also been building on its environmental expertise, with Claire Sheppard taking a leading role in this area.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration