Corinne Staves > CM Murray LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Noted for its ‘exceptional, stand-out practice in partnership and employment law,’ CM Murray LLP is a go-to firm in the London market for partnership matters. The group boasts a breadth of expertise, offering both contentious and non-contentious assistance including disputes, structuring, M&A, regulatory, advisory, and discipline, and is instructed by clients from various industry sectors including law, accounting, chartered surveyors, and financial services. The ‘excellent’ Sarah Chilton and the ‘experienced’ Zulon Begum co-lead the team and bring a wealth of specialism to the department. Chilton, who is qualified to practice in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland, stands out for leading on partner wrongdoing and misconduct, discrimination, and restrictive covenant issues, as well as investigations, team moves, and exits, while Begum is highly adept in advising on non-contentious matters ranging from international structuring to governance and remuneration issues. Founder and managing partner Clare Murray has built an impressive reputation in the partnership space for her extensive experience handling partner conduct and performance cases, partner exits, and team moves, alongside restrictive covenants, discrimination, whistleblowing, and litigation. The practice also benefits from the aptitude of Corinne Staves who is capable of launching new firms, compliance and regulations, governance and structuring, and team moves. Emma Bartlett concentrates on partner moves and restrictive covenants, while Beth Hale handles allegations of misconduct and behavioural issues. Andrew Pavlovic and Wonu Sanda are other notable name in the group for their expertise in regulatory and compliance issues, and partner misconduct and investigations, respectively.

Specialist employment, partnership, and regulatory law firm CM Murray LLP is known for its advice to law firms, partners and other professional services firms on partnership issues. It is particularly focused on misconduct investigations. The ‘very responsive’ regulatory and professional discipline team is led by Andrew Pavlovic, a ‘go-to lawyer for any professional disciplinary matter’, who has notable expertise in acting for SRA-regulated firms and individuals. Providing key support is Corinne Staves, who advises firms and individual partners on SRA regulation.