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CM Murray LLP Offices
36-38 CORNHILL
LONDON
EC3V 3NG
England
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Zulon Begum
Work Department
Partnership Law
Position
Partner
Career
Zulon Begum has extensive experience of advising professional and financial services firms and senior equity partners on a whole range of partnership and corporate matters. Zulon has particular expertise in transactional work and regularly advises senior management in partnership businesses on a broad range of sensitive and strategically important issues.
Zulon acts for clients in diverse sectors, including law firms, accountants, architects, real estate consultants, patent attorneys, insurance/reinsurance brokers/underwriters, private equity houses and hedge funds. She has played a key role in a number of high-profile professional services firm mergers, both national and international.
Zulon’s expertise and experience includes:
- advising UK and international professional and financial services firms on mergers and acquisitions, including advice on corporate and regulatory structuring;
- advising on optimal business structures, considering liability, succession, cultural and regulatory issues and implementing internal restructuring, including conversion to LLP or company;
- advising on partnership and remuneration structures for partnership businesses, with in-depth expertise in current market practice;
- drafting and reviewing LLP and partnership agreements, including review of governance structures, partner indemnities, discrimination issues, family friendly rights and restrictive covenants;
- advising on international network structures using Swiss vereins or limited companies by guarantee, including advice on liability, profit pooling and shared network services;
- advising on partner investigations, disciplinaries and exits, as well as lateral hires, team moves and restrictive covenants issues; and
- establishing SRA regulated law firms (including Alternative Business Structures).
Zulon is an active member of, and speaker at, the Professional Practices Alliance, (of which CM Murray LLP is a founding member), the Association of Partnership Practitioners, the International Bar Association and the American Bar Association.
Zulon was admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales in September 2009.
Memberships
- Member of the “Up and Coming” Committee for the Association of Partnership Practitioners (APP)
- Member of the American Bar Association (ABA)
- Member of the International Bar Association (IBA)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Partnership
(Next Generation Partners)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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Partnership London > Corporate and commercial