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Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
24 KING WILLIAM STREET
LONDON
EC4R 9AT
England
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Claire Roake
Work Department
Insurance (professional negligence)
Position
Claire has been a professional indemnity lawyer since qualifying in 2003. She has extensive experience of the London insurance market and of resolving claims against a variety of professionals. In more recent years Claire’s work has focused upon defending claims against solicitors and financial professionals such as pensions advisors, professional trustees, IFAs and insurance brokers. She also advises insurers in relation to policy coverage. Claire has significant experience of resolving claims by alternative dispute resolution and has successfully defended claims to trial in the English High Court
Career
Mayer Brown Rowe & Maw (2001-2003), Davies Lavery (2003-2005), Mills & Reeve 2005 to date
Education
Westcliff High School for Girls, University of Leicester (LLB, 1997-2000), BPP Law School (LPC)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Insurance > Professional negligence
Mills & Reeve LLP
has a strong team which covers professional negligence matters in a number of key areas, including professional indemnity insurance, construction, and technology. Neil Davis specialises in defending professional indemnity claims against professionals, while Tom Filby specialises in corporate civil liability, cyber, and commercial crime and fidelity. Nicolas Oldham leads the construction team in London, while Claire Roake, who is ‘comfortable with the most complex of situations’ specialises in defending claims against financial professionals and lawyers. Alasdair Dick joined the department from Plexus Law in mid 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Court of protection
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration