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Claire Clarke
Work Department
Corporate.
Position
Claire has extensive experience in advising listed and private companies, funders and private individuals in a wide range of company corporate finance and commercial matters from start-up and spin-out through funding rounds and acquisitions to flotation or trade sale. Claire has also advised on and established various types of fund structures using limited partnerships, limited liability partnerships as well as company vehicles. In addition to her mainstream corporate practice Claire has extensive experience of advising higher education institutions and other public sector bodies on various corporate matters including spin-outs, mergers and collaborations.
Career
Trainee solicitor Allen & Overy 1991-93; solicitor 1993-96; solicitor Mills & Reeve 1996-99; partner Mills & Reeve 1999 to date; corporate team leader 2001 to date.
Education
St Hilda’s College, Oxford University (MA Law First Class).
Lawyer Rankings
East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
(Hall of Fame)Mills & Reeve LLP has a deep bench of lawyers in its Cambridge corporate M&A practice, which frequently handles high-value regional and national transactions. Head of corporate Tom Pickthorn
, head of commercial Kevin Calder and head of life sciences James Fry oversee ‘a very strong practice, with excellent depth of understanding of UK Corporate law, and great ability to distill it down to a practical approach‘. Private equity partner Anthony McGurk ‘has a very good sense of market practice‘. Claire Clarke has particular expertise in education work and formation of investment funds, and Jonathan Greenwood focuses on mid-market M&A and PE investment. Senior associate Charlotte Bull also plays a key role in the team.
Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial: Cambridge East Anglia > Corporate and commercial
- Hall of Fame East Anglia > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Cambridge
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Norwich
- Real estate > Commercial property: Cambridge
- Real estate > Commercial property: Norwich
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Cambridge
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Norwich
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Immigration
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Licensing
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Cambridge
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Norwich
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector