Claire Checketts > Shoosmiths LLP > Milton Keynes, England > Lawyer Profile

Shoosmiths LLP
100 AVEBURY BOULEVARD
MILTON KEYNES
MK9 1FH
England

Work Department

Corporate

Position

Claire is a partner in the corporate team, advising on mergers and acquisitions, disposals and venture capital work. Claire works with a variety of clients including private companies, listed PLCs, management teams and owner managed businesses.

Recent project experience includes advising:

  • a joint venture company of Domino’s Pizza UK and Ireland Limited on the acquisition of the entire issued share capital of AKS Partners Limited;
  • the management team of Celaton Limited on the investment of £2.5 million by the Business Growth Fund;
  • Downing LLP on a number of investments.

Career

Claire completed the LPC at The University West of England in Bristol. She then trained at BPE Solicitors LLP before qualifying in 2009. Claire remained at BPE Solicitors LLP until June 2012 when she joined Shoosmiths.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx

Amit Nayyar, Robin Webb and Claire Checketts jointly lead the Milton Keynes-based practice at Shoosmiths LLP. The team provides an ‘exceptional level of support‘ to a number of notable clients, including Nissan, Estée Lauder Companies and Mercedes Benz. Nayyar is a private equity expert who primarily assists investment funds, Checketts handles the corporate side of the practice, often advising on both buy and sell-side M&A matters, and Webb focuses on transactional issues within the financial services and automotive sectors. Sebastian Price is particularly adept at providing clients within the technology and logistics sectors with ‘solid, practical‘ advice concerning multi-jurisdictional transactions. Aleksandr Bosch also contributes his broad experience in acting for management teams and PLCs to the practice.