Miss Clare Montgomery KC KC > Matrix Chambers > London, England > Barrister Profile
Matrix Chambers Offices
GRIFFIN BUILDING, GRAY'S INN
LONDON
WC1R 5LN
England
- Set Profile
- Go to...
Miss Clare Montgomery KC KC
Position
Specialist in criminal, regulatory and fraud law.
Career
For the past 20 years Clare has specialised in dealing with the most demanding and difficult legal cases. She has featured in the starred category of QC’s recommended for crime and fraud for the whole of that period. Formerly a member of the Attorney General’s Panel, Clare has also been concerned in a wide range of public law and due process cases both for and against the Government. Clare was named Crime Silk of the Year in 2013 in the inaugural Legal 500 awards and was Crime Silk of the Year in the 2005 and 2011 Chambers & Partners Bar Awards; she has also twice been nominated as the Lawyer’s barrister of the year and features as one of the Stars at the Bar in Chambers & Partners Guide for 2016. She is Best Lawyers’ 2017 Fraud “Lawyer of the Year”.
Memberships
CBA; ALBA: Justice.
Education
University College London; Inns of Court School of Law.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Extradition
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Clare Montgomery KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Clare has a great many strengths, not least her brilliant legal mind which makes her a leading expert in extradition. Clare’s ability to absorb vast amounts of information in a short space of time, whilst keeping all the details at her fingertips is unparalleled.’
London Bar > Administrative law and human rights
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 3London Bar > Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Clare Montgomery KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Fantastically bright, the best of the best. So user friendly – it’s untrue. Clare just rolls her sleeves up and gets stuck in. Wonderful advocate and reader of panels, superb analytical and strategic skills and in-depth knowledge of almost every area of law. Makes the whole team better.’
A pre-eminent set for the full range of corporate crime, Matrix Chambers is equipped to act for prosecutors, regulators, individuals and corporates across all stages of criminal proceedings, from pre-charge stage to trial and appellate proceedings, and is known for expertise in related areas, such as reputation management, regulatory and commercial law, and asset recovery. Alex Bailin KC is acting in the SFO’s multi-million-pound bribery prosecution of Petrofac. Clare Montgomery KC acts for Glencore in its SFO case, regarding the prosecution of individuals following on from corporate guilty pleas. Jamas Hodivala KC acted for the family of a deceased suspect on an SFO prosecution relating to allegations of corrupt activities of London Mining plc in Sierra Leone, involving government officials such as the Mining Minister.
London Bar > Crime
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Matrix Chambers has an established reputation as ‘one of the very best sets in London for criminal work‘, with noted expertise in cases involving high-profile individuals or international elements. Helen Law is acting as counsel for the first defendant in relation to the prosecution of five Bulgarian nationals under the Official Secrets Act 1911, alleged to have been spying in the UK on behalf of Russia. Clare Montgomery KC recently prosecuted a woman for taking a three-year-old British child to Kenya for female genital mutilation, with the woman the first person to be convicted of assisting a non-UK person to perform FGM. Blinne Ní Ghrálaigh KC and Robbie Stern are both well known for their experience in protest cases, while Vedrana Pehar regularly defends those charged with serious violence, drugs, and sexual offences.
London Bar > Fraud: civil
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 2Clare Montgomery KC –Matrix Chambers ‘She is an exceptional cross-examiner.’