Claire is a commercial litigator specialising in banking and financial services disputes.
Claire is an associate based in London with experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and contentious regulatory matters. Claire has a specific focus on advising financial institutions on a wide range of contentious matters.
Claire has spent time on secondment to our Tokyo office and on secondment to a global investment bank. Claire has obtained Rights of Audience (Civil) for the Higher Courts of England & Wales.
Background
Claire read Classics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge and completed the GDL and LPC at BPP University.
Claire trained with Herbert Smith Freehills in London and qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2015.
Experience & expertise
Selected matters
- Société Générale in relation to a US$1.5 billion claim by the Libyan Investment Authority in relation to a series of derivative trades. The claim was successfully settled
- A large UK retail bank in relation to a voluntary remediation exercise arising out of criminal proceedings, associated disputes and a regulatory investigation