Claire is a specialist corporate and white-collar crime barrister who advises individuals, directors, family offices and corporates facing complex and high-stakes criminal matters. Her practice focuses on criminal liability arising from commercial activity including fraud, bribery, corruption and tax offences. She also accepts private instructions in serious non-financial criminal matters where discretion, commercial awareness and careful judgment is essential.
Claire brings extensive experience from both the private and public sectors. Drawing on senior in-house experience within the global litigation team of a major international listed company, Claire brings a practical, commercially attuned perspective to criminal risk management. She has advised senior executives and boards on litigation strategy, managed cross-border disputes, coordinated responses to dawn raids in various jurisdictions and overseen large e-discovery exercises in the UK, the US and the EU. Her earlier work with the Serious Fraud Office informs her understanding of investigative approach and prosecutorial decision-making.
Calm and pragmatic, Claire offers clients clear, strategic advice at every stage of an investigation or prosecution. She accepts instructions from both solicitors and from members of the public under the Public Access scheme.
Claire is a door tenant in Chambers. She divides her professional time between Yorkshire and London
2008 – Bar Vocational Course, BPP London 2007 – Masters Law Degree LLM, University of London 2006 – Bachelors Law Degree LLB (Hons), University College London
Middle Temple International Bar Association - Business Crime Committee Fraud Lawyers Association Criminal Bar Association Female Fraud Forum Women in Criminal Law South Eastern Circuit