Employment and Partnership Law

Clare Murray is the Founder and Managing Partner of specialist UK employment and partnership law firm, CM Murray LLP. She represents professional services firms, and equity partners on partnership law issues and multinational employers and senior executives on employment law matters; much of Clare’s work is multi-jurisdictional.

Clare has particular expertise in the strategic handling of partner conduct and performance issues, partner team moves and partner restrictive covenants, as well as partner discrimination and whistleblowing issues and related litigation. Clare has advised on many sexual harassment matters relating to law firms and other professional services firms. She has acted on all sides of the allegations in those matters, having represented the law firm, the complainant, and also the alleged harasser, which gives her a particular insight into these issues.

Clare is ranked as a Leading Individual in Chambers and Partners and as a leading employment lawyer worldwide. She is recognised as one of the Top Ten Thought Leaders in Europe by the International Who’s Who of Labour & Employment Lawyers.

Clare gave evidence before the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee in its Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in the Workplace in January 2018, and was appointed as specialist adviser to the Parliamentary Committee in that Inquiry.

Founding member and first Honorary Secretary of the Association of Partnership Practitioners (APP). The APP is the leading representative body in partnership law and practice. Clare remains an active member of the APP and regularly speaks to the APP membership on a range of partnership law issues. Co-chair of International Committee of the American Bar Association (ABA) Labor & Employment Law Section Past Chair of the International Committee of the Employment Lawyers Association (ELA) and past member of the ELA Management Committee Founding member and past Chair of XBHR: Global Forum for Cross-Border HR Experts Member of the American Employment Law Council (AELC) Member of the European Employment Lawyers Association (EELA) Co-founder of global employment law alliance, Innangard

Managing Partner

Queen Mary University of London (LLB Hons); Admitted as a solicitor in 1993; Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses Programme Graduate 2017