Oil and gas.

Trained Ledingham Chalmers; qualified 1995; corporate assistant Paull & Williamsons 1995-96; in-house oil and gas legal adviser BP, Aberdeen, Indonesia, China 1996-2004; partner Ledingham Chalmers 2004, then taken over by McGrigors; partner Bond Pearce 2007; set up own consultancy company offering oil and gas legal services 2010; partner Brodies LLP 2011 to date.

Law Society of Scotland; Law Society of England; Association of International Petroleum Negotiators.

Clare has worked in the Oil & Gas sector for over 20 years, both in-house and in private practice. She specialises in the UKCS but has worked on projects in China, Indonesia, the Netherlands and Norway as well as onshore projects in the UK.

Clare advises clients on all aspects of upstream work with particular expertise in M&A and project development work, and acts for a range of oil & gas clients from SMEs through to supermajors.

Aberdeen Grammar School; University of Edinburgh (LLP Hons 2(1)); Aberdeen University (Diploma in Legal Practice).