Claire Keast-Butler > Cooley (UK) LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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Claire Keast-Butler
Work Department
Capital Markets
Public Companies
Mergers & Acquisitions
Life Sciences
Aviation - Manned & Unmanned
Position
Claire Keast-Butler is a partner in Cooley’s London office. Her practice focuses on capital markets transactions. She represents issuers, investment banks and investors on initial public offerings and secondary offerings. She also regularly advises listed companies on corporate and securities law matters and corporate governance, and has considerable experience in public and private mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
Education
University College London
LLB, Bachelors of Law
Honors, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
(Leading partners)US and UK securities expert Claire Keast-Butler heads up the team at Cooley (UK) LLP following the April 2024 departure of David Boles and is particularly well-versed in handling IPOs, public M&A, and dual listings for UK clients. The practice maintains close relationships with a host of clients in the life sciences sector, who routinely instruct it to act on primary and follow-on fundraises with both debt and equity elements. Simon Amies, who joined the team from Covington & Burling LLP in May 2023, is a key contact for this line of work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- Equity capital markets – mid-large cap London > Corporate and commercial
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – mid-large cap
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: regulatory
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition