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Clare Montgomery KC

Clare Montgomery KC

Position

Specialist in criminal, regulatory and fraud law.

Career

For the past 20 years Clare has specialised in dealing with the most demanding and difficult legal cases. She has featured in the starred category of QC’s recommended for crime and fraud for the whole of that period. Formerly a member of the Attorney General’s Panel, Clare has also been concerned in a wide range of public law and due process cases both for and against the Government. Clare was named Crime Silk of the Year in 2013 in the inaugural Legal 500 awards and was Crime Silk of the Year in the 2005 and 2011 Chambers & Partners Bar Awards; she has also twice been nominated as the Lawyer’s barrister of the year and features as one of the Stars at the Bar in Chambers & Partners Guide for 2016. She is Best Lawyers’ 2017 Fraud “Lawyer of the Year”.

Memberships

CBA; ALBA: Justice.

Education

University College London; Inns of Court School of Law.

Mentions

London Bar

Business and regulatory crime (including global investigations)

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Clare Montgomery KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Fantastically bright, the best of the best. So user friendly – it’s untrue. Clare just rolls her sleeves up and gets stuck in. Wonderful advocate and reader of panels, superb analytical and strategic skills and in-depth knowledge of almost every area of law. Makes the whole team better.’
London Bar

Crime

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Clare Montgomery KC – Matrix Chambers
London Bar

Extradition

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Clare Montgomery KC – Matrix Chambers ‘Clare has a great many strengths, not least her brilliant legal mind which makes her a leading expert in extradition. Clare's ability to absorb vast amounts of information in a short space of time, whilst keeping all the details at her fingertips is unparalleled.’
London Bar

Fraud: civil

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Clare Montgomery KC –Matrix Chambers 'She is an exceptional cross-examiner.'