Described as ‘extremely knowledgeable, flexible and hard-working’, Clarke Willmott LLP stands out for handling M&A and corporate transactions on behalf of owner-managed businesses and SMEs. The ’technically gifted’ Kim Klahn spearheads the practice, specialising in corporate restructures and management buy-outs, while John Irving primarily focuses on data protection and distribution issues.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘Extremely knowledgeable, flexible and hard-working. The Clarke Wilmott team are very professional, embrace new technologies of communication and importantly translate very complex important legal terms/clauses with care and attention to ensure you fully understand.’

  • ‘Kim Klahn is approachable, experienced and very knowledgeable. Kim will fight your corner with extreme vigour and advise you in layman's terms. Kim is transparent, concise and efficient, and I would definitely recommend anybody to utilise her services.’

  • ‘Technically capable, friendly and approachable, the complete package.’

  • ‘Kim Klahn is a technically gifted lawyer. I have worked with her for many, many years. She is my go-to for those deals where I anticipate some complex issues may arise. She is able to break down complicated points of law into language that clients understand and knows how to drive through the required changes in an efficient and pragmatic manner.'

  • 'I have recently worked with Aidan Clucas in Kim's team, who is a very talented young lawyer.’

Key clients

  • Sirius A Corporation Limited

Work highlights

  • Acted for Sirius A Corporation Limited in its £5.5m refinance with Frontier Capital Development Limited (FDC).
  • Acted for the sellers of a software development company in the sale of their shares and its American affiliate to a Canadian group.
  • Acted for the corporate seller in the sale of the entire issued share capital of a company operating a care home from a property owned by a different company.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Kim Klahn

Other key lawyers

John Irving, Aidan Clucas