Partnership

Clare Murray is founder and managing partner of CM Murray. She is a renowned partnership expert who advises on cross-border disputes and investigations, including cases concerning allegations of discrimination and restrictive covenant issues.

"Clare is the best of the best. She is a pre-eminent lawyer and an absolute expert. She knows when to be tough and when not to be, has first-rate judgement and is the complete package."

"Clare is a force of nature in the profession."

"She is wonderful and universally known for her balanced judgement and measured approach. She is just great."

Corinne Staves assists both domestic and international law firms, individual partners and high net worth clients with a wide range of partnership matters, including mergers, restructuring, team moves and succession planning.

"Corinne is a very impressive individual. She is very empathetic and very commercially astute. She will get the job done at any cost, and make it look easy."

"Corinne brings a real depth of expertise and good business acumen. She is a pleasure to work with and you feel as though she is always part of your trusted team."

"Corrine helps us with difficult and delicate work. She is very flexible, innovative and exceptional. She puts things in layman's terms, and will give you a direct answer."

Sarah Chilton's expertise includes cases concerning alleged sexual harassment and discrimination as well as partner exit negotiations and related disputes. She is triple-qualified in England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

"Sarah guides you through issues, anticipating twists and turns. She understands the personal and commercial context of matters. She is a safe pair of hands who I wholeheartedly recommended."

"Sarah Chilton moves heaven and earth to keep cases progressing."

"She is trustworthy and technical."

"She is an extremely good partnership lawyer."

Zulon Begum assists professional services firms from the legal and financial sectors with partnership restructuring and amendments to LLP agreements. She also advises on the non-contentious aspects of sensitive issues such as partner exits.

"Zulon takes particular care to understand her client's needs when advising them on how to structure their partnership and its governance arrangements."

"Zulon is extremely knowledgeable and technically strong on complex matters. I have a huge amount of respect for her."

"Zulon is very intelligent and very good at structuring and organisation. She is incredibly industrious, technically excellent and very focused."

Beth Hale has extensive experience advising professional partnerships and individual partners on contentious matters such as partner exits, whistle-blowing claims and sexual harassment allegations. She currently also acts as general counsel for CM Murray.

"Beth is very creative in terms of thinking up ways to get the case done."

"Beth is brilliant at advising partners."

David Fisher advises individual partners on highly sensitive and contentious matters, such as harassment allegations and breaches of LLP agreements. He also handles matters surrounding team moves.

"David knows the market and inspires confidence. He supported me very well."

"David is very thorough."

Wonu Sanda is a senior associate and solicitor advocate in the team. She has experience advising on contentious partnership matters including discrimination cases and misconduct investigations.

"Wonu is extremely good."

"Wonu is a strong litigator, hard-working and forensic. She is excellent with clients."

"Wonu is really good with clients."