Clare Sibson KC

Practice Areas

Clare Sibson KC is a leading silk, described as "a brilliant mind and a fantastic strategist" who is “at the top of her game”.

With nearly 30 years in practice, Clare has advocated for individuals and companies in the most serious and complex cases within her fields, both at first instance and on appeal. Recent instructions include defending a company charged with failure to prevent bribery; defending charges of conspiracy to defraud and bribe; defending director’s disqualification proceedings in the High Court; advising on contempt of court proceedings and defending an action to enforce the release of security over debt obligations worth €1billion+.

In corporate law, Clare brings extensive experience to the intersection between criminal and regulatory risk, commercial obligations and directors’ fiduciary duties.

Clare has extensive experience of the criminal and regulatory dimensions of commercial situations involving matters such as insurance arrangements, mergers, securities trading, and trade secrets. She currently acts for the FCA before the Upper Tribunal; she recently acted for the FRC in disciplinary proceedings and for the Guernsey financial regulator in Privy Council proceedings. She has acted for a range of underwriters and re-insurance brokers, where her work has included giving real-time advice on anti-terrorist legislation in the context of live negotiations for the release of hostages.

Personal

Clare attended comprehensive state schools before graduating from Cambridge with a first-class degree, being ranked second out of 269 law finalists in 1996. She contributes to major practitioners’ reference texts, including the primary Chancery guide to company directors’ liabilities.