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Clare Murray - Managing Partner

Clare Murray is founder of CM Murray LLP and specialises in employment and partnership law. She is experienced in providing tactical and pragmatic advice to a wide range of multi-national companies, UK businesses and US and UK law firms.

She has particular expertise in handling:

  • sensitive City HR issues, including boardroom disputes, executive appointments and departures, bonus and discrimination issues
  • international employment arrangements and disputes
  • internal HR investigations
  • partner discrimination claims, partner departures, team moves, and partner restrictive covenants

Clare established and is past chair of XBHR, a global think tank for cross-border HR experts. Its members include in-house HR counsel, HR Directors, private practice employment lawyers, and tax, benefit and immigration advisers based around the world, all with interest and expertise in cross-border HR issues: www.xbhr.com

Clare was a founder member and honorary secretary of the Association of Partnership Practitioners, the leading UK association for lawyers, accountants and related professionals advising on partnership law and practice: www.app.org.uk.

She is also a Member of the American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section, the European Employment Lawyers Association, a Member of the International Bar Association, Legal Practice and Public and Professional Interest Divisions and is Chair of the International Committee of the UK Employment Lawyers Association.

She regularly speaks and writes on employment and partnership issues in both the United Kingdom and the USA.

Prior to setting up CM Murray LLP Clare trained and qualified at a leading national law firm and was subsequently a partner in a City law firm particularly recognised for its employment and partnership law expertise.

Articles and press comments
01 Aug 2010 HR Matters: Should interns be paid? (pdf) Canary Wharf Magazine
04 Mar 2010 Breaking the ceiling (pdf) The Wharf
18 Feb 2010 Hard lessons learnt Managing partner magazine
18 Feb 2010 Hard lessons learnt (pdf) Managing Partner
02 Feb 2010 Pope has "missed the boat" on equal rights, say lawyers (pdf) Law Central - TimesOnline
13 Jan 2010 Government urged to scrap retirement age (pdf) Daily Express
22 Dec 2009 Refusing to perform civil partnership ceremonies was "simply unlawful" (pdf) Solicitors Journal
17 Dec 2009 What women want-feedback from a 'real woman' (pdf) Managing Partner
08 Dec 2009 Extreme religious views in the workplace need not be tolerated People Management
29 Oct 2009 Canary Wharf Comment article on Real Women (pdf) The Wharf
21 Oct 2009 Effective Management Of UK Employee Exits (pdf) Law360
09 Oct 2009 What women really, really want when it comes to work Central Law
29 Sep 2009 Cherchez la femme (pdf) Solicitors Journal
22 Sep 2009 What's all the fuss about..radical redundancy negotiaions (pdf) Edge Magazine
21 Sep 2009 A dramatic exit (pdf) Managing Partner
01 Sep 2009 Swine Flu (pdf) Canary Wharf Magazine
20 Aug 2009 Discrimination: Fair play for firms and partners Accountancy Age
01 Apr 2009 Law firm partner exits - A cool head and a clear plan (pdf) City AM
01 Apr 2009 Islam and related religious discrimination issues in the workplace (pdf) American Bar Association, Labor & Employment Section
05 Mar 2009 A case of justified discrimination? compulsory retirement ages for Law firm Partners (pdf) Legal Week
15 Jan 2009 Weakest Links - Managing out Law firm Partners (pdf) Legal Week

Clare Murray can be contacted at:
D +44 (0) 207 718 0100
M +44 (0) 795 738 3079
clare.murray@cm-murray.com