People

Clare Murray - Managing Partner

Clare Murray

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.


Chambers & Partners 2011: Clare Murray is rated as a leader in the fields of Partnership Law (Contentious/Non-Contentious), and Employment Law (Senior Executives) and is described as having "an excellent reputation for contentious partnership matters... she has a very good tactical and strategic brain, so can make sure we can all see the woods for the trees".  She “is the driving force behind the firm.  Her strong technical abilities and great client service permeate the wider team.”

Clare is also listed in International Who's Who of Management Labour and Employment 2010 as an expert leader in Employment Law in England, in which she is described as "a wonderful lawyer [who] ...enjoys a particular popularity with firms in the US

She is listed in Legal Experts 2010 as an expert in partnership law. 

Clare has particular expertise in handling:

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.

Seminars

21 Oct 2010 AELC Managing a Multinational Workforce - Best Practice when Drafting Expatriate Employment Agreements (word)
The American Employment Law Council Eighteenth Annual Conference – Ritz-Carlton, Naples, Florida, USA 20-23 October 2010
Presentation

Articles and press comments

22 Nov 2011 Team Moves - why do women partners stay put? The Lawyer
07 Nov 2011 Escape Route Solicitors Journal
11 Oct 2011 Status Symbol Solicitors Journal
23 Sep 2011 The Equality Act (pdf) Canary Wharf Magazine
13 Sep 2011 Pregnant Pause Solicitors Journal
08 Aug 2011 Dignified Exit Solicitors Journal
04 Jul 2011 'I was hounded out of my job because I wouldn't wear make-up,' says Harrods shop girl The Daily Mail
02 Jul 2011 Harrods 'ladies' code' drives out drives out sales assistant The Guardian
31 May 2011 Retiring gracefully Solicitors Journal
26 Apr 2011 Rapid response Solicitors Journal
29 Mar 2011 Flying the Coop (pdf) Solicitors Journal
22 Feb 2011 Question Time - Considering a partnership in a new firm? (pdf) Solicitors Journal
02 Feb 2011 Are women in business still kept down by a glass ceiling? (pdf) The Docklands
01 Feb 2011 Bankers' Bonuses (pdf) Canary Wharf Magazine
03 Jan 2011 When you say 'I do'... (pdf) Accountancy Magazine
30 Dec 2010 Exiting Executives and Postdeparture Restrictions Canary Wharf Magazine
09 Nov 2010 Spotting a true partner Accountancy Age
05 Oct 2010 Allegations and Misdemeanours (pdf) Canary Wharf Magazine
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