Clare Baker
UK Guide 2025
Band 3 : Investment Funds: Investor Representation
Band 3
About
Provided by Clare Baker
Practice Areas
Clare is a Partner in Linklaters investment funds practice and specialises in private equity, real estate, infrastructure and credit/debt fundraising, including the structuring, marketing and establishment of funds as well as acting for investors in respect of their investments into a variety of asset classes.
Clare leads Linklaters’ Global Investor and Fund Secondaries practice which in 2023 represented cornerstone investors committing more than US$30bn to over 165 private funds, co-investments, strategic relationships and managed accounts, and secondary transactions (LP and GP led) on a global basis. She has considerable experience acting for the largest sovereign wealth funds and large pension funds throughout Middle East, Europe and North America, as well as a range of institutional investors in relation to their investment activity.
Chambers Review
UK
Clare Baker advises sponsors and investors across the broad spectrum of investment fund asset classes, with particular expertise in real estate funds.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Clare provides an amazing level of client service and communication; she is really sharp and commercial and very collaborative."
"Clare is very capable and commercially aware."
"Clare is highly knowledgeable of market positions and key issues of fund formation, and she is acutely aware of specific investor requirements across a wide range of jurisdictions and sectors."
"Clare is excellent at relationship management, super responsive and easy to deal with."
"Clare provides an amazing level of client service and communication; she is really sharp and commercial and very collaborative."
"Clare is very capable and commercially aware."
"Clare is highly knowledgeable of market positions and key issues of fund formation, and she is acutely aware of specific investor requirements across a wide range of jurisdictions and sectors."
"Clare is excellent at relationship management, super responsive and easy to deal with."
