Clare Sibson KC

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Clare Sibson KC is a leading silk and is considered "a brilliant mind and a fantastic strategist". She is commented as a prescient tactician and as one of "the brightest legal minds at the Bar".

With over 25 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 involve contempt of court, disqualification proceedings, corruption investigations, allegations of fraud, action to enforce credit obligations and sanctions.

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 represents the FCA, the FRC and the GFSC (Guernsey) in significant contested cases. Big Tech has sought her advice with regard to online safety legislation. 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 in London and the Midlands. She graduated from Cambridge University 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.