Claire Clarke

Managing Partner, Mills & Reeve

Claire Clarke is the first female managing partner at leading law firm Mills & Reeve. Claire, who has been a partner in the firm since 1999, is playing a key role in driving the firm’s 2020 strategy – an ambitious plan to increase turnover to more than £100 million, develop a reputation for innovation and be viewed as a truly national leader with a global reach. Claire is a corporate lawyer who specialises in advising universities and other education bodies and investors on all their corporate and commercial legal needs, including mergers, restructuring and national and international collaborations