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Clare Murray is Managing Partner of specialist UK employment and partnership law firm CM Murray LLP. She and her colleagues represent multinational employers, senior executives, professional services firms, and equity partners on employment and partnership law issues, and the Firm is ranked by the legal directories as Tier 1 for both of its practice areas. Clare has extensive expertise in the strategic handling of partner conduct and performance issues, partner team moves and partner restrictive covenants, as well as partner discrimination and whistleblowing issues and related litigation. Clare has advised on many sexual harassment matters relating to law firms and other professional services firms. She has acted on all sides of the allegations in those matters, having represented the law firm, the complainant, and also the alleged harasser, which gives her a particular insight into these issues. In March 2018, Clare gave evidence to, and was subsequently appointed specialist adviser by, the House of Commons Women and Equalities Select Committee into its Inquiry into Sexual Harassment in the Workplace. Clare is named the number one “Global Elite Thought Leader” in Europe for Labour & Employment by Who’s Who Legal 2019. She is ranked in Chambers & Partners 2020 as a “Star Individual” for partnership law (contentious), in Band 2 for partnership law (non-contentious), and in Band 1 for employment law (senior executive). She is also ranked as a “Leading Individual” in the Legal 500 2019 Hall of Fame for partnership law, employment law (senior executives) and employment law (employers).