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Laurence Clarke
Laurence is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution Team. He has been recognised as a leading associate in both commercial litigation and civil fraud in The Legal 500.
Laurence has broad experience as a general commercial litigator with a focus on complex large-scale civil fraud and financial disputes. He often works as part of a team of global professional advisors on matters with multi-jurisdictional elements.
He is experienced in acting in claims involving the recovery of assets in offshore jurisdictions, freezing orders, search orders, Norwich Pharmacal orders and other types of interim relief.
Laurence also works on contractual and intellectual property disputes, acting for both claimants and defendants.
Areas of expertise:
- Civil Fraud and Investigations
- Financial Services Disputes
- Shareholder and Director Disputes
- Commercial and Contract Disputes
- International and Cross-Border Disputes
- Intellectual Property Disputes
recent experience
- Acting for a liquidator of an offshore fund in a multi-jurisdictional claim recovering substantial funds which had been misappropriated;
- Assisting a supervising solicitor on the execution of a search and imaging order obtained against a defendant company;
- Acting for a claimant in a patent dispute with a global corporation;
- Acting for a company in defending allegations that transactions were a sham or entered into at an undervalue;
- Acting for a company in respect of a Norwich Pharmacal application and dispute concerning the misuse of company information;
- Acting for a defendant in a claim involving allegations of fraud including defending an application for a freezing order;
- Acting for an individual in a contract dispute and successfully negotiating a settlement at mediation.
What clients and directories have said
He is a very effective operator, quite capable of running cases on his own as he regularly does, and an astute and careful litigator."
The Legal 500 2025
Laurence Clarke – a standout senior associate with a bright future. Articulate and analytical, with a wisdom beyond his years."
The Legal 500, 2024
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS HIGHLIGHTS
- The importance of board meeting disclosures in combatting civil bribery, SME Magazine, August 2023
Memberships
- AIJA - Vice President of the Business Crime and Civil Fraud Commission
- London Solicitors Litigation Association
- Civil Fraud Lawyers Association
- Previous member of the Advisory Board to the TL4 FIRE Starters Annual Conference
