Clarion

Clarion is a prominent law firm based in Leeds, recognised nationally and internationally for its expertise. Serving clients across the United Kingdom and in over 75 countries worldwide, the firm provides legal support without geographical limitations and is prepared to travel when face-to-face meetings are required to achieve optimal outcomes.

The firm places strong emphasis on client relationships, fostering partnerships that drive results. Its team comprises experienced and committed professionals who prioritise understanding clients’ businesses and addressing the core issues to provide tailored legal insight and value. Clarion also actively engages with the community through volunteering and sponsorship initiatives, including a 15-year involvement with the Jane Tomlinson Appeal and Run For All. Its working practices reflect a commitment to social responsibility and environmental awareness.

Clarion maintains an extensive and active in-house counsel network, offering regular support through training events, in-house counsel lunches, and networking opportunities. The firm’s overarching objective is to uphold its core values while delivering outstanding service.

The firm’s practice areas include:

• Corporate: Full corporate finance services, including mergers and acquisitions, acquisition finance for banks and financial institutions, and advising international clients and entrepreneurs on expansion and start-up structures.
• Commercial and IT: Advising clients on complex commercial and IT contracts, information law, business models, trading and e-commerce, outsourcing, and competition matters.
• Data and Information Law: Supporting businesses in achieving GDPR compliance, including data mapping, audits, and risk assessments.
• Intellectual Property: Advising on identification, protection, exploitation, and enforcement of patents, designs, trademarks, copyright, databases, and related rights.
• Real Estate: Expertise in commercial and residential developments, leisure, corporate occupier, secured lending, planning, construction, and real estate litigation.
• Dispute Resolution: Managing, negotiating, and litigating disputes with a focus on achieving effective outcomes.
• Business Restructuring and Insolvency: Providing national-level corporate recovery and insolvency services to institutions, companies, and individuals.
• Regulatory: Supporting clients in incident response, investigations, and court representation to achieve optimal results.
• Private Client: Handling wills, trusts, protection of vulnerable relatives, critical tax planning, wealth management, and business succession.
• Family: Managing a full range of family law matters, with emphasis on financial aspects of divorce, property, business, and pension issues.
• Contentious Private Client: Advising and supporting clients in specialist litigation to protect their rights.
• Court of Protection and PI Trusts: Managing complex applications and acting as professional deputy for adults lacking mental capacity.
• Employment: Advising on employment regulations, HR strategies, staff development, and risk management.
• Banking and Finance: Acting for lenders and borrowers across acquisition, structured, real estate, and asset-based finance, as well as corporate restructuring.
• Costs and Litigation Funding: Supporting law firms nationwide with cost management, risk control, and fee-related requirements.
• Debt Recovery: Providing commercial and consumer debt recovery services, including credit management, with over 30 years’ experience.

Staffing:

• 32 UK partners
• 199 other UK fee-earners