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Debbie Cloake

Debbie Cloake

Senior Counsel – Knowledge

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Debbie is a senior counsel – knowledge lawyer, supporting TW's four Corporate groups with responsibility for precedents, legal training, knowledge sharing and legal updates. Debbie also provides technical legal input to the Corporate groups, advising on complex transactional legal issues.  

Debbie has been advising on Corporate transactions since 2000 and has in-depth legal expertise covering an extensive range of corporate matters including private company M&A, private equity, venture capital, public takeovers, equity capital markets (including IPOs and secondary issues on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and AIM), corporate real estate, and all aspects of company law.

 

 

 

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CV

Since 2022 Senior counsel - knowledge, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Senior professional support lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2016 Professional support lawyer
2000 - 2005 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1998 - 2000 Trainee, Taylor Wessing
2000 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1997 Bachelors (Jurisprudence), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Career

Since 2022 Senior counsel - knowledge, Taylor Wessing
2016 - 2022 Senior professional support lawyer, Taylor Wessing
2005 - 2016 Professional support lawyer
2000 - 2005 Associate, Taylor Wessing
1998 - 2000 Trainee, Taylor Wessing

Education

2000 Admitted as a lawyer, England & Wales
1997 Bachelors (Jurisprudence), Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford

Publications

Private Equity Perspectives, March 2014 (TW)
Private Equity Perspectives, May 2013 (TW)

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