Welcome Clare Veal to the Couchman Hanson team
Clare Veal is the Couchman Hanson commercial team’s newest Solicitor. Let’s find out more about her.
It’s always a pleasure to welcome new members to the Couchman Hanson team. Our latest newcomer is Clare Veal, an experienced Commercial Solicitor. Clare has joined Couchman Hanson as a Consultant in our Haslemere office.
In this article, we’ll learn more about Clare and explain how she will assist our valued Couchman Hanson commercial clients. Let’s get started.
Meet Clare
Clare is a Commercial Solicitor with more than 20 years of experience. Her areas of expertise are commercial contracts, data protection, e-commerce, and marketing.
These are significant growth areas in the commercial legal space at the moment. For example, many companies are using AI to speed up various tasks. The technology is currently unregulated, but the EU is considering introducing regulations that could also affect the UK. In addition, rules around data protection change regularly, so you always need someone who knows the current laws.
If you’re a business owner with any questions about these subjects, or need help drafting commercial contracts, your first move should be to talk to Clare.
Clare’s career
Clare has had a varied and exciting career. She trained as an in-house solicitor at HSBC, the first person ever to do so. After qualifying in 2002, she looked after HSBC’s global portfolio of trademarks, ensuring everything was used correctly. Clare then moved to the London law firm Stephenson Harwood, where she worked in litigation.
After taking a year to travel the world, Clare worked as a legal partner for the global gaming giant EA (Electronic Arts). While there, Clare worked on many exciting projects, including the first examples of in-game advertising. However, in marketing meetings, Clare’s job was often to rein in EA’s marketers’ more outlandish suggestions. It’s no surprise they called her ‘The Preventor’!
After EA, Clare joined her local High Street solicitors in Wimbledon, developing a drive to help local businesses. Now, as a consultant at Couchman Hanson in Haslemere, Clare will be on hand to assist our commercial clients in Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire.
A great addition to the team
We’re thrilled to have Clare Veal onboard at Couchman Hanson. We believe that Clare’s experience allows us to offer our clients a new level of service.
Having spent many years as a solicitor working inside big companies, Clare genuinely understands the commercial needs of a business. When a business owner comes to us for commercial advice around contracts, risk, intellectual property, or another related topic, Clare will show them the best way to proceed.
From Claire’s point of view, she is happy to be here too:
‘I’m excited to join Couchman Hanson as a consultant and be part of the team. It will be nice to advise local businesses and help them with this area of the law. I’m excited to get started.’
More about Clare
Of course, there’s more to Clare Veal than just being a terrific commercial solicitor. Here are a few final facts about Clare:
Clare lives in Haslemere. She has two sons, aged 15 and 11
Her hobbies are swimming, Pilates and singing
Her favourite holiday spot is the Isles of Scilly. ‘Once you go there, you never want to go anywhere else!’
Welcome, Clare. We can’t wait to start working with you.
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