We are pleased to announce the promotion of Ruth Clinton to Associate (FCILEx) within our successful corporate team due to the significant and sustained contribution she has made to the firm.

Ruth is an expert in banking and finance law including invoice finance, acquisition finance and asset-based lending. Assisting invoice financiers, asset-based lenders and lenders with providing finance securely and enjoying the varied challenges that this specialist area of law brings. She also advises on non-contentious corporate restructuring matters and is ranked in the 2023 The Legal 500 rankings as a Recommended Lawyer for her Asset Based Lending work.

Ruth qualified as a Chartered Legal Executive specialising in Banking and Finance and has been advising our clients for a number of years in this complex area of law. Ruth is the first of our Chartered Legal Executives within the firm to have made Associate and this promotion is significant as it recognises the quality and expertise of this route into law.

Commenting on the promotion Dawn Shadwell, Partner, said “I am delighted that Ruth has made Associate. She is loved by our clients and one of our ‘go to experts’ for finance transaction work. There are many paths into a successful career in Law and we aim to support and nurture our staff to achieve their potential on all of these. We are really excited about her promotion and I know that the firm will be all the better for it. Congratulations to you Ruth.”