Clare Belcher Email & Phone Number

Equiom, Oo

Group General Counsel at the Equiom Group, responsible for the global in-house legal and governance function leading a cross-jurisdictional team. Member of Executive Management team reporting to CEO.Equiom is a well-established international service provider offering a range of market leading private wealth, professional services and fund governance solutions for businesses and individuals worldwide. A global business with a strong presence across Europe, Asia and the Middle East, for more than 40 years Equiom has offered a breadth of end-to-end professional services to its clients, and with proactivity and a passion for progress that continues to guide clients forward today. Those services are delivered The Equiom Way – with passion, reliability and responsiveness. Our goal is to be the sector's market leading trusted advisor to the sophisticated private wealth market, and able to offer critical and complementary professional services to multiple client segments where this supports our core business strategy.

Peterborough, London, Gb

General Counsel/ Head of Legal for Travelex's foreign exchange retail (B2C), wholesale and currency solutions (B2B) businesses in the UK, Europe, the Middle East & India (previously also responsible for Asia Pacific & North America regions). Additional responsibility for legal support of central Group Services (including Operations, Procurement, IT/ GDPR, Real Estate/ Construction, HR & Change teams).Qualified company secretary, executive director of UK and Mumbai operating subsidiaries, sit on risk and investment committees, founder and chair of global diversity & inclusion committee.Advised Travelex on corporate transactions, including:- Key member of the deal team advising on Travelex's complex pre-pack administration and restructuring deal that completed on 6th August 2020- Part of the Finablr PLC IPO project team, involved in group corporate re-organisation, drafting the prospectus and advising on the implications of becoming a part of a listed group- the purchase of Travelex by BRS, a company whose investors include His Excellency Saeed Mohamed Butti Mohamed Al Qebaisi, Chairman of Centurion Investments, and as to the majority, Dr B R Shetty, from APAX partners which closed in Jan 2015; - the purchase of Groupo Confidence, Brazil's largest independent foreign exchange business;- the £290m sale of its Card Program Management business to MasterCard; and- the £606m sale of its Global Business Payments business to Western Union.

London, London, Gb

A broad range of corporate experience including public and private mergers & acquisitions and equity capital markets transactions including:- Advising Plaza Centres NV (a developer of shopping and entertainment centres in Central and Eastern Europe) on its £514million flotation on the Official List of the London Stock Exchange- Advising AIM listed bovine genetics company, Genus plc, on its £187million takeover of Sygen International plc- Advising Lydian Capital Partners on its takeover bid for a company by way of scheme of arrangement- Advising the shareholders of Frangi Investments Limited (holding company of Tie Rack, Rolling Luggage and Naturally Cashmere) on the sale of 70% of its shares to the Fratini family and ongoing shareholders agreement - Advising Macquarie on its £665million auction sale disposal of South East Water to Hastings Fund Management

London, Gb

A broad range of corporate, projects and private equity experience including:- Advised Ashbourne Healthcare on its £88million purchase of Ridgmont care homes from Graphite Capital- Advised Spanish energy company, EHN, on a number of auction sale bids for the purchase of renewable energy assets in the UK and joint venture arrangements- Advised on the share sale of an award-winning hotel business- Advised a company in the mining sector on a first round fund-raising by the placing of its shares- Advised the government of Qatar in relation to the setting up and drafting of legislation for a proposed free trade zone and the Qatar Financial Centre- Advised the Dutch Government on the setting up of its off-shore wind farm regime in the Netherlands- Advised the Department for Enterprise, Trade and Industry on energy legislation for Northern Ireland- Advised a company on its bid for a Round 2 UK off-shore wind farm project

London, Gb

Seats in Corporate Tax, Corporate Finance, Commercial Litigation and EC & Competition.Three month secondment to Actis LLP (private equity investor in emerging markets)

Charity Law & Governance Certificate

Certificate In International Trust Management

Oxford Said Business School Fintech Programme (Feb-May 2020)

Fellow, Charted Governance Professional & Chartered Secretary

Getting To The C-Suite: Leadership Programme

Finance Programme For Senior Management

Legal Practice Course

Llb, English & European Law

Gsces And Alevels