Chloe joined Birketts as a Trainee Solicitor in September 2024 and is currently undertaking her third seat with the regulatory and corporate defence team in Ipswich.
Chloe supports the team on a broad range of areas including corporate and regulatory crime, health and safety, environmental crime, fatality and serious injury work, financial crime, license applications, public inquiry and inquests, building and fire safety, general crime (Magistrates or Crown Court), transport and logistics.
Chloe has previously trained in our corporate team in the Ipswich office, assisting the team on a range of corporate matters, including share and asset disposals and acquisitions, re-organisations, and general company law matters. Chloe’s first seat was in the agriculture team, where she assisted farmers, landowners, tenants and agri-businesses with acquisitions and disposals of farms and estates, agricultural tenancies, succession planning and more general estate management matters.
Prior to joining commencing her training contract, Chloe gained experience as a paralegal in the commercial real estate team in Cambridge, before going on to study the LLM Legal Practice (SQE1&2) with the University of Law.
Prior to joining Birketts, Chloe graduated from the University of East Anglia with an Honours Degree in Law and was the recipient of the Paul Head Memorial Scholarship for Social Sciences. Chloe participated in several events throughout her degree, delivered presentations to future scholars and built relationships with donors and alumni alike. Chloe regularly volunteered with Street Law, whereby she educated students and the local community on various legal topics. Chloe was also a member of the Law Society and participated in negotiations and mooting, while developing her networking skills within the legal profession.
Experience & education
2024 – Present, Birketts, Trainee Solicitor
2023 – 2024 University of Law, Norwich (LLM Legal Practice SQE1&2)
2022 – 2023 Birketts, Paralegal
2019 – 2022 University of East Anglia, Norwich (LLB Law)
