Clare Veal

Clare studied Business Law at Bournemouth University, graduating in 1997. She took the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in York and then went on to study at Bristol University for the Diploma in Intellectual Property Law and Practice.

Clare started her career working in the legal team for HSBC Holdings plc, protecting their brand globally. She went on to complete her training contract with the bank. Clare then specialised in intellectual property law and also advised the bank on e-commerce and IT matters. Clare went on to work in-house for Electronic Arts Limited, advising the business on marketing, online and co-publishing matters.

Clare worked at Peacock & Co from 2008 for several years before taking a career break to raise her children, and re-joined the firm back in 2017 as a consultant solicitor, advising clients on commercial contracts, intellectual property, data protection and media/marketing legal issues.

• Managing the global portfolio of brands for the entire HSBC group of companies with respect to registrations, infringements, oppositions and watching services.
• Advising Electronic Arts on the legal issues surrounding in-game advertising and user generated content when they first arose in the digital world.
• Advising on the implementation of e-commerce legal compliance for the first digital downloads for Electronic Arts Limited as new distribution channels of selling games to consumers.
• Drafting, negotiating and advising the Electronic Arts business on substantial co-publishing agreements with third party entertainment software publishers.
• The creation of a standard suite of terms and conditions to be used with all the creative design agencies for Electronic Arts.
• Advising numerous competition prize draw website businesses on the legalities of running prize draw competitions and navigating queries from the Gambling Commission.
• The creation of a comprehensive suite of legal templates for clinical psychologists setting up their own private practices.

Clare lives in Haslemere, Surrey with her husband and two sons.  She loves swimming, Pilates, exploring the South Downs National Park on forest adventures with friends (and a flask of tea), and attending live music events.

“Thank you so much for all of your help, Clare, as well as your patience. You are a real credit to your company.”

“Your work ethic has been great Clare.  Really appreciate that.”

“Great!  I really appreciate your help and all the work you’ve done.  You’ve made it very clear and understandable and really helped us to navigate a difficult and complicated subject.  Thank you so much.”

“Thank you so much for your brilliant guidance and help with GDPR – it all seemed to go painlessly which was great.  It was also really interesting to get to understand it better.”

“There are many occasions in life that calls for gratitude, and this is one of them. I cannot thank you enough Clare for taking the time in helping this stranger on the other side of the pond – I genuinely appreciate you and your guidance.”

“Fantastic service from Clare Veal after receiving exceptionally poor service from other firms. Prompt and precise in her communication. Would 100% recommend.”

“You are ace! Thank you so much for your guidance, and so quickly too!!”

“We couldn’t have been more impressed with Clare’s guidance, attention to detail and quick follow up. It was a pleasure to work with someone who felt invested in the process alongside us. We felt like we were in very capable hands with Clare’s support in what is a complex space and recommend her highly.”

“Thank you Clare for all your help in the pressing timescales. You are most impressive and I am grateful for all your hard work.”