Claire Bennett

Claire Bennett is an accomplished legal professional currently serving as General Counsel at Riverlane since March 2025, focusing on making quantum computing applicable in real-world scenarios. Prior to this role, Claire held the position of General Counsel at FiveAI from September 2018 to March 2025, where responsibilities included providing strategic legal counsel across corporate, software contracting, and compliance matters within the autonomous vehicles sector. Claire's legal career began at Bird & Bird as an Intellectual Property Lawyer, followed by a decade at DLA Piper, where Claire advanced from Senior Associate to Partner, specializing in intellectual property and technology law. Claire holds a Master of Science degree in Natural Sciences with a concentration in Physics from the University of Cambridge, earned between 1996 and 2000.