Areas of Practice
Track Record
Advising on the incorporation of an urban estate owned in a complex trust structure
Advice concerning wealth restructuring and succession planning for a wealthy family based overseas, but with some members who are resident and/or domiciled in the UK
Advising trustee owners of a landed estate on a refinancing via a private placement
Advice on tax and other matters in connection with the sale of a valuable work of art by trustees
Advice on tax and succession planning in relation to a historic house and grounds against a complicated family background
Awards & Rankings
Legal 500, Leading Partner, 2025 & 2026
Chambers UK, Top Ranked Individual, 2017 – 2020, 2022 – 2026
Chambers HNW, Top Ranked Individual, 2020 – 2025
Legal 500, Leading Individual, 2017 – 2018, 2020 – 2024
Chambers HNW, Ranked Individual, 2019
Euromoney Women in Business Law Award, Best in Trust and Estates – Shortlisted, 2018
Chambers HNW, Top Ranked Individual, 2017 – 2018
Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
Trust Law Committee
Education & Qualification
University of Oxford
Qualified as a solicitor in 1995
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Read more 3 min read 01 Oct 2025 Could tighter cross border regulation push art collectors to other jurisdictions? – Fred Clark comments in eprivateclientAs cross-border art regulation tightens, could collectors be nudged toward more liberal jurisdictions? Corporate Partner and arts specialist, Fred Clark explores the shifting global landscape in eprivateclient.
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