Cynthia Le Poer Trench

Practice Areas

Private Clients and Private Wealth

Wills, Inheritance, Probate and Estate Planning

Corporate Law, Structures (Trusts and Foundations

Mergers & Acquisitions

Property Transactions

Career

1984 to 1987 Sinclair Roche & Temperley, Hong Kong

1986 qualified as Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong

1989 Clyde & Co, Dubai

1990 to 1993 Fox & Gibbons, Dubai

1996 Established Trench & Associates as sole proprietorship

2020 Restructured Trench & Associates into a limited liability company

Professional Memberships

International Bar Association

Interleges

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

British Chamber of Commerce Dubai

Board member of British Community Assistance Fund

Board member of Equestrian Association for People of Determination

Languages Spoken

English is my first language. I speak Cantonese as my home dialect. I speak a bit of French.

Experience

Qualified as a Solicitor in 1986 in Hong Kong.

Licensed to practise since 1989 in Dubai.

Licensed with her own Licence as Legal Consultancy since 1996.

Introduced the concept of registrable Wills to DIFC and registered her own Will as the first Will in DIFC in 2015.

Presently handling over 10 DIFC Probate cases having registered over 800 DIFC Wills.

Handling also Inheritance Cases at the Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras Al Khaimah and Abu Dhabi Courts for both Muslim and non-Muslim Clients.

Considered top in her field in formulating Asset Protection structures for Clients, including DIFC, RAK ICC and ADGM Foundations.

Publications

On International Women's Day

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rjaPgkcTqw&t=11s

On Wills

https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/day-in-the-life-there-is-a-way-when-there-s-a-will-for-dubai-lawyer-1.204898

Property Talk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Yykb-dq5JU