Russell Clark
Global Guide 2024
Band 1 : Trusts
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About
Provided by Russell Clark
Practice Areas
Trusts and Private Wealth; Private Client; Regulatory; Family Office; Relocation Services; Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements; Banking and Finance; Dispute Resolution and Litigation
Russell Clark heads up the trusts and private wealth team in Guernsey. He advises on both contentious and non-contentious trust and private wealth matters, and advises private clients on succession, estate planning and family governance.
Russell is the managing partner of the firm's Guernsey office and is also a Notary Public. He advises on Guernsey, Alderney and Sark law.
Russell has been named as one of the 2021 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential.
Career
Russell was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales before returning to Guernsey where he qualified as an advocate in 1997. He was made partner in 2001. Russell became a Notary Public in 2006.
Professional Memberships
Russell is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), having previously been Chairman of the STEP Guernsey Branch Technical Committee and a Branch Committee member for 18 years. He remains involved in assisting the STEP Technical Committee.
He is also a member of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL) and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS).
Chambers Review
Global
Russell Clark leads the firm's Guernsey trusts and private wealth practice, and is well known for handling contentious and non-contentious estate, succession and trust matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Russell is a top trust professional with many years' experience."
"Russell is incredibly bright. He's intelligent, approachable and straightforward."
"Russell is at the top of his game; for anything complex, Russell is a lawyer you would turn to."
"Russell is a top trust professional with many years' experience."
"Russell is incredibly bright. He's intelligent, approachable and straightforward."
"Russell is at the top of his game; for anything complex, Russell is a lawyer you would turn to."