Clare Maurice
One of the top private client lawyers in the world.
Chambers & Partners (Global)
As one of the world’s foremost private client solicitors, Clare Maurice has an unrivalled profile. Identified as a top-ranked solicitor by Chambers & Partners, the Legal 500, Spear’s, Best Lawyers, Who’s Who Legal and the Private Client Global Elite to name but a few, Clare’s clients benefit from her wealth of experience in advising individuals and families on the tax and structural challenges of global wealth.
In addition to advising UHNW individuals and families, Clare also advises both resident and non-UK resident trustees on legal and practical issues which are relevant to them and their beneficiaries. She also has a wealth of experience advising on philanthropy matters and, in particular, how to establish and operate charities.
Her practice has a distinctly international focus and she advises clients from all over the world (and, in particular, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe) on all aspects of pre-arrival planning, residence/domicile issues and the establishment of asset holding structures. Clare has a particular interest in US/UK succession planning and speaks regularly in the US and the Caribbean.
Clare is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and is an elected member and former Past President of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. She is also an International Fellow of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel.
Expertise
Clare advises trustees, beneficiaries, family offices, entrepreneurs, private banks and trust companies on trust law, estate planning and personal taxation.
Her practice has a distinctly international focus and she advises clients from all over the world (and, in particular, the Americas, the Middle East and Europe) on all aspects of pre-arrival planning, residence/domicile issues and the establishment of asset holding structures. Clare has a particular interest in US/UK succession planning and speaks regularly in the US and the Caribbean.
In addition to acting as trustee of a number of private family trusts in the UK, Clare regularly advises UK resident and domiciled individuals and trustees on trust law and estate planning matters, ranging from traditional Wills and probate matters to mental capacity issues and trusts for disabled persons.
Recognised by Spear’s Wealth Management as a ‘Top Recommended’ international tax and estate planning lawyer, and consistently ranked as a leading individual in the first tier of the legal directories, Clare is well-established as one of the private wealth industry’s foremost practitioners.
Recent experience includes:
- Advising a family on the reorganisation of a complex, cross-jurisdictional, multi billion dollar trust which involved six jurisdictions (US, Mexico, UK, Bermuda, The British Virgin Islands and Guernsey).
- Advising a Middle Eastern family on the structuring of their worldwide assets. The exercise included the establishment of a private trust company to work alongside the family office in managing and monitoring the family’s wealth.
Clare has a wealth of experience of all of the legal, practical and taxation issues which arise in the context of charity, philanthropy and chartered corporations, including the issues which are relevant to parties transacting with charitable bodies.
She works closely with her clients to establish and implement their philanthropic objectives and has advised on the establishment of a number of charitable foundations (both grant-making and operating charities), including:
- the Drayson Foundation;
- the Ingram Trust; and
- the Bellhouse Foundation.
Clare also has invaluable first-hand experience of the operational management of charities, having acted as Chairman of Barts and the London Charity for eight years until March 2009. She was appointed Chairman of the charity Co-ordinated Action Against Domestic Abuse in 2011 and is also a trustee of the Childwick Trust.
The grande dame of private client work.
Chambers & Partners (HNW)
I recommend her my best clients. She is absolutely fantastic to work with.
Chambers & Partners (HNW)
The expert of experts - a once-in-a-generation lawyer.
Chambers & Partners (HNW)
Clare is an absolutely phenomenal lawyer
Chambers & Partners (HNW)
An experienced and capable lawyer. There is no doubting her ability