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Clementine is a Partner in the dispute resolution team specialising in contentious trusts/estates and commercial litigation.

Clementine advises on trust disputes, probate and inheritance litigation, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, Court of Protection matters, art and cultural property litigation, shareholder disputes, company/insolvency issues, civil fraud and asset recovery.

She has particular experience of disputes where trust and corporate/commercial issues intersect, including where business assets are owned by trusts or trust/estate issues arise in a commercial context.

Clementine also works closely with the firm’s family team advising on trusts in the context of divorce and is a co-author of the firm’s ‘Guide to Trusts & Divorce’.

Clementine is ranked in Chambers & Partners and The Legal 500, in which she is described as “very impressive”, “across all of the detail and great at making constructive suggestions on moving the case forward” and “excellent with clients – very calm and patient”.

Clementine read English at Cambridge and has a Graduate Diploma in Law (with Distinction) from City University, London. She is also a qualified solicitor-advocate.

Clementine regularly speaks at legal conferences and publishes articles relevant to her practice. Her article ‘Changing of the guard: the delicate jurisdiction of trustee removal and the balance of power’ was recently featured in Trust & Trustees.

Clementine is ranked as an “Associate to Watch” in Chambers & Partners’ High Net Worth Guide 2024 and as a “Leading Associate” for both contentious trusts/estates and commercial litigation in The Legal 500 2025.

 

November 2024- Henley & Partners’ Tax Emigration Conference- Non-Doms: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
October 2024- TL4’s 4th Annual Private Client Conference- Stress-testing trust structures and firewall provision
September 2024: ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client | TL4 PC
October 2023: ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client Conference “Stress-testing trust processes and structures: can anything be bombproof?”
July 2023: Informa Connect Transcontinental Trusts Conference -“Getting Caught in the Cross-Fire: The Increasing Intersection Between the Trusts World and Criminal Enforcement”.
March 2023: Contentious Trusts Association – “You’ve got the power… or have you?” Clementine gave a seminar to theon the Privy Council’s decision in Grand View Private Trust Co. Ltd v Wong [2022] UKPC 47 alongside Luke Richardson of Baker McKenzie and Stephanie Thompson of Serle Court