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Clementine Dowley

Clementine-Dowley
Partner
Litigation, Arbitration & Dispute Resolution, Contentious Trusts & Probate
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Clementine-Dowley

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

She brings a corporate law background to domestic and offshore trust/estate disputes and has particular experience of matters where trust/estate and corporate/commercial issues intersect.

Clementine regularly advises on will disputes, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, Court of Protection matters, company/shareholder litigation, art and cultural property disputes and trusts in the context of divorce. She also has experience of asset tracing claims, freezing injunctions and disclosure orders.

Clementine won the “Rising Star” award at Chambers & Partners HNW Awards 2026 and is ranked in the Chambers HNW Guide as “Up and Coming”. The Legal 500 lists her as a “Next Generation Partner” and a “Recommended Key Lawyer” for both contentious trusts/estates and commercial litigation, and she is also featured in Spears as a “Recommended Adviser”.

Clementine regularly speaks at legal conferences and publishes articles relevant to her practice. She is a co-author of the firm’s “Guide to Trusts & Divorce” and her article “Changing of the guard: the delicate jurisdiction of trustee removal and the balance of power” was recently featured in the leading international journal Trusts & Trustees.

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

Spears 500 2026 ranks Clementine Dowley as ‘Recommended’ for Contentious Trust Lawyers with a focus on Trust and commercial disputes. 

The Legal 500 UK 2026 ranks Clementine Dowley as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ for ‘Contentious Trusts and Probate’ and as a ‘Next Generation Partner’ for ‘Commercial Litigation: Mid-Market’, and highlights Clementine Dowley as a ‘Recommended Key Lawyer’ for both categories.

Chambers HNW 2025 ranks Clementine Dowley as ‘Up and Coming’ for ‘Private Wealth Disputes (London Firms)’.

 

 

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