Clare Archer > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Work Department

Private client and tax.

Position

Clare is a partner and head of the London private client team. She specialises in tax and estate planning to include the administration of large and complex estates, often with an international or contentious aspect; will and trust drafting, elderly client and capacity issues and a wide range of asset protection and equity work.

Career

Trained Rooks Rider; qualified 1994; Greenwoods 1995-97; Rooks Rider 1997-11, associate 2001, partner 2004; partner Penningtons 2011. She was a panel deputy of the Office of the Public Guardian for many years.

Publications of note: chairs the editorial board for the England and Wales and UK entries for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ ‘International Yearbook’. She also writes the probate section. Consulting editor of ‘Family Offices: The STEP Handbook for Advisors’.

Memberships

STEP; ACTAPS.

Education

Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls; University of Central England Birmingham (LLB Hons 2(1) and Law Society Finals).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate

The superb team at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP has strong international capabilities. It frequently assists UK residents and non-residents, non-domiciled individuals, international families, family offices, and business owners from across the globe. Practice head Clare Archer has a particular interest in family office work. James d’Aquino specialises in providing tax, trust, and succession planning advice to wealthy clients. Another key member of the team is Laura Dadswell who has considerable experience in US/UK cross-border matters. Tristan Smale acts for some prominent Greek and Cypriot families, and their family offices.