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Trusts and Private Wealth; Private Client; Regulatory; Family Office; Relocation Services; Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements; Banking and Finance;

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. He also advises private clients on succession, estate planning and family governance.

Russell was elected as a member of The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL) and is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS).

He is also 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. Russell is listed as a Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal for Private Client.

Russell is also a Notary Public and advises on Guernsey, Alderney and Sark law.

Russell is the only Guernsey lawyer to be ranked in the 'Hall of Fame' in the Legal 500 UK and is a Band One practitioner for Guernsey in Chambers HNW Guide in their latest editions. He is also featured in the Private Client Global Elite Directory, a respected global directory of the world's top private client and trust and estates litigation talent.

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.

French.

Russell is a member of STEP, The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law (TIAETL) and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS).

Elizabeth College, Guernsey; University of Hull (1992 LLB); College of Law, York (1993 LSF); Guernsey Bar Exams (1996); Université de Caen (1997 Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes).

Russell is a commercially qualified pilot and a keen scuba diver.