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Amy Proferes

Amy Proferes

Serle Court, London

Position

Amy has a broad commercial Chancery practice and appears regularly in the County Courts and High Court, primarily unled. She has particular interests in property, wills and probate, and civil fraud, and is experienced in dealing with cases where these areas overlap. She is ranked as a leading junior in Private Client: Trusts and Probate by Legal 500.

Before coming to the Bar, Amy worked at a mergers and acquisitions advisory firm specialising in aerospace and industrials, following postgraduate studies in History & Middle Eastern Studies at Harvard University.

Amy is an advocacy tutor at Lincoln's Inn and also helps run the Inn's debating society.

Career

Called 2012, Lincoln’s Inn.

Memberships

Chancery Bar Association; Property Bar Association; Young Fraud Lawyers’ Association.

Education

Framingham High School; Harvard University (1996 BA Sociology (cum laude)); School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London (1997 MA Islamic Art and Archaeology – Merit); Harvard University (1999 MA Middle Eastern Studies; 1999-2004 Doctoral work in History and Middle Eastern studies); Birkbeck, University of London (2010 Accelerated LLB – First); City University (BPTC - Very Competent).

Leisure

Competitive strong(wo)man

Mentions

London Bar

Private wealth and probate

Leading junior4
Amy Proferes – Serle Court ‘Amy is incredibly fast and responsive. She can quickly assimilate a lot of information and cut through to the real issues.’