Claire advises UK and international clients on a variety of private client matters, particularly in relation to tax and succession planning.

She helps clients put in place a comprehensive estate plan, which often includes advising on and preparing wills, lasting powers of attorney and trust documentation. Claire has a special interest in mental capacity law and has experience advising attorneys acting under a lasting power of attorney.

Claire is a full member of STEP (the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners), having achieved a distinction in the STEP tax and estate planning diploma in 2022.

Prior to joining Harbottle & Lewis at the start of 2023, Claire was an associate at Charles Russell Speechlys in London where she had qualified as a solicitor in 2019.