Practice Expertise

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Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Trust Structures
  • Estate Planning
  • Family Office
  • Notarial Services
  • Private Client
  • Private Trust Structures
  • Regulation of Trust Company Business
  • Regulatory
  • Relocating to Guernsey
  • Relocation Services
  • Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
  • Trust Litigation
  • Trusts and Private Wealth
  • Wills and Inheritance
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Profile

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.


Areas of Practice

  • Corporate Trust Structures
  • Estate Planning
  • Family Office
  • Notarial Services
  • Private Client
  • Private Trust Structures
  • Regulation of Trust Company Business
  • Regulatory
  • Relocating to Guernsey
  • Relocation Services
  • Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
  • Trust Litigation
  • Trusts and Private Wealth
  • Wills and Inheritance

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Recent Experience Summary of Guernsey TaxationPrivate Client Guide 2023 - Guernsey (Legal 500)Guernsey economic substance guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)Celebrating 125 years of Carey OlsenFive chapters authored for Legal 500 Private Client guides, 2023Carey Olsen's Bernadette Carey to speak at major international conference Carey Olsen named best offshore law firm at eprivateclient's Excellence Awards Carey Olsen appoints new managing partners in Guernsey and BVICarey Olsen leads offshore firms in Chambers High Net Worth 2023Carey Olsen sponsors the Guernsey Air Display 2023Carey Olsen pair named NextGen Leaders by eprivateclientCarey Olsen sponsors the Guernsey Air Display 2024Carey Olsen sponsors STEP Guernsey 2024



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