Practice Expertise
- Corporate Trust Structures
- Estate Planning
- Aviation Finance
- Family Office
Areas of Practice
- Aviation Finance
- Corporate Trust Structures
- Estate Planning
- Family Office
- Notarial Services
- Private Client
- Private Trust Structures
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Relocation Services
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
- Trust Litigation
- Trusts and Private Wealth
- Wills and Inheritance View More
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 the only Guernsey lawyer to be ranked in the 'Hall of Fame' in the Legal 500 UK and as a Band One practitioner for Guernsey in Chambers HNW Guide in their latest editions. Russell has also been recognised by Best Lawyers as one of 'The Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom' in their 2024 edition for his work in trusts and personal tax law.
Russell has been named as one of the 2022 eprivateclient 50 Most Influential for 2022. He has also been recognised in Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite listings 2018 to 2022 and featured in the Spear's 500, 2022 and 2023 list of top private client lawyers.
Russell is also a Notary Public and advises on Guernsey, Alderney and Sark law.
Areas of Practice
- Aviation Finance
- Corporate Trust Structures
- Estate Planning
- Family Office
- Notarial Services
- Private Client
- Private Trust Structures
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Relocation Services
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
- Trust Litigation
- Trusts and Private Wealth
- Wills and Inheritance
Professional Career
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.
Recent Experience- Summary of Guernsey Taxation
- Guernsey - a centre for multi-generational wealth planning
- Private Client Guide 2023 - Guernsey (Legal 500)
- Four Carey Olsen partners named 'Top Recommended Offshore Experts' in Spear's 500 2023
- Guernsey economic substance guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)
- Celebrating 125 years of Carey Olsen
- Five chapters authored for Legal 500 Private Client guides, 2023
- Carey 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 BVI
- Carey Olsen sponsors the Guernsey Air Display 2023
- Carey Olsen leads offshore firms in Chambers High Net Worth 2023
- Carey Olsen pair named NextGen Leaders by eprivateclient
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