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.



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.


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 Probate and estate planning administration for Guernsey domiciliariesProbate and estate planning administration for non-Guernsey domiciliariesSummary of Guernsey TaxationCarey 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 2024Carey Olsen lawyers named among top private client advisers by Private Client Global EliteCarey Olsen named Offshore Law Firm of the Year at the WealthBriefing European AwardsA look at Carey Olsen and their prominent position in the offshore trusts and private client spaceCarey Olsen trio named amongst eprivateclient's Crown Dependencies NextGen Leaders



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