Claire van Overdijk KC

I am a Partner at Appleby’s Bermuda office where I am Practice Group Head of the Private Client and Trusts department and a member of the Dispute Resolution department. I have a broad private client practice advising on domestic and offshore wealth structuring and estate planning matters including the establishment, restructuring, variation and termination of trust structures, matters relating to trust administration, as well as probate and testamentary issues. I also advise and represent global businesses, financial institutions, public bodies, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, protectors, private individuals and families offices.

My dispute resolution practice extends to advocacy, strategic expertise and tactical advice in domestic and multi-jurisdictional high-value litigation, and the resolution of complex disputes in the fields of trusts, estates, commercial, insolvency and insurance law. As an expert in private international law, I am also well equipped to advise on cross border elements that arise in these fields. I was called to the Bermuda Bar in 2022. Prior to this, I was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2003 and practised as a barrister in London in the fields of civil and commercial litigation, trust and estates, mental capacity and administrative/regulatory law, which led to my appointment as King’s Counsel (England & Wales) in 2023. I also taught private international law on the LL.M course at University College London for 6 years alongside my practice.