Clementine is a legal director in the dispute resolution team specialising in contentious trusts/estates and commercial litigation.
She is ranked as an “Associate to Watch” in Chambers & Partners’ High Net Worth Guide 2024 and as a “Leading Associate” for both contentious trusts/estates and commercial litigation in The Legal 500 2025.
Clementine advises on a wide range of contentious trusts/estates matters including domestic and offshore trust disputes, contentious estate administrations, 1975 act claims and trusts in the context of divorce. Her commercial practice includes shareholder disputes, insolvency issues, fraud and asset recovery, contractual and negligence claims and claims for breaches of fiduciary duty.
Given her corporate/private equity background, Clementine is particularly well-placed to advise on disputes involving complex corporate structures and company law issues.
Clementine trained and practised at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Farrer & Co before joining Payne Hicks Beach as an associate in 2022. She was promoted to senior associate in 2023 and to legal director in 2024. She has also previously worked as in-house counsel at the investment funds Oaktree Capital and Hambro Perks.
Clementine read English at Trinity Hall, Cambridge before completing the GDL at City University and the LPC at the College of Law (both with Distinction). She obtained Higher Rights of Audience in 2020.
Clementine is a member of STEP, ConTrA and the LSLA. She is regularly invited to speak at international legal conferences and also frequently publishes articles on topics relevant to her practice.
Clementine is ranked as an “Associate to Watch” in Chambers & Partners’ High Net Worth Guide 2024 and as a “Leading Associate” for both contentious trusts/estates and commercial litigation in The Legal 500 2025.
Recent Insights
November 2024- Henley & Partners’ Tax Emigration Conference- Non-Doms: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
October 2024- TL4’s 4th Annual Private Client Conference- Stress-testing trust structures and firewall provision
September 2024: ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client | TL4 PC
October 2023: ThoughtLeaders4 Private Client Conference– “Stress-testing trust processes and structures: can anything be bombproof?”
July 2023: Informa Connect Transcontinental Trusts Conference -“Getting Caught in the Cross-Fire: The Increasing Intersection Between the Trusts World and Criminal Enforcement”.
March 2023: Contentious Trusts Association – “You’ve got the power… or have you?” Clementine gave a seminar to theon the Privy Council’s decision in Grand View Private Trust Co. Ltd v Wong [2022] UKPC 47 alongside Luke Richardson of Baker McKenzie and Stephanie Thompson of Serle Court
A Trustee’s Guide to Divorce
September 18, 2024
An essential guide for trustees seeking to future-proof against or navigate through divorce.
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Clementine Dowley to speak at Thought Leaders 4 Private Client
October 03, 2023
Stress testing trust processes and structures: Can anything be bombproof?
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Divorce and dissolution – fastening trust assets when a beneficiary ties the knot
May 13, 2024
Whether you’re getting married, becoming a civil partner or entering into a co-habiting or co-pare...
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Insolvent trusts and trustee indemnities: a pari passu approach
March 31, 2023
Dispute resolution expert Clementine Dowley sheds light on the recent Privy Council decision in her ...
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When should a retiring trustee seek a contractual indemnity?
January 19, 2023
In this fortnight’s private wealth briefing, Dispute Resolution Associate Clementine Dowley p...
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