Clare Archer

She has developed a particular interest in family office work through her role as a trusted advisor to a number of high net worth families, and has a focus on relationships with landed and business families, including some of the firm’s longest standing clients. Clare also advises on generational planning and governance, with the goal of avoiding disputes.

Clare is a member of STEP, the world’s leading organisation for private wealth professionals, and writes the probate section of the STEP handbook. A regular speaker to fellow professionals on tax, trust, estate planning issues and family office matters, including at the International Bar Association’s Annual International Tax Conference, Clare also writes for various legal publications and, in conjunction with STEP and Globe Law and Business, is editor in chief of Family Offices: The STEP Handbook for Advisors, which has been described as ‘a must not just for external and internal advisors to business families, but also for family members themselves and everybody working with them. It is profound, comprehensive and written by the best in the field’. She has been named as a ‘top recommended’ tax lawyer in the Spear’s 500, and has been listed as one of ePrivateClient’s ‘50 Most Influential’ for eight years.