16 ST ANDREW'S CRESCENT, CARDIFF, CF10 3DD, WALES
- Tel:
- Work 029 2037 8621
- Fax:
- Fax 029 2038 8450
- DX:
- 33065 CARDIFF
- Web:
- www.huttons-solicitors.co.uk
- Email:
Clare Strowbridge
- Tel:
- Work +44 29 2037 8621
- Email:
Work Department
Managing partner.
Position
Specialising in business law advising in the formation of new businesses, management buy-outs and buy-ins; acquisitions mergers and disposals. Partnership strategy and disputes. Director’s service contracts, Shareholder and Compromise agreements. Tactical advice given to businesses. Links to the financial market. Commercial litigation mediation and arbitration in the High Court and Chancery Division. Clare also manages department dealing with wills, probate and inheritance tax planning. She is an Executor and Administrator of several significant and other estates. Experienced in estate planning to mitigate tax liability for clients including Deeds of Variation of wills and intestacies. Contested probate proceedings. Discretionary Trusts and IHT Planning for clients. Has strong belief in client’s rights and the importance of asserting them. Recent cases: cases have included acting for insurance company in connection with regulatory breaches and financial advisors in connection with alleged infringements of Financial Services Authority Regulations. Successful representation of business in connection with substantial claim brought by Revenue. Formation of dental partnerships, General Medical (GP) practices. Purchase of Chiropractice. Formation of On-line businesses.
Career
Trained Eversheds, Cardiff; qualified 1988; solicitor Hutton’s 1988; partner 1992; managing partner 2002.
Languages
Spanish.
Education
Cardiff University (BA Hons Law and Spanish); taught English at primary school in Madrid (1981/2); College of law, Guildford (LSF).
Leisure
Fully occupied with two lively children, swimming, tennis, sailing, skiing and community interests.
