Clare Archer > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Clare Archer
Work Department
Private client and tax.
Position
Partner specialising in tax and estate planning to include the administration of large and complex estates, often with an international or contentious aspect; will and trust drafting, elderly client and capacity issues and a wide range of asset protection and equity work.
Career
Trained Rooks Rider; qualified 1994; Greenwoods 1995-97; Rooks Rider 1997-11, associate 2001, partner 2004; partner Penningtons 2011. She was a panel deputy of the Office of the Public Guardian for many years.
Publications of note: chairs the editorial board for the England and Wales and UK entries for the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ ‘International Yearbook’. She also writes the probate section. Consulting editor of ‘Family Offices: The STEP Handbook for Advisors’.
Memberships
STEP; ACTAPS.
Education
Stratford-upon-Avon Grammar School for Girls; University of Central England Birmingham (LLB Hons 2(1) and Law Society Finals).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Under the leadership of Clare Archer , Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP is known for its strong international capabilities. It regularly assists UK resident and non-resident, non-domiciled individuals and international families as well as family offices and business owners on a broad range of issues. James d’Aquino specialises in tax, trust and succession planning matters. Ryan Myint is particularly sought after for UK-Singapore cross-border issues. At associate level, Tristan Smale is well-regarded. James Lewis was promoted to the partnership in April 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)