Clementine Dowley

Clementine is a partner at Payne Hicks Beach specialising in private wealth disputes. She acts for beneficiaries, trustees and other fiduciaries on a wide range of trust and estate litigation both onshore and offshore.

Clementine brings a corporate law background to domestic and international trust disputes and has particular experience of matters where trust and corporate issues intersect, including shareholder disputes in the trusts context and litigation involving complex trust/corporate structures. Clementine also has experience of matters involving insolvency, fraud and asset tracing claims, including advising on freezing injunctions and disclosure orders. In addition, Clementine regularly advises on succession disputes, including will challenges and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. She is also frequently involved in advising trustees and beneficiaries on trusts in the context of divorce.

Clementine regularly speaks at industry conferences and publishes articles on topics relevant to her practice.

Clementine trained and practised at Weil Gotshal & Manges and Farrer & Co before joining Payne Hicks Beach in 2022. She qualified as a solicitor in 2014 and has Higher Rights of Audience.

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.