Claire Van Overdijk KC

Senior Counsel at Carey Olsen

Speaker

Claire van Overdijk KC is Senior Counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team and trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda. She has extensive court experience in the fields of commercial and civil litigation, contentious and non-contentious trust and estate disputes, and regulatory disputes. As a specialist in the resolution of complex disputes, Claire's practice is principally contentious extending to advocacy, strategic expertise and tactical advice in domestic and multi-jurisdictional high-value litigation. As an expert in private international law, she is also well equipped to advise on cross border elements that arise in these fields. Claire's client base is predominantly comprised of global businesses, financial institutions, public bodies, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, protectors, private individuals and families.

In her spare time Claire serves as Panel Chair for the Bermuda Human Rights Tribunal and the Bermuda Mental Health Tribunal. She is immediate past Chair of the STEP Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group and a full member of STEP. She has been called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Bermuda Bar.