Claire van Overdijk KC

Partner at Appleby

Speaker

Claire is King’s Counsel and Partner at Appleby’s Bermuda office where she is Practice Group Head of the Private Client & Trusts department and a member of the Dispute Resolution department. She has a broad private client and trusts practice advising on domestic and offshore wealth structuring and estate planning matters including the creation, restructuring and termination of trust structures, matters relating to trust administration, as well as probate and testamentary issues. She has extensive experience with global businesses, financial institutions, public bodies, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, protectors, ultra-high net worth individuals and families. She is also a specialist in the resolution of complex disputes, 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 is ranked by Chambers and Partners High Net Worth 2025: Offshore Trusts Directory and recognised as a ‘Leading Partner’ by Legal 500 in the Trusts/Private Client category. She is also featured in Tier 1 of the Private Client Global Elite Directory. Claire was called to the Bermuda Bar in 2022. Prior to this, she was called to the Bar of England & Wales in 2003 and practised as a barrister in London in the fields of civil and commercial litigation, trusts and estates, mental capacity and administrative/regulatory law, which led to her appointment as King’s Counsel in 2023.