Kate Silbermann - Taylor Wessing

London UK

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Kate is a Senior Counsel within the Private Client group specialising in contentious trusts and estates work. Kate has extensive litigation experience in acting for trustees and beneficiaries in England, Jersey and other offshore jurisdictions including Bermuda and the Bahamas. Kate also has considerable civil fraud, asset tracing and recovery experience and she assists clients with alternative dispute resolution strategies, including mediation. Kate has recently developed an expertise in dealing with insolvent trust structures following her work on the precedent setting Z Trust case for which our team was awarded the Contentious Trusts and Probate Team of the year at the British Legal Awards in 2020.

Expertise

Services and Groups

Private client

Anti-bribery & corruption

Corporate crime

Sectors

Business & professional services

Financial institutions & insurance

Private wealth

CV

Since 2016 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2016 - 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2015 Senior Associate, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co

Career

Since 2016 Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing

2016 - 2021 Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing

2014 - 2015 Senior Associate, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co

Education

2010 Admitted as a solicitor, England & Wales

2008 LPC, College of Law, London

2005 LLB Law, University of East Anglia

Memberships & Associations

Contentious Trust Associates network in London
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)

Awards

Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

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Eprivateclient 2023 NextGen Leaders

Chambers and Partners HNW 2022

Legal 500 UK 2022

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Private client

The post Brexit position for trustees

17 October 2023

by Alexander Erskine and Kate Silbermann

Trusts (contentious and non-contentious) and foundations

Privy Council clarifies the nature and ranking of a former trustee's equitable lien in insolvent trusts

13 October 2022

by Emma Jordan and Kate Silbermann

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Private client

Winners of Contentious Trust and Estates Team of the Year

20 November 2020

by Emma Jordan and Kate Silbermann

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