Kate Silbermann
Senior Counsel
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.
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Career
| Since 2016 | Senior Counsel, Taylor Wessing |
| 2016 - 2021 | Senior Associate, Taylor Wessing |
| 2014 - 2015 | Senior Associate, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co |
| 2010 - 2014 | Associate, Lawrence Graham |
| 2008 - 2010 | Trainee Solicitor, Lawrence Graham |
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) |
Latest news & insights
Private client
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Winners of Contentious Trust and Estates Team of the Year
20 November 2020
by Emma Jordan and Kate Silbermann
Disputes & investigations
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Acting in successful Z Trust litigation
1 July 2019
by Emma Jordan and Kate Silbermann
Disputes & investigations
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Contentious trusts newsletter - April 2019
26 April 2019
by multiple authors
Disputes & investigations
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Cowan v Foreman and others 2019
26 April 2019
by multiple authors
