Kate Silbermann

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 et Groupes

Clients privés

Anti-corruption

Corporate crime

Secteurs

Services aux entreprises et services professionnels

Institutions financières et assurance

Fortune Privée

CV

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

2010 Admitted as a solicitor, England & Wales

2008 LPC, College of Law, London

2005 LLB Law, University of East Anglia

Carrière

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

Formation

2010 Admitted as a solicitor, England & Wales

2008 LPC, College of Law, London

2005 LLB Law, University of East Anglia

Groupes & Associations

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

Prix et distinctions

Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2024

Featured

Associate to watch

Eprivateclient 2023 NextGen Leaders

Kate was one of the select practitioners included in eprivateclient's definitive annual list of leading young private client practitioners in the UK and UK Crown Dependencies.

Chambers and Partners HNW 2022

Private Wealth Disputes - Associate to Watch: Kate Silbermann is a senior counsel specialising in contentious trusts and estates matters. She has assisted on various offshore trust disputes and significant deputyship work. A barrister praises her approach, saying: "Kate was oustandingly good to deal with, extremely able and very on the ball."