Appleby’s Claire van Overdijk KC to Speak at Bermuda Trusts Conferences

Partner and Head of Private Client & Trusts, Claire van Overdijk KC, will speak at both conferences.

The Transcontinental Trusts conference, a three-day event attracting over 200 practitioners from across the globe, provides a forum to explore the key issues shaping the international trusts landscape. Claire will join the ‘Litigation Round Up’ panel on 18 June, offering perspectives on recent developments in contentious trusts matters.

The Private Client Exchange brings together senior private wealth professionals for focused discussions on emerging challenges and opportunities in the sector. Claire will speak on 15 June on ‘The Fault Lines of Mental Capacity: Ethics, Tactics and Cross-Border Conflict’.

Commenting on the firm’s participation, Claire said: “Appleby is delighted to support these conferences, which bring together leading practitioners from across the global private wealth community. It is a privilege to contribute to the discussions and to welcome so many international delegates to Bermuda. Events of this nature play an important role in showcasing the depth and sophistication of the island’s trusts and private client offering.”

Appleby’s Private Client & Trusts team is widely recognised for its ability to advise on complex, high-value structures, combining deep technical expertise with a strong contentious capability. The team advises high-net-worth individuals, families and fiduciaries across the full lifecycle of trusts, including structuring, succession planning, administration and disputes, often involving multi-jurisdictional considerations.

Claire has a broad private client 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, private individuals and families. Claire’s dispute resolution practice extends to advocacy, strategic expertise and tactical advice in domestic and multi-jurisdictional high-value litigation and the resolution of complex disputes in the fields of trusts, estates, commercial and civil law.

Claire is also a recognised expert on the field of mental capacity having published extensively on the topic. She is ranked by Chambers and Partners High Net Worth 2025: Offshore Trusts Directory, recognised as a ‘Leading Partner’ by Legal 500 in the Trusts/Private Client category and featured in Tier 1 of the Private Client Global Elite Directory.