Alexandra Edwards Associate

Associate

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Alexandra advises on complex domestic and international litigation, with a particular focus on trust disputes, probate and estate disputes and fraud.

She advises UK and international clients including corporations, trust companies and high-net-worth individuals.

She acts on a range of litigation both in England and across the world, including Guernsey, Bermuda, the Bahamas and the BVI. She focuses particularly on trust disputes, including defending trustees and disputes between beneficiaries, and probate and estate disputes, including disputes over the validity of wills and the assets in the estate.

Alexandra is a member of the Contentious Trusts Association.

Expertise

Recent work

Claims against trust assets

Advising the Swiss trustee of multiple UK and BVI trusts on the administration of the trusts against a complex international background, including claims against trust assets by third parties in multiple jurisdictions.

Guernsey trust administration

Acting for a Guernsey trustee administering a family trust with a complex and contentious background.

Assets in an estate

Advising the executor of an estate on the assets comprised in the estate, including historic arbitration actions under an international treaty.

Family estate dispute

Acting for a UK individual in relation to debt claims against an estate, against a contentious family backdrop. We prepared a claim in the high court and defended fraud proceedings against our client.

Bermudian proceedings

Acting for a Bermudian trustee of a multi-billion dollar trust in a long running series of litigation, which involved claims of misappropriation of assets against the director of a former trustee. We advised as specialist trust counsel to the trustee in proceedings in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal in Bermuda which included an application for the setting aside of a previous order appointing our client as trustee.

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