Mark Studer

Practice Overview

Mark works in the mainstream of the law of trusts and estates, real property and conveyancing and related professional negligence matters. His trust work embraces equity drafting and advice (both for UK and overseas clients) and the full range of private client litigation, including in the Court of Protection. A particular interest of Mark's is the law of charities, and he also has practical experience in this field as a director of the Barristers' Benevolent Association and as a trustee of a number of other charities.

 Key areas:

• Trusts
  
• Wills, Probate, Succession and Inheritance and Administration of Estates
  
• Charities

Professional Reputation

'Mark is recommended as a leading chancery junior by Chambers & Partners 2009, which notes his handling of "a broad range of traditional chancery matters, including trusts, professional negligence, probate and succession, charities and property" and states that "Commentators respect Mark Studer for his intelligence".'

'The Legal 500, 2009 recommends Mark as a leading junior in private client - personal tax, trusts and probate and also in charity matters. He is described as "meticulous and approachable" and his drafting skills are noted as being "clear and to the point". Other recent editions of the directories have described Mark Studer as "popular with leading solicitors", "a good team player and also considered very clear, quick and an excellent draftsman", "solid and long established" and one who "impresses with his aptitude for the ultra complex".'

Qualifications & Appointments

• First Class degree Honours in Literae Humaniores, University College, Oxford
• Sometime Hardwicke and Jenkins Scholar of Lincoln's Inn
• Joint Honorary Treasurer of Barristers' Benevolent Association
• Bencher of Lincoln's Inn
  

Memberships

• Chancery Bar Association
• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
• Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
• Charity Law Association
• Property Bar Association
• Professional Negligence Bar Association
  

Publications

Human Rights and the Private Client: Surprises from the European Court of Human Rights, ACTAPS Newsletter, March 2008.

Gifts of Chattels by Delivery, Christies Bulletin for Professional Advisers Vol.7/2