Roxane is a go-to. She has phenomenal insight and is an exceptional advocate.
External Conferences
Informa Trusts in Litigation Conference 2026
Thursday 19 March 2026
Pestana Palace Lisboa, Lisbon
Speakers:
Roxane Reiser
Practice overview
Described as a “an exceptional advocate” with “phenomenal insight” and “a sharp technical mind”, Roxane specialises in trusts, estates and private client disputes, with a particular emphasis on trusts issues in the divorce context.
Roxane has extensive experience of high-value cross-border litigation. She is described as “excellent at cases involving international jurisdictions” (Chambers & Partners 2025). Recent cases have involved disputes and/or complex asset structures in Switzerland, Singapore, the Isle of Man and the Bahamas. Roxane is called to the Geneva Bar and is recognised as a “go to” for disputes involving Switzerland
Roxane is consistently ranked in Chambers & Partners. She is described as a “brilliant lawyer” with a “sharp tactical mind” (Chambers & Partners 2025). It is said that “she knows when to apply a light touch and when to come down with a hammer, both in and out of the courtroom.” (Chambers & Partners 2024). She is commended for her “prodigious work ethic”, “composed manner and cool intellect” (Legal 500 2024). She is “an asset to a legal team” (Legal 500 2025).
Roxane has been identified as a ‘Rising Star’ by Legal 500 2025. She featured in the 2024 Citywealth Top 100 International Power Women Leaders list.
Roxane is fluent in French and German.
Roxane's expertise
Trusts, probate and estates: contentious
Roxane’s recent notable work includes:
- Acting for the wife (with Matthew Paton, 5 Stone Buildings) in the context of divorce proceedings in Switzerland involving significant transfers (est. £250m) by the husband into an offshore trust. Successful applications for injunctive relief in the offshore jurisdiction.
- Successful application for disclosure of the will of a deceased judgment debtor against whom a post-judgment freezing order had been made to secure the enforcement of a $40m judgment in a civil fraud claim (with Louise Hutton KC, Essex Court Chambers).
- Representing the minor and unborn beneficiaries in a Public Trustee v Cooper blessing application involving an Isle of Man Trust ($25m) and complex U.S. tax issues (with Gilead Copper KC representing the executors)
- Advising (with Alice Hawker) on the effect of a financial remedy order on the beneficial ownership of a $45m property in the context of repossession proceedings.
- JK v LM [2024] EWHC 1442 (Fam) – Successful High Court application for a freezing order, restriction and legal services order in a Schedule 1 case involving a Czech multimillion-pound trust and dispositions to third parties.
- Acting for the executors of a multimillion-pound estate in a will validity dispute involving valuable artwork and charitable trusts.
- Advising the mother of minor children in an Inheritance Act claim involving a pre-existing Schedule 1 order, a deed of covenant to make provision by will, and allegations of financial non-disclosure.
Other notable contentious work includes:
- Advising a Singaporean entity on legal challenges against an arbitration award in Switzerland in the context of an ongoing multi-billion investor state claim against Australia (2025),
- Acting for HRH Princess Haya of Jordan in matrimonial proceedings against her former husband, HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum (Haya Bint Al Hussein v His Highness Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum [2021] EWFC 94) while on secondment at Payne Hicks Beach (2020)
Before joining Chambers, Roxane was on secondment with Farrer & Co’s Contentious Trusts & Estates team during which time she advised and assisted on a wide range of contentious matters, including cross-border trust disputes, trust variation, removal of trustees and administrators, company strike off and contempt proceedings.
Roxane is a go-to. She has phenomenal insight and is an exceptional advocate.- Roxane Reiser stands out for her deft intelligence and advocacy style.
- Roxane is a brilliant lawyer, whose written work is clever, persuasive, and always carefully prepared. She has a sharp, tactical mind and is generally two or three steps ahead of her opponent.
- Roxane deals with complex matters elegantly. She knows when to apply a light touch and when to come down with a hammer, both in and out of the courtroom.
- Roxane is always brilliantly prepared. She combines this prodigious work ethic with a composed manner and cool intellect. She has a fantastic tactical brain.
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External Conferences
The 4th Annual HNW Divorce Next Gen Summit
Thursday 12 March 2026
LondonSpeakers:
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Roxane ReiserEvents / Webinars
Wilberforce Trusts Litigation Day 2026
Monday 19 January 2026 | 9am - 5.45pm followed by drinks and dinner
InterContinental Park Lane, London£315 - £380 (+VAT) | 5.5 CPD
View moreArticles
Lost in Translation – Enforcing English Worldwide Freezing Orders in Switzerland
Article by Roxane Reiser, 1st December 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. It is a familiar theme. You act for the Good Guys who seek to recover sums owed to them in proceedings in... Read more
By Roxane Reiser
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Tuesday 2 December 2025
Roxane's expertise
Trusts, probate and estates: non-contentious
Roxane advises on a wide range of non-contentious private client matters, both domestic and with international elements.
Roxane’s recent non-contentious work includes:
- Representing the minor and unborn beneficiaries in a Public Trustee v Cooper blessing application involving an Isle of Man Trust (c. $25m) and complex U.S. tax issues (with Gilead Copper KC representing the executors);
- Advising the wife on financial remedy claims in Switzerland and England, remedies to set aside dispositions to offshore trustees and available injunctive relief in both jurisdictions (assets c. £40m).
- Advising a trust beneficiary in respect of a large trust restructuring (assets worth c. £65m. including a large property portfolio in England and oil and gas companies in Cyprus) and its impact on the beneficiary’s spousal maintenance obligations under a pre-existing financial remedy order.
- Advice on securing third-party disclosure order against a Swiss pension provider and freezing orders in Switzerland in aid of financial remedy proceedings in England.
- Advising executors on the effect of Swiss Inheritance Contracts in the context of an international succession.
- Advising on the recognition and enforcement of a Swiss order for the sale of valuable artwork located in England.
- Advising on the legal status of a covenant to make financial provision upon death in an Anglo-Swiss succession dispute involving a Swiss succession agreement.
- Advising Swiss trustees on strike off and voluntary liquidation of an English limited company held in trust.
- Roxane is a go-to. She has phenomenal insight and is an exceptional advocate.
- Roxane Reiser stands out for her deft intelligence and advocacy style.
- Roxane is a brilliant lawyer, whose written work is clever, persuasive, and always carefully prepared. She has a sharp, tactical mind and is generally two or three steps ahead of her opponent.
- Roxane deals with complex matters elegantly. She knows when to apply a light touch and when to come down with a hammer, both in and out of the courtroom.
- Roxane is always brilliantly prepared. She combines this prodigious work ethic with a composed manner and cool intellect. She has a fantastic tactical brain.
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Events / Webinars
Wilberforce Trusts Litigation Day 2026
Monday 19 January 2026 | 9am - 5.45pm followed by drinks and dinner
InterContinental Park Lane, London£315 - £380 (+VAT) | 5.5 CPD
View moreArticles
Lost in Translation – Enforcing English Worldwide Freezing Orders in Switzerland
Article by Roxane Reiser, 1st December 2025 To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. It is a familiar theme. You act for the Good Guys who seek to recover sums owed to them in proceedings in... Read more
By Roxane Reiser
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Tuesday 2 December 2025External Conferences
7e Journée de Droit Patrimonial International
Tuesday 9 September 2025
University of Lausanne, SwitzerlandSpeakers:
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Roxane ReiserArticles
Supreme Court hands down judgment in Standish v Standish – implications for trusts in matrimonial finance work
Article by Joseph Steadman and Roxane Reiser, 23rd July 2025. To read or download this article as a PDF, please click here. On 2 July 2025, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in Standish v Standish [2025] UKSC 26. The purpose... Read more
By Joseph Steadman | Roxane Reiser
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Wednesday 23 July 2025
Roxane's Details
Education
University of Oxford, St. Catherine’s College (2011-2015)
- BA Jurisprudence, Law and German Law, (First Class Honours)
- David Blank Scholarship (St. Catherine’s College)
New York University School of Law (2015-16)
- L.L.M (international litigation, conflicts of law and tax)
BPTC, BPP Law School (2016-17)
Appointments and Memberships
- Inner Temple
- Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)
- Orde des Avocats de Genève
- Association des Juristes Franco-Britanniques
Publications
- December 2025 – Wilberforce Private Client eBriefing – Lost in Translation: Enforcing English Worldwide Freezing Orders in Switzerland
- February 2025 – “Divergent evolution: Inheritance Act 1975 legal costs in light of Hirachand v Hirachand and Jassal v Shah”, Law Society PS Magazine, with Rowan Cope
- 2020-2025 – International Update, Family Affairs Magazine (Family Law Bar Association)
- July 2024 – “Proving Foreign Law in Financial Remedy Proceedings”, Financial Remedies Journal
- September 2022 – International Family Law Journal, issue 4, “Dealing with Swiss assets in financial remedy proceedings”
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