Spear’s Review

Charlotte Fraser joined Farrer & Co in 2006 as a trainee solicitor after graduating from the University of Oxford. Climbing up the ladder, she became a partner at the firm in 2017 and now leads its contentious trusts and estates team. 

She frequently advises on matters involving fraud, freezing injunctions, trust and estate disputes, asset tracing, breaches of trust and jurisdictional issues. Her diverse clientele pool includes beneficiaries, trustees, executors and settlors. 

Fraser is an expert in mental capacity issues and has participated in campaigns raising awareness of mental health, its associated stigma and the interplay between law and medicine. 

Adviser Profile

Charlotte manages the contentious trusts and estates team, advising executors, trustees, beneficiaries and settlors on a wide range of contentious matters, both onshore and offshore.

Her practice spans the full spectrum of trust and estate disputes, often involving complex cross-border elements and high-value assets. She is experienced at navigating sensitive family dynamics, whether advising on the administration of contentious estates, disputes over the validity of wills or Lasting Powers of Attorney, or claims under the Inheritance Act 1975.

She regularly acts in proceedings before the English courts and has experience coordinating litigation, settlement strategies and mediations across multiple jurisdictions.