Clare Stirzaker

Spear’s Review

In 2022 Clare Stirzaker joined Boodle Hatfield after spending almost a decade leading PwC’s private client legal practice.

Known for dealing with complex issues, with a specialism in family governance and successions, she looks after UHNW clients with estate planning, cross-border inheritance and tax matters.

Next-gen discussions are an important part of her practice, she told Spear's, citing a case where a family made the children directors of various companies but then discovered that they didn’t really understand the role. Stirzaker guides clients on how to create more control over the situation, ensuring the family wealth would be stable in the event of unexpected succession.

Also active in philanthropy and progressive wealth advice, Stirzaker can offer advisory services to 'tax positive' wealth holders looking to use their position to achieve social aims rather than further asset growth.