Commercial Law Partner
Chloe Plavin
A commercially minded lawyer who pairs careful drafting with a clear focus on the result the client needs. Chloe leads the firm's commercial, property, estate planning, deceased estates and disputes work.
About Chloe
Practical and precise
Chloe advises business owners and private clients across commercial, property, estate planning, deceased estates and disputes matters. Her clients value that she keeps the commercial objective in view while being meticulous about the documents that get them there.
Her work spans commercial agreements and business transactions, trusts and structures, property and conveyancing, binding financial agreements and estate planning. She leads the firm's deceased estates and litigation work, guiding executors, administrators and beneficiaries through estate administration and acting for clients in Will and estate disputes and commercial disputes, from early negotiation through to court proceedings.
Chloe is approachable and direct. She explains the position plainly, sets out the options and is honest about the trade-offs, so clients can make decisions with confidence.
Practice focus
Where Chloe concentrates
The areas Chloe most regularly advises on:
Experience
The kinds of matters Chloe handles
Drafting and negotiating commercial agreements, including shareholders agreements and supply contracts, for business clients.
Acting on the sale and purchase of businesses, working with the firm's tax team where the transaction needs it.
Establishing companies, trusts and other entities and reviewing existing structures.
Acting in commercial disputes and civil litigation, from early negotiation through to court proceedings.
Acting on residential and commercial conveyancing, including the duty and structuring questions involved.
Preparing binding financial agreements for clients.
Preparing wills (including testamentary trust wills) and enduring powers of attorney for families and individuals.
Advising on estate planning where family trusts and companies need to pass to the next generation cleanly.
Assisting executors through the administration of deceased estates, including applications for grants of probate and letters of administration.
Acting for claimants, executors and beneficiaries in will and estate disputes, including family provision claims.
Advising beneficiaries on their entitlements and helping resolve questions that arise during estate administration.
Examples are illustrative of the type of work undertaken.
Chloe's approach
Clear communication, careful documents, practical outcomes.
Outcome first
Chloe starts from what the client is actually trying to achieve and works back to the documents that get them there.
Exact on the wording
Her drafting is concise and precise. Clear language now prevents disputes later and she treats that as part of the brief.
Easy to deal with
Chloe keeps clients informed, answers plainly and makes a legal process feel manageable.