Clarissa Quek
Senior Associate
Clarissa has been with Equitas Lawyers since her university days in June 2010. She is the driving force behind the firm’s wills and deceased estates practice, standing out for her keen eye for detail, deep thinking, holistic problem-solving ability, and genuine empathy for her clients.
Clarissa’s experience spans across the 3 areas of wills and estates – Estate Planning, Estate Administration, and Estate Disputes. Her experience includes but is not limited to:
- assisting clients in developing a tailored and comprehensive estate plan, including by preparing simple to complex wills, death benefit nominations for members of self-managed superannuation funds, enduring powers of attorney and enduring powers of guardianship, and reviewing trust deeds and preparing ancillary trust documents;
- preparing simple and complex applications for grants of probate and letters of administration, including for ‘informal’ wills (written in English and in other languages);
- advising clients in contested deceased estate matters; and
- assisting executor clients in their administration of deceased estates.
Clarissa draws from her property and commercial law experience when providing wills and estates advice and is especially skilled in helping clients with complex family dynamics and business structures plan their estates.
She has a special interest in using Collaborative Practice and being Collaborative Practice informed, as a way to resolve or prevent estate disputes among members of a family.
Outside of the law, Clarissa enjoys engaging in great and meaningful conversations especially over good food, listening to podcasts and achieving her health goals through Pilates. She also has a love for fresh local produce, great storytelling, and her husband and fur baby, Ella.
Qualifications
Masters of Laws (Applied Law) (majoring in Wills & Estates and Estate Planning), The College of Law
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, WA College of Law
Bachelor of Laws (Hons) and Bachelor of Science (Psychological Studies), The University of Western Australia
Membership
Law Society of Western Australia
Collaborative Professionals WA
Contact Details
Tel: (08) 9228 2881
Email: clarissa @ equitaslawyers.com.au
