Madeleine is a Solicitor in the Contentious Trusts and Estates team at Edwin Coe. She advises on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious matters, with a particular interest in cases with an international dimension.

Madeleine advises individuals, trustees, beneficiaries, executors and personal representatives across contentious and non-contentious matters, acting in both High Court litigation and alternative dispute resolution, including mediation. Her work has an increasingly international focus, encompassing cross-border succession disputes and multi-jurisdictional trust and estate claims.

She qualified in September 2026, having completed seats in Contentious Trusts and Estates, Property Disputes, Restructuring & Insolvency, Private Client and Intellectual Property.

Prior to her training contract, Madeleine worked as a Legal Secretary in the Property & Trusts Disputes team at Edwin Coe for four years whilst studying for her law degree. She also worked as a Legal PA in the Private Client department at Howard Kennedy whilst completing her LPC. Before entering the legal profession, she spent four years working in financial services.

Madeleine graduated with First Class Honours in Law from the University of Essex in 2022 and achieved a Distinction in the LPC from BPP Holborn in 2024.

Expertise
Trusts & Estates Disputes
Credentials
Solicitor of England and Wales
Law LLB (First Class Honours), University of Essex
LPC (Distinction), BPP University
Assisted with advising on the settlement of a substantial estate claim concerning multiple offshore trusts and assets held in jurisdictions including Saudi Arabia, Jersey and Switzerland for an Ultra High Net Worth client.
Assisted in acting for the defendants in Morina & Ors v Scherbakova & Ors, complex English High Court proceedings involving a multi-jurisdictional probate claim and a dispute over ownership of shares in a BVI company, with parallel proceedings in Belgium, the BVI and Russia.