about clover law
Clover Law is an Australian law firm specialising in tax, estate planning, superannuation and asset protection.
Founded by Patrick Ellwood in 2018, Clover Law can assist with ensuring your personal and business wealth is protected during your lifetime and after your death, for your loved ones.
If you become a client of Clover Law, our commitments to you include:
- All work is undertaken on a fixed price basis, agreed up front. We don’t fill out timesheets and our invoices never contain unpleasant surprises
- We will meet wherever is convenient for you, including at your office, home, online or at Clover Law’s meeting rooms
- We will use technology and automation to make the process of obtaining legal advice as easy and painless for you as possible
- You will be working directly with an experienced, senior lawyer – not paying for an inexperienced trainee or junior lawyer to ‘learn the ropes’
- We will work collaboratively with your existing advisers to ensure we get you the outcome you want
- We will only assist where we genuinely believe we can deliver you true value for money
For more information about the services offered by Clover Law, click here.
Patrick Ellwood
Director
Patrick Ellwood is a lawyer with over a decade of experience assisting high net worth individuals and family business owners with their tax, estate planning and asset protection needs.
He has acted for a wide variety of family businesses, farming families, entrepreneurs and startup businesses, located across Australia.
He is a regular speaker for a range of private and professional bodies and is a published author of a number of legal textbooks. He has presented for organisations including the Taxation Institute of Australia, Institute of Public Accountants and Queensland Law Society.
Patrick is passionate about helping business owners grow their business and ultimately achieve maximum value upon their retirement.
Patrick is listed in the prestigious Doyle’s Guide as a recommended Wills, Estates & Succession Planning lawyer for 2020 and appears in the ‘Best Lawyers’ guide for 2025.
Hannah Whippy
Senior Associate
Hannah Whippy is a tax and estate planning lawyer with over 15 years experience working in national and boutique law firms.
Hannah spent over 10 years at a national law firm and 4 years at a boutique law firm before joining Clover Law in August 2020.
Hannah works collaboratively with accountants, financial planners, lawyers and other advisers to provide advice in relation to tax structuring, asset protection, intergenerational wealth transfers and estate planning.
Hannah is passionate about working with clients and their trusted advisers in helping them achieve their objectives, particularly in relation to their estate planning and related entity business succession.
Contrary to what you may think her name suggests, she is of no relation to the ice-cream man. She is however, a third-generation lawyer and her love for the law began at a very early age.
Aside from her legal interests, Hannah passionately follows the Canberra Raiders in the NRL and enjoys playing social basketball and spending time with her family and friends.
Jade Duncan
Lawyer
As an estate planning lawyer with over 5 years of experience assisting clients to achieve their succession and asset protection goals, Jade has the knowledge and empathic approach to guide clients through what can, for many people, seem like an overwhelming task.
Jade is passionate about educating clients as to the value of a well-crafted estate plan and how taking the time to be engaged in the process will leave clients feeling reassured not only that their legacy is protected, but that their loved ones will receive the care and guidance they need.
Jade has presented for the National Council of Women of Queensland (NCWQ) as part of their empowerment series, to provide education to women of all ages and circumstances about the importance of estate planning.
She has also appeared as a panellist to discuss the interplay between estate planning, tax and financial planning issues organised by NCWQ to encourage women to take control of their financial independence and be engaged in their financial lives.
Outside of her legal career, Jade is a creative who favours working with textiles, having designed and made bespoke garments for musicians, brides and freelance clients.
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