Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 3
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Boodle Hatfield's leading family team advises wealthy individuals on all stages of their relationship, guiding them through the complexities of their unique circumstances and seamlessly combining their family law experience with advice on property, tax, private finances, and businesses, both in the UK and internationally. The team is renowned for their 'exceptional legal finesse combined with an ability to vigorously defend [their] client’s best interests in a calm and measured way'. Their specialities lie in cases involving complex assets and structures including family businesses, offshore trusts, private equity and hedge funds and are adept in guiding clients though living together agreements, marriage, financial disputes, pre and post-nuptial agreements, divorce, separation and child custody.
Chambers Review
Boodle Hatfield's family law team receives strong recommendations from clients and peers for its ability to handle high-value, complex cross-border matters.
Strengths
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"Boodle Hatfield are particularly good at handling complex cases, especially with an overseas dimension. Their anticipation of issues and laser focus are second to none."
"Boodle Hatfield are knowledgeable and ultra efficient, but kind and thoughtful. From front of house to associate, everyone feels like they are on your team and on the same page."
"Boodle Hatfield take a commercial view on matters which is pragmatic for clients."
"Boodle Hatfield are particularly good at handling complex cases, especially with an overseas dimension. Their anticipation of issues and laser focus are second to none."
"Boodle Hatfield are knowledgeable and ultra efficient, but kind and thoughtful. From front of house to associate, everyone feels like they are on your team and on the same page."
"Boodle Hatfield take a commercial view on matters which is pragmatic for clients."
Notable Practitioners
Emily Brand leads the department and is well regarded for her matrimonial practice. She is often instructed by affluent clients to deal with nuptial agreements, divorce proceedings and financial remedy disputes.
"Emily does significant cases and clients like her. She is marvellous. Tactically brilliant."
"Emily is thorough, takes her client's case very seriously, is engaged and is sympathetic to her client. She correctly recognises where there are problems in the case and doesn't give up easily."
"Emily is a force to be reckoned with. Strategic and clever with figures and a thorough business understanding. Emily always seeks to find the optimum answer and keep one's case strategically on track."
James Ferguson regularly handles high-end matrimonial finance matters that are often cross-border in scope.
"James is about as experienced as you can possibly be in these matters. He is a tough lawyer with an enormous amount of expertise for high-value, complex matters."
"James is wily and experienced. He gives good advice and recognises where you need to fight in cases."
Katie O'Callaghan often acts for affluent clients on cross-border matrimonial instructions.
"Katie is pragmatic and easy to work with, while always having her client's best interests at the forefront."
"Katie is an exceptional lawyer and has a collaborative approach. She's also really user-friendly."
"Katie O'Callaghan is excellent."
Alexandra Hirst is a senior associate on the Boodle Hatfield family law team.
"Boodle Hatfield have an unbelievable associate in Alexandra Hirst, she is superb."
Katie Male is a senior associate in the family department who advises on nuptial agreements, divorce and financial remedy proceedings, and asset protection.
"Katie is very intelligent, with one of best analytical minds I have dealt with. She has a great ability to read what is going on from the papers and understand complex financial situations."
"Katie is an exceptional lawyer, at ease with complex issues, good at explaining the options and consequences, reasoned, and empathetic and protective of a client under her instruction."
"Katie has a complete mastery of details in a case."
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