Family/Matrimonial Finance: High Net Worth
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 3
About
Provided by Bortoft Bell
Bortoft Bell is a boutique family law firm in London providing specialist advice in all areas of family law. Arron Bortoft and Charlie Bell, have, since the firm’s inception in 2019, been uncompromising in their commitment to offering the highest quality advice coupled with a keen client focus and a determination that clients obtain exceptional value from their legal team.
The founding partners have since been joined by Catherine Thomas in 2021, who bought with her a wealth of experience from previous roles within the partnership at other top-ranked firms.
Bortoft Bell’s specialist family lawyers advise in respect of divorce and the separation of unmarried couples, associated financial matters and private Children Act proceedings including Schedule 1. The firm is also regularly instructed to draft and review pre and post nuptial agreements for domestic and international clients with considerable asset bases. The team at Bortoft Bell regularly deal with cases involving complex corporate and trust structures alongside matters where there are issues of disputed jurisdiction.
The firm’s collaborative culture ensures that founding partners’ commitment to provide an exceptional service to its clients is echoed by all team members.
Chambers Review
Bortoft Bell is a London-based family team, specialising in handling high-value financial remedy cases for affluent clients.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bortoft Bell is a really good boutique firm. They attract really good work."
"Bortoft Bell has excellent commercial awareness; they can pinpoint a client's needs and give valuable legal advice."
"Bortoft Bell have top-level practitioners handling high-value and complex matrimonial finance matters against heavyweight opponents."
"Bortoft Bell is a really good boutique firm. They attract really good work."
"Bortoft Bell has excellent commercial awareness; they can pinpoint a client's needs and give valuable legal advice."
"Bortoft Bell have top-level practitioners handling high-value and complex matrimonial finance matters against heavyweight opponents."
Notable Practitioners
Charlie Bell regularly advises his high net worth clients on a range of matters in the family law field.
"Charlie is analytical, can absorb huge volumes of information, dissect it, drafts brilliant documents and is a really good lawyer. I am really impressed."
"Charlie is a standout, really pragmatic lawyer. He's very focused on solutions for clients, and that is something that clients really appreciate."
"Charlie is technically excellent as well as being completely pragmatic. He fights hard for his clients."
Arron Bortoft is an experienced partner who advises on international divorce and financial remedy matters, often in cases where parties have assets in trusts or offshore structures.
"Arron is absolutely brilliant at looking after and managing his clients. He puts his experience to valuable use."
"Arron is a highly experienced divorce lawyer with a great capacity for handling complex financial matters and offering the best advice and strategy."
"Arron is strategic but also has a really empathetic side. He is very approachable and really cares about his clients."
Ranked Individuals at
Bortoft Bell
UK-wide
Members
Provided by Bortoft Bell
Arron Bortoft
Head of Department
Catherine Thomas
Head of Department
Mollie van Geest