Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth

Helen Ward is a highly regarded figure within the matrimonial market.

Emma Hatley is widely admired as a leading practitioner for complex domestic and international family matters.

"Emma is incredibly intelligent and strategises brilliantly."

"Emma is an absolutely stellar family lawyer - recognised to be top of the tree. Brilliant on the technical side of the law as well as negotiating highly sophisticated settlements."

"Emma is a brilliant lawyer. She has such amazing skills, mainly in terms of trusts and companies. She has a depth of knowledge that she brings to all of her cases."

Debbie Chism enjoys a fantastic reputation for her expertise in complex family matters.

"Debbie is a brilliant lawyer with excellent strategic and tactical experience and expertise."

"Debbie has some of the best judgement in the business. She has an amazing feeling for how people will come across in evidence and how vulnerabilities will come across to the other side."

"Debbie is pre-eminent among her peers."

Richard Hogwood is well known for his considerable experience handling international divorce proceedings and drafting nuptial agreements.

"Richard is well-versed and knowledgeable on international trusts and wealth protection, which feeds into his wide-ranging prenup practice."

"Richard has phenomenal experience and knowledge, couched in an excellent bedside manner."

"Richard is excellent at nuptial agreements. He's calm, unflappable, on top of the detail and easy to deal with."

Stephen Foster has extensive experience advising ultra high net worth individuals on complex international family matters. He is head of the family department.

"Stephen is not only a brilliant leader of the team but has also a hugely busy practice himself. He is just a master tactician and brings very clever insight into cases."

"Stephen has great strategic instincts and combines this with the ability to handle even the most difficult and high-profile clients. Stephen’s judgement is unsurpassed."

"Stephen has built a fabulous team at Stewarts. He is a creative thinker with good instinct and judgement."

Matthew Humphries is noted for his considerable experience advising high net worth clients on matrimonial finance cases.

"Matthew is very aware of tactical issues and very good at foresight. He plans out where the end should be; a lot of thought goes into it."

"Matthew is an exceptional black letter lawyer, extremely pragmatic and decent to deal with. He is solutions-oriented."

"Matthew is an astute litigator, very affable and clients like him."

Sam Longworth regularly advises high net worth clients on complex matrimonial matters.

"Sam is absolutely first class, very solution-focused and imaginative."

"Sam has a very broad knowledge and understanding of issues. He is able to bring out the best in his team. He networks very well. A good balance between commercial awareness and getting things done."

"Sam always comes to cases with high litigation experience including unconventional aspects; he is good at finding an unconventional solution."

Toby Atkinson is adept at handling all aspects of family law, with particular expertise in dealing with financial matters.

"Toby's forte is combining legal knowledge about companies and matrimonial finance; to bring that together is very difficult. He is very good with companies, trusts and numbers."

"Toby is a passionate family lawyer who will always go the extra mile for the client."

"Toby is really good, a safe pair of hands who will fight but is solution-focused."

Carly Kinch is particularly skilled at dealing with complex financial remedy proceedings.

"Carly is a very accomplished and pragmatic family lawyer."

"Carly is able to see the wood for the trees and find hidden assets that other people miss, and structure settlements that achieve for the client what they want."

"Carly has the ability to grasp the most complicated financial structures and to cut right through to the heart of any matter. She really is a star in the making."

Lucy Stewart-Gould is regularly instructed by affluent clients to handle complex matrimonial finance matters.

"With her naturally competitive instincts and lateral thinking, Lucy fights her client's corner hard, whether in negotiation or litigation."

"Lucy has a brain the size of a planet. She is a tough litigator, and because she has that brain, she remembers everything in the case and brings that perspective to litigation that others might miss."

"Lucy has a great balance between legal knowledge and experience, and basic common sense."

Sophie Chapman advises affluent clients on a broad range of family issues, including divorce, nuptial agreements and children matters.

"Sophie is very pragmatic and a good lawyer. She is constructive and sensible."

"Sophie has great attention to detail and works tirelessly and very effectively for her clients."

Jenny Duggan is a partner who advises on complex matrimonial finance matters, including nuptial agreements.

"Jenny always has extensive knowledge and understanding of case details informing brilliant strategic legal advice."

"Jenny is ferociously bright. She gets the law and the angle of the case in a way that is really impressive to see."

"Jenny is indomitable in the face of adversity, totally calm and can instil calmness in the hyper-jumpy."

Voirrey Ward is a well-regarded partner who advises on complex financial remedy matters, often involving international elements.

"Voirrey is incredible. She's all over the detail and the numbers, and she keeps everybody on their toes. She has a feel for where things are and doesn't let things drop."

"Voirrey is really easy to deal with, pleasant, sensible and pragmatic."

Sarah Havers is a senior associate on the Stewarts divorce and family team.

"Sarah is another of the rising stars in the strong Stewarts associate cohort who is developing considerable international experience."

"Sarah has this effortless confidence without being overbearing."