Fiona Apthorpe
UK Guide 2025
Band 1 : Family/Matrimonial
Band 1
About
Provided by Fiona Apthorpe
Practice Areas
Fiona is a Partner and heads Geldards’ Family team across the four Geldards’ offices. She is an experienced specialist family lawyer, Family Mediator, Family Arbitrator, Private Financial Dispute Resolution Judge, Collaborative Family Lawyer and experienced Deputy District Judge/Specialist Financial Remedies Judge.
Fiona specialises in more complex medium to high net worth financial cases (particularly those involving businesses, inherited assets, farms and family-owned or controlled assets/Trusts), wealth protection, Pre-Nuptial Agreements and same-sex marriage/civil partnership breakdowns.
Fiona’s extensive experience and reputation in financial remedy cases have attracted instructions from many wealthy businessmen and women and high net worth individuals including the Trustees of Family Trusts, sports managers, footballers and an MP.
She negotiates multi-million-pound complex financial settlements and is regularly instructed by affluent London clients at the recommendation of their barristers.
Her firm but fair, pragmatic and determined yet respectful approach has led to instructions on several occasions from parties whom she acted against in their first divorce!
Fiona is listed as a leading lawyer by Wiselaw.
Chambers Review
UK
Fiona Apthorpe is a matrimonial finance specialist whose work includes complex mandates concerning business shareholdings, property portfolios and spousal maintenance disputes. She heads the family team at Geldards in Derby.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"She is a safe pair of hands and good at everything she does."
"Fiona is fearless and fearsome. She knows the law inside and out and can handle complex cases with gentleness and a firm hand."
"Fiona is forthright and technical; you can send anything to her and you know she will do the job properly."
"She is a safe pair of hands and good at everything she does."
"Fiona is fearless and fearsome. She knows the law inside and out and can handle complex cases with gentleness and a firm hand."
"Fiona is forthright and technical; you can send anything to her and you know she will do the job properly."