Marc Samuels
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Family: Matrimonial Finance
Band 4
About
Provided by Marc Samuels
Practice Areas
Marc Samuels specialises in matrimonial finance. His practice covers all aspects of financial remedy proceedings, as well as claims under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
Marc has noted expertise in cryptocurrency law and litigation featuring cryptoassets. He is co-author of ‘Cryptocurrency in Matrimonial Finance’ with Dean Armstrong KC (Bloomsbury Professional) (2022). Marc also authored 'Commercial Contracts for UK Companies: Formation to Exit' (Bloomsbury Professional) (2021). He is regularly instructed in company and trusts disputes associated with family relationship breakdown.
Marc Samuels is a popular speaker on matrimonial finance law and overlapping legal issues involving emerging technologies. Outside of court, he represents clients in all forms of ADR, including arbitrations and Private FDRs.
Marc is a member of Lexis Nexis PSL's panel of experts (Family Law).
Prior to joining 36 Family, Marc Samuels practised at New York law firms Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP and Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, where Marc formerly trained as a solicitor.
Career
Call: 2014
Professional Memberships
Lexis Nexis PSL Family Law expert panel member
Family Law Bar Association (FLBA)
Middle Temple
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Marc Samuels focuses his practice in matrimonial finance. He acts in complex cases that involve disputes over assets, trusts, inheritance and corporate structures, as well as the novel area of cryptoassets. Samuels is regularly sought to represent clients in cross-border matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"An excellent advocate and a real safe pair of hands for even the most complex of cases."
"He has a civil background, which makes him very well suited to cases where there are complex financial structures in place or companies to consider."
"Marc is a rising star. He has great energy and is intellectually rigorous."
"An excellent advocate and a real safe pair of hands for even the most complex of cases."
"He has a civil background, which makes him very well suited to cases where there are complex financial structures in place or companies to consider."
"Marc is a rising star. He has great energy and is intellectually rigorous."
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