Family/Matrimonial | UK

The team at Blandy & Blandy handles complex divorce, separation and financial remedy matters, including cases involving businesses, inherited wealth and trusts issues. The team also represents clients in Children Act matters, including contact and custody disputes, as well as international surrogacy arrangements. It offers clients the benefit of expertise in the full range of alternative dispute resolution methods, including mediation, arbitration and collaborative law. Blandy & Blandy has offices in Reading, Henley-on-Thames and Wokingham.

Debenhams Ottaway frequently advises on high-value financial remedy proceedings involving trusts, overseas assets and pensions, as well as assisting with the creation of prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. The firm additionally handles a range of children law matters, including child maintenance, residence and potential abduction issues. The team, based in St Albans, is able to provide clients with the benefit of its wider capabilities in private wealth matters.

Penningtons Manches Cooper has a strong regional presence with standout teams in both Reading and Oxford. The firm often handles cases with a strong international element, including cross-border disputes in which children are involved, advising on care arrangements, changes of residence and Schedule 1 applications. The firm frequently advises high net worth individuals on complex financial settlements, involving inheritance issues, trusts and complicated business aspects. It is able to offer alternative dispute resolution options, including mediation.

Rayden Solicitors is a boutique family law firm based in St Albans, and is known in the market for its work in both matrimonial finance and private children law matters, including care arrangements and maintenance disputes. The team advises high net worth individuals and foreign nationals on complex separation and asset division cases, often including trust structures, overseas assets and business interests. The firm is also equipped to offer alternatives to litigation and able to advise on nuptial agreements.

SA Law has a skilled team based in St Albans handling complex child law and divorce matters. The firm has particular expertise in advising high net worth individuals on financial remedy proceedings involving international assets and spousal maintenance orders. The team represents clients in collaborative proceedings and mediation, as well as in contentious matters involving highly sensitive aspects, including parental alienation, mental health issues and domestic abuse. The firm can also handle surrogacy matters.

BP Collins is a Gerrards Cross-based firm handling complex financial remedy work in the context of divorce and relationship breakdown, including work relating to overseas and inherited assets and tax structures. The team also advises on children-related matters, including residence issues and relocation. The firm provides further expertise with regard to prenuptial agreements.

Boardman, Hawkins & Osborne in Abingdon handles challenging and serious proceedings involving children, including adoption issues, changes of residence and contact. The team is experienced in cases involving abuse and non-accidental injury, as well as other complex criminal law aspects. The firm also advises clients on Forced Marriage Protection Orders and financial remedy proceedings.

Field Seymour Parkes advises on matrimonial finance matters, often in cases involving business interests and property assets. The Reading-based team also acts on highly sensitive mandates concerning minors, including Children Act disputes and change of residence cases. It has further experience assisting with complex tax and pension concerns related to divorce, with a notable specialism in cases involving armed forces pensions.

Freeths houses a highly regarded team in Oxford that advises clients on financial remedies and childcare arrangements in the context of relationship breakdown. The team is experienced in representing clients in asset division matters involving overseas assets and complex business interests, as well as in maintenance enforcement proceedings. It offers robust ADR capabilities, including mediation services.

Purcell Solicitors is a well-regarded boutique firm that draws praise for its assistance with divorce proceedings. The team in Milton Keynes is active in matrimonial finance cases, including those involving complex business assets and overseas property, and also advises on Children Act proceedings. The firm provides a highly capable mediation department.

Blake Morgan's Oxford team is experienced in handling post-separation matters that have financial complexity, including those requiring the division of business assets, trusts and pensions, as well as those involving complex tax issues. The team also advises on sensitive Children Act proceedings and is experienced in handling maintenance variation claims. Blake Morgan offers the full range of alternative dispute methods, including mediation.

Blaser Mills Law advises high net worth individuals on intricate financial remedy matters from its offices in High Wycombe, Marlow and Amersham. The firm is experienced in acting in cases where assets in dispute include portfolios of properties and pensions, as well as those involving trusts. The team offers further expertise in drafting prenuptial agreements. It also assists with private children law matters and non-molestation proceedings.

Crane & Staples offers a range of family law service from its office in Welwyn Garden City. The firm can advise clients on both public and private children law matters such as child relocation, contact disputes and cases that involve serious allegations of abuse or criminal behaviour. The team also handles financial remedy and advises clients on nuptial agreements.

Hedges Law in Oxford provides advice on a broad range of financial and children law matters arising in the context of divorce and separation. The firm regularly acts for high net worth individuals, including foreign nationals, on the division of complex financial, property and business assets, as well as pensions and tax considerations. It also assists clients with drafting prenuptial agreements.

LGFL is a boutique firm based in Reading that assists clients with a broad range of family law issues. The firm acts on financial remedy matters, representing clients in both contentious and collaborative proceedings. It offers additional expertise in complex Children Act matters and abduction cases.

RWK Goodman has well-regarded teams operating out of offices in Oxford and Swindon. The firm has substantial experience in divorce and financial remedy matters involving complex business assets. It also advises on children matters, including both international relocation cases and contact issues.

BDB Pitmans handles financial remedy proceedings, including those involving complicated business and trusts aspects, as well as spousal maintenance matters. The firm also represents clients in Children Act proceedings, including cases relating to domestic violence. The Reading based team is able to assist with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Bross Bennett is involved in a variety of family law matters. Its Hampstead-based team has expertise in financial remedy proceedings and issues relating to children, including Child Arrangements Orders. The team has experience advising foreign nationals as well as high net worth individuals.

IBB Law in Uxbridge advises high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs on matrimonial finance cases, including those involving complex property or business aspects. The team also assists with private children law, including contact and residence arrangements, with further capacity to represent children, parents and guardians in cases concerning allegations of abuse. It offers additional strength in TOLATA matters.

The Oxford-based Mills & Reeve team has expertise advising on divorce and financial remedy proceedings, including matters involving business assets and company valuations. The firm is also adept at handling prenuptial agreements and proceedings involving children.