Ashfords LLP regularly acts for high net worth clients in high-value divorce and finance cases as well as on asset protection matters. The team is frequently instructed by domestic and international business owners to advise on the valuation and division of tech company assets, and it also regularly handles financial remedy matters involving multinational trust and property assets. Practice head Zoe Porter  is well-versed in alternative dispute resolution and regularly advises unmarried couples on a wide range of children and financial issues, while Jayne Turner routinely drafts pre- and postnuptial agreements and handles family finance matters involving agricultural assets and military pensions. Samantha Newton handles wealth protection matters and also specialises in child relocation issues.

With a presence spanning Bristol and London, the team at Burges Salmon LLP is very active in financial matters, standing out for its ability to advise on high-value prenuptial agreements and represent clients in financial remedy proceedings, with a particular penchant for acting in private FDRs. The team regularly collaborates with the firm’s private wealth practice to advise high net-worth individuals with business assets, landed estates, and/or assets in multiple jurisdictions on asset protection matters and marital property regimes. Practice head Sarah Hoskinson is noted for her ability to negotiate complex financial settlements involving international assets, while Alison Hawes routinely handles financial settlements involving agricultural estates and family businesses. Hannah Petherick is highly regarded for her expertise in private children law matters.

Complex financial remedy proceedings are a key area of focus for Clarke Willmott LLP, which works with an array of high net-worth individuals on both a national and international basis. The team has experience handling pre- and postnuptial agreements involving domestic and offshore assets, and it regularly draws on firmwide strengths in corporate, employment, and private wealth matters to negotiate divorce settlements involving business structures, trusts, bankruptcy issues, and pension funds. Bristol-based lawyer Gareth Schofield, who is noted for his experience with unmarried family and cross-border financial remedy disputes, co-heads the team with Taunton-based cohabitation and child arrangements expert Philippa Yeo. Yeo is also well-versed in agricultural financial remedy matters.

The ‘absolutely brilliant and very hardworking‘ practice at Lyons Davidson is widely praised for its market-leading expertise in child abduction matters, fielding a team of international child law specialists capable of taking on both private and public cases. Cross-border parental abduction disputes represent a particular specialism for practice head Philippa Morgan, who is vastly experienced handling cases under the 1980 Hague Convention, as well as for Joshua Roderick. The team is also very active in handling child and domestic abuse cases, owing to the expertise of Donna Cummins and Iona Phillips in care proceedings and children law matters. Carol Chrisfield is a key contact for financial remedy matters.

The family team at Michelmores LLP has considerable expertise in cross-border matters, advising a host of ultra-high net worth individuals on complex financial remedy proceedings as well as on pre- and post-nuptial agreements involving international assets and jurisdictional issues. Under the leadership of international family law expert Daniel Eames, the practice also handles complex cross-border financial disputes involving business and trust assets. Mental capacity work, Children Act proceedings, and cohabitation issues are key areas of focus for Sarah Green, while experienced mediator Pippa Allsop chiefly handles wealth protection matters. Laura Bond is an expert in private law children issues, including matters related to parental alienation and domestic abuse.

RWK Goodman's 'team of experts from top to bottom' is capable of handling the full range of family law matters, ranging from private financial, divorce and children matters to public children and care proceedings. The team maintains close relationships with high net worth clients, who rely on the team's expertise in alternative dispute resolution and ability to handle wealth protection matters and financial remedy proceedings involving complex cross-border assets, and it also acts for vulnerable clients in urgent proceedings related to domestic abuse. A consortium of lawyers head up the team: Richard Ellis handles public and private law children's cases, Katherine Lauder chiefly advises on private child arrangements and relocation matters, Jayne Martins is a key contact for financial remedies work, and Emma Young is very experienced in care proceedings.

Stephens Scown LLP‘s family team is well-versed in both children and finance issues, fielding expertise in matters ranging from financial settlements in divorces and pre-nuptial agreements to complex public and private child and care work. Practice head Andrew Barton routinely advises on cross-border family finance matters and is noted for his ability to advise on financial settlements involving corporate, pension, and inherited wealth assets, while Sarah Atkinson is experienced in private FDRs and arbitration in the context of divorce proceedings. Mark Smith advises on children and care issues, including domestic abuse and relocation issues, and Thea Bennun handles financial remedy cases involving military pensions and family business assets. International family finance expert Lizzie Smith joined the newly opened Taunton office in November 2023 from Irwin Mitchell.

Ellis Jones Solicitors LLP’s family practice is particularly well-regarded for its handling of financial remedy proceedings for high net worth clients, including complex cases with family company, cross-border asset, trust, and pension sharing aspects. The team also maintains an active children law offering and is increasingly active in high-profile international child abduction and child relocation cases, owing to the expertise of Georgina Emerson and Katie Taft. Divorce and finance expert Deborah Leask co-heads the team with Sean McNally, who handles private FDRs as well as Children's Act proceedings. Matrimonial finance expert Ian Butterworth is also recommended.

Irwin Mitchell‘s Bristol family practice regularly collaborates with the firm’s offices across the country to serve a varied base of clients, including high net worth entrepreneurs and professionals as well as vulnerable individuals. The team stands out for its expertise in cohabitation disputes as a result of practice head Erin Sawyer‘s expertise in TOLATA claims, and it is also regularly instructed to advise on financial remedy proceedings involving offshore assets, with a particular focus on US-UK matters. Jennifer Pollock is a key contact for domestic and international children’s proceedings as well as for cases involving domestic abuse or alienation. Connie Smith is also recommended for family finance matters.

Steele Raymond LLP‘s Bournemouth team is capable of handling the full gamut of family law matters, ranging from Children’s Act proceedings and TOLATA claims to mediation in the context of separations and financial remedy proceedings. The team is led by the ‘hardworking, thoroughly professional and hugely likable‘ Daniel Sanders, who specialises in representing high net-worth clients in financial remedy cases involving business or trust assets and also acts in child abuse and abduction cases. Lindsay Halliwell is an experienced mediator who spearheads the team’s considerable alternative dispute resolution offering. Mediator Michelle Bettell is also well-regarded for her expertise in cohabitation disputes.

Stone King LLP‘s team is ‘experienced in all areas of family law‘, acting on financial remedy matters as well as in cohabitation and children cases. The team maintains a sizeable public law offering, regularly representing children and parents in domestic and cross-border cases related to non-accidental injuries and human rights issues, and it also stands out for its alternative dispute resolution offering, receiving frequent instructions from high net worth clients to act in complex family finance mediation. Practice head Caroline Fell is well-versed in handling cross-border financial remedy cases, while experienced mediator Rebecca Eels is an expert on children and education law. Family finance expert Tracey Smith is also recommended.

The Family Law Practice is a boutique firm which handles a wide range of financial remedy proceedings, cohabitation claims, and private law children’s cases for married and unmarried clients across the country. Practice head and experienced mediator Ashley Palminteri routinely advises high net worth individuals on wealth protection matters and financial cases involving complex trusts and offshore assets. Elizabeth Bruce ‘combines excellent legal knowledge with commercial advice‘ in financial and divorce cases, and Mark Sage also stands out for his expertise in prenup and financial remedy matters. Georgina Kerby regularly acts in domestic violence cases and Children Act proceedings.

TLT‘s ‘knowledgeable, caring, and resourceful‘ team provides ultra-high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, rural property owners, and celebrities with integrated expertise in family and commercial law matters, allowing it to handle separations and asset protection matters involving landed estates, start-up company assets, or inherited wealth. Vulnerable clients also regularly instruct the team to act in protection cases surrounding sexual abuse or cyberstalking. Practice head Natalie Drew is a key contact for financial remedy work, though she also regularly handles private law children matters involving domestic abuse or parental alienation. Nick Cooper-Soderberg stands out for his knowledge of Australia-UK issues.

VWV‘s Bristol team is led by Samantha Hickman, who has a ‘stellar reputation‘ for her wide-reaching knowledge of financial remedy, children, and cohabitation matters. An experienced mediator, Hickman is well-versed in alternative dispute resolution and is regularly instructed by clients with assets in multiple countries to advise on nuptial agreements and handle complex asset transfers. Hickman and private children law expert Katie Hanson also regularly act on Schedule 1 proceedings, child abduction and abuse issues, and parental alienation cases.

Clients seek out Barcan+Kirby LLP‘s ‘dedicated, experienced, and caring‘ team for advice on issues ranging from family finance matters to public and private child care, child relocation, abduction, and domestic abuse cases. A consortium of lawyers lead the practice: Tom Powles is experienced with child and divorce proceedings, including ones involving allegations of abuse, and also advises on surrogacy matters as well as cases involving gender recognition questions. Kirsten Hale is regularly instructed to act on financial and cohabitation issues as well as child arrangements cases, Clare Cox spearheads the team’s care offering, and Charmaine Moger is well-versed in private law children matters.

Boutique firm Brigstow Family Law provides ‘exceptional family law advice‘ across the full range of divorce, children and cohabitation issues. The team regularly handles the financial aspects of complex relationship breakdowns involving cross-border and non-matrimonial assets, and it also specialises in private children’s matters involving allegations of domestic abuse or controlling behaviour. Sharon Mahmood and Bessie Hanson jointly head the team and are praised for their ‘pragmatic advice and exceptional client care skills‘ in both children and financial matters. Mary Gaskins joined the practice in July 2024.

Renowned private wealth advisor Jessica Pitt leads the ‘efficient, effective and clear‘ team at Foot Anstey, which is noted for its strong capabilities in handling financial remedy matters involving family-owned businesses and/or farms and rural properties. Working with a host of high net worth individuals locally and nationally, Pitt is active on wealth protection matters in the context of divorces and nuptial agreements, while Emily Botham routinely handles divorces involving cohabitation, children, and safeguarding issues. Georgia Day is also highly recommended.

Goughs Solicitors is well-regarded for its alternative dispute resolution expertise, which it regularly applies in matrimonial finance and cohabitation cases involving clients with complex assets. The team also routinely handles Schedule 1 Children Act proceedings as well as other child arrangements and relocation cases. Practice head Thomas Boyce handles high net worth divorce cases, especially those involving farming families, while Matthew Drew is noted for his ability to provide pensions advice in financial remedy proceedings. Ross Phillips chiefly advises on TOLATA cases.

The boutique all-women team at Harbour Family Law is very active in private law financial and children matters and is praised for its ‘collaborative, non-confrontational approach‘. Clients regularly instruct the team to represent them in financial remedy proceedings involving business assets, advise on TOLATA claims, and act in complex Children’s Act proceedings related to allegations of abuse and controlling behaviour. Founding director Katy Zikking handles a diverse range of divorce and child arrangement matters and co-heads the team with Nicky Howarth, who stands out for her experience in matrimonial finance matters.

The Cheltenham family team at Harrison Clark Rickerbys chiefly represents clients in financial remedy proceedings, with a particular focus on cases involving business structures, inherited assets, and pensions. Carolyn Green co-heads the team and regularly acts in complex FDR proceedings involving non-disclosure and molestation issues, while co-head James Grigg handles a large volume of private Children Act proceedings. Andrew Morris boasts ‘an enviable reputation for financial remedy work‘ and is also well-versed in cohabitation claims and private children law issues, and James Shorrock handles high-value family finance matters.

In addition to its expertise in financial remedy matters, Nash & Co’s Plymouth family team is capable of taking on both public and private children law cases. The practice specialises in niche domestic abuse issues, regularly acting for clients in divorce and financial proceedings involving allegations of physical abuse and coercive control, and it also handles a large volume of care proceedings related to non-accidental injuries. Eleanor Barber heads up the firm’s matrimonial and family law offering and is well-versed in financial and domestic abuse matters, while Helen Bull leads the care team.

Porter Dodson LLP‘s family team maintains both a divorce and financial remedies offering and an active child law offering, with clients benefitting from the large practice’s breadth of expertise in public and private matters. Practice head Richard Baker spearheads the team’s financial offering and is routinely instructed by high net worth individuals with domestic and overseas business assets to act in private FDRs, while Rebecca Marshall is a key contact for private and public law child issues, including care work and Children Act proceedings. Cathryn Smith is an expert on pensions issues in divorces.

With six offices across the region, Stowe Family Law LLP is well-equipped to handle all manner of private law family issues for a broad roster of clients, standing out in particular for its expertise in high net worth and cross-border financial remedies cases, cohabitation matters, and child arrangements cases. Cheltenham partner Louise Chipchase leads the practice and is well-versed in matrimonial finance and child relocation matters, while Swindon contact Joanna Newton stands out for her work in relation to Schedule 1 Children Act proceedings and financial remedy proceedings involving offshore assets.

Drawing on a strong firmwide reputation for agricultural cases, the family team at Thrings LLP is regularly instructed by clients with high-value farm assets to advise on asset protection and finance matters, including prenups and complex financial remedy proceedings. The team also regularly advises on public sector divorces and separations involving significant international business assets. Children Act matters, including child abduction cases, are a particular area of focus for practice head Matthew Kellow, while Fiona Kellow has a broad practice that includes parental alienation cases. Anna Patterson stands out for her expertise in family farming matters.

Tozers Solicitors LLP regularly acts on divorce and financial matters and also maintains an active care offering, allowing the team to represent children and guardians in public proceedings. The team is also very active in Children Act proceedings concerning child relocations and allegations of domestic abuse. Caroline Ryan, an expert on complex finance cases involving public sector pensions, heads up the practice's private family offering, while children law expert Tony Wood leads the practice's care team. Further key contacts include care and domestic abuse law expert Mark Williams as well as financial remedies specialist Aimee Aspinall.

Experienced mediator and child law arbitrator Ian Walker heads up the family law offering at boutique firm Walker Family Law together with divorce and financial remedies specialist Fiona Griffin and child law expert Emma Perkins. The team is well-regarded for its experience handling private FDRs for clients with offshore assets and mediation in the context of cohabitation disputes, and it increasingly acts for both clients in divorces using the Resolution Together model. Child abduction and abuse cases are a further area of focus.

Willans LLP's Cheltenham-based practice works with high net worth business owners, professionals, and celebrities to handle children and financial matters. The team is well-versed in family finance cases involving farm and family business assets as well as offshore assets. Practice head Sharon Giles handles financial cases and cohabitation agreements and is an expert on alternative dispute resolution, including private FDRs, though she also acts in children and enforcement disputes as well as on surrogacy matters. Jonathan Eager and Kristie Silsby also handle a wide range of financial remedy matters.

GA Solicitors combines experience in private client and public law matters to represent local clients in financial remedy proceedings, private law children and cohabitation matters, as well as public and legal aid cases related to abuse and non-accidental injury. Michelle Grove leads the team and has extensive experience with TOLATA claims and private FDRs, while Andrew Wonnacott deals with a range of specialist child and care proceedings.

Hartnell Chanot & Partners acts on a wide range of family law issues, including finance proceedings involving pensions, business, and agricultural assets, surrogacy cases, as well as public and private children matters. While practice co-heads Norman Hartnell and Rachel Buckley specialise in divorce and finance issues and offer clients considerable expertise in alternative dispute resolution, Imran Khodabocus and Grace Bradley handle complex child abduction, abuse, and forced marriage cases. Jane Chanot is also a key contact for finance work with jurisdictional issues.

Financial remedy proceedings are a key area of focus for the family practice at Lester Aldridge LLP, though the team is also capable of handling complex children law issues and advising unmarried couples on cohabitation matters. The team is well-versed in matters with an international dimension, allowing it to regularly act on child relocation matters and represent clients with offshore assets in financial disputes. Practice head Rosemary Sharp chiefly advises high net worth clients on divorce and asset protection matters.

Divorce and wealth protection matters represent a cornerstone of Shakespeare Martineau LLP‘s family law practice, which routinely represents high net worth clients in complex financial remedy proceedings involving rural properties, family businesses, and overseas assets. Practice head James Myatt offers clients longstanding expertise in pension and divorce matters and is also well-versed in drafting pre- and postnuptial as well as cohabitation agreements. Kit O’Brien extends the practice’s offering to encompass TOLATA work and Children Act proceedings, while Alice Gibson handles private law children matters.

With offices in Salisbury and Poole, the team at Trethowans LLP represents clients throughout the region in divorce, financial remedy, and child law proceedings. Andrew Mercer co-leads the family team and regularly acts for high net worth and entrepreneurial clients through alternative dispute resolution, while co-head Kimberley Davies advises on reproduction and surrogacy matters in addition to acting in complex abuse cases. Emma Wilders-Pratt, who handles complex financial matters and advises clients on Child Arrangements Orders, joined the Salisbury team from the firm’s Winchester office in April 2024.

Wards Solicitors LLP handles a wide range of family finance matters, including divorce proceedings as well as pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and also advises clients on private law children matters in relation to child living arrangements and allegations of abuse. The team is also capable of providing specialist advice on cohabitation matters and same-sex parenting matters. Alison Bradley leads the team and offers clients extensive mediation expertise in financial matters.

Wolferstans‘ family team offers its clients ‘an extraordinary breadth of skills and expertise‘, acting routinely in divorce and financial remedy proceedings involving high-value assets as well as in public and private law children cases. Andrew Dodd stands out in particular for his representation of children through their guardians in care proceedings related to allegations of abuse and parental neglect. Alison Challacombe is also well-versed in care, adoption, and child abduction matters, while practice head Vikki Martin regularly advises on divorce and separation matters as well as on prenuptial and postnuptial agreements.

Experienced divorce and finance specialist Rebecca Procter heads up the team at Wollens, which is also well-regarded for its private and public children’s law work, particularly in relation to allegations of non-accidental child injuries. Procter stands out for her ability to advise clients with valuable farming assets and/or public sector pensions in financial remedy proceedings, while Rachel Carter regularly represents clients in legally aided care proceedings. David Kendall chiefly represents children through their guardians in public proceedings, while Deborah Baker handles wealth protection work and acts on child relocation and parental alienation cases.

Blanchards Bailey LLP‘s Dorset team chiefly advises military and agricultural families on financial and child matters, including divorces with military pensions and rural property assets as well as Children’s Act proceedings related to abuse and child abduction. Laura Martin heads up the team and focuses on financial remedy matters as well as on prenuptial and cohabitation agreements, while Julie Keogh is experienced with private law children proceedings.

Coodes Solicitors‘ Cornwall-based practice handles a diverse caseload of financial remedy and children matters. The team regularly advises on financial proceedings in divorces involving agricultural, business, and/or pension assets, while its public and private child law work centers around domestic abuse and non-accidental injury matters. Family and civil law expert Sarah Evans heads the team, which is also home to financial disputes expert Karen Pritchard and children law specialist Victoria Walters.

Frettens LLP‘s family team is capable of handling a large volume of financial remedy proceedings for clients holding family businesses, including agri-businesses. The team is also active in cases involving allegations of abuse or coercion, handling a divers array of child arrangements orders and Children Act applications. Andrew Stynes and Simon Immins respectively head up the teams from Christchurch and Ringwood.

Kitson Boyce LLP resulted from the merger of Kitsons and Boyce Hatton in October 2023, forming a team of lawyers in Plymouth, Exeter and Torquay capable of handling high-value divorces and financial remedy proceedings as well as child arrangements and guardianship orders. The team is headed up by Plymouth lawyer Anthony Hunt, who is well-versed in financial and cohabitation issues as well as private law children’s matters.