Resolving financial issues on relationship breakdown can often be contentious. Those difficulties can be exacerbated for professional clients where complex income arrangements, partnership structures and bonuses/ incentive plans (such as LTIPs, SIPs and share options) may be involved.
Our Professional Practices Group, headed by Adrian Clossick and comprising lawyers from our offices in Leeds and London, has expertise in acting for divorcing high-net-worth professionals in the legal, financial services, accountancy and medical sectors.
Adrian Clossick
As Head of the Professional Practices Group, Adrian frequently acts for professional clients and their spouses.
Toby Atkinson
Toby specialises in all areas of family law, including financial settlement on divorce and arrangements for children after parents separate.
Lisette Dupre
A partner in our Professional Practices Group, Lisette advises on all aspects of private family law, with specialist expertise in cross-border and jurisdictional issues.
Ellie Hampson-Jones
Ellie is recognised as a Rising Star by Spear’s magazine and “one to watch for the future” in Legal 500. She advises professional clients on all issues arising from relationship breakdown, both financial and children related.
Jenny Bowden
Jenny advises on all aspects of family law, with a focus on financial matters following family separation. Legal 500 describes her as “extraordinarily knowledgeable, responsive, and – importantly – sympathetic, sensible and understanding.”
Sarah Harvey
Sarah specialises in financial claims on divorce. She regularly assists high net worth professional individuals whose cases involve an international element, trusts (both onshore and offshore), complex income structures and the tracing of assets.
If you require assistance, please contact us or request a call from one of our lawyers.
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