Family/Matrimonial Finance: High Net Worth
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : UK-wide
Band 2
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0117 939 2000Chambers Review
Burges Salmon has a longstanding reputation as a leading law firm for high net worth family matters. The team is well equipped to advise on a broad range of matrimonial matters, including complex financial proceedings.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Burges Salmon have good strength in depth with really strong technical and personal lawyers. They're experience in financial remedy, complex children and prenuptial agreements, often involving trusts."
"Burges Salmon have a depth of knowledge and significant experience of complex and cross-border family work."
"Burges Salmon is excellent, a Bristol-based firm that has made real strides in the London market."
"Burges Salmon have good strength in depth with really strong technical and personal lawyers. They're experience in financial remedy, complex children and prenuptial agreements, often involving trusts."
"Burges Salmon have a depth of knowledge and significant experience of complex and cross-border family work."
"Burges Salmon is excellent, a Bristol-based firm that has made real strides in the London market."
Notable Practitioners
Sarah Hoskinson has considerable experience dealing with complex divorce and financial remedy proceedings.
"Sarah Hoskinson is very pragmatic, solution-focused and creative and kind. She is good at understanding her client's ultimate objectives."
"Sarah is incredibly bright, articulate and really knows her stuff. She has real technical knowledge that is impressive."
"Sarah is simply an outstanding lawyer who it is a pleasure to work with. Her knowledge on pension issues is second to none; she is simply the best. She is very commercially aware."
Richard Handel has particular expertise in advising wealthy clients on divorce and nuptial agreements.
"Richard is fantastic and is well liked and well regarded. He is constructive without being unhelpfully litigious. He excels in prenuptial agreements and keeping the heat out of them."
"Richard is technically brilliant, strategic, commercial and has a superb legal mind."
"Richard is a lawyer you would recommend to friends. He has great technical ability, commercial realism and a focus on solutions, as well as being incredibly personable with a brilliant bedside manner."
Alison Hawes is adept at dealing with matrimonial finance matters, as well as nuptial agreements.
"Alison is a fantastic lawyer. She is credible, solution-focused and responsive. She is good at judgement calls and exceptionally good at working constructively with her clients."
"Alison is a super bright lawyer. She's got fantastic drafting skills and is a very warm human being who comes across as always willing to negotiate for her clients."
"Alison is incredibly experienced."
Hannah Petherick focuses her practice on divorce and children matters. She is particularly well regarded for her client-handling skills.
"Hannah has a terrific manner with clients, even when they are difficult, in the midst of the emotional maelstrom of cases."
"Hannah is able to settle matters very quickly. She gives strong, sensible, robust advice but is also not afraid to litigate. She has fantastic client care skills."
"Hannah is reassuring and emotionally intelligent, so her client care is exceptional. She takes a practical approach but has excellent technical knowledge."