Debenhams Ottaway, Family/Matrimonial

About

Provided by Debenhams Ottaway

Our family team advises on high value and complex divorces and financial settlements involving significant personal assets, with complicated business interests and challenging child arrangements, often involving an international element.

We work with individuals, parents, couples and grandparents in Hertfordshire, London, across the UK and internationally, guiding people sensitively and proactively through what is often a difficult time for the entire family. Our collaboratively trained lawyers deal with all family issues.

Our services include
•Prenuptial and Post-nuptial Agreements
•Divorce and Civil Partnership Dissolution
•International and Expatriate Divorce and Separation
•Divorce and Marital Finance Settlements
•Cohabitation and Living Together Agreements
•Separation Agreements for Unmarried Couples
•Disputes concerning arrangements for children
•International Relocation of children
•Variation of spousal and Child Maintenance claims

Chambers Review

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Family/Matrimonial - Thames Valley

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

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.

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Strengths

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Their approach is professional and knowledgeable. Each step is clearly articulated in a form that is understandable, and potential possible outcomes are explained with their consequences.