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Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth - UK-wide

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What the Team is Known For

Stewarts is highly sought after by ultra high net worth individuals to advise on complex matrimonial finance matters. The Stewarts team is particularly widely praised for its bench strength.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Helen Ward
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Helen Ward
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Senior Statespeople
Helen Ward is a highly regarded figure within the matrimonial market.
Emma Hatley
Emma Hatley
Star Individuals
Emma Hatley is widely admired as a leading practitioner for complex domestic and international family matters.

Emma Hatley is a standout partner with an extremely quick mind and takes a strategic approach to solving clients' issues. She's a joy to work with.

Emma is a very stylish lawyer. She's very elegant in the way in which she presents cases. She obtains results through meticulous attention to detail and has a smooth way of engaging with opponents.

Emma Hatley is always focused on her strategy, fights as hard as she can and always keeps her finger on the detail of a case.

Debbie Chism
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Debbie Chism
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Debbie Chism enjoys a fantastic reputation for her expertise in complex family matters.

Debbie Chism is approachable, astute and has lots of experience. She is caring with clients and makes sure their feelings are looked after.

Tactical positioning is her great skill and she's really good at judging and creating creative structures and outcomes. Debbie completely understands how to put together a team.

Richard Hogwood
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Richard Hogwood
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Richard Hogwood is well known for his considerable experience handling international divorce proceedings and drafting nuptial agreements.

Richard Hogwood is really good at client care and can always see the bigger picture.

Richard Hogwood is a bright lawyer, good to deal with and very sensible.

Richard Hogwood is really technical and really bright, probably the brightest of his generation. He's a really dynamic partner.

Stephen Foster
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Stephen Foster
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Stephen Foster has extensive experience advising ultra high net worth individuals on complex international family matters. He is head of the family department.

Stephen Foster combines immense charm and a great skill at developing a plan. He's peerless at that.

Stephen Foster has great strategic instincts and his judgement is excellent. He is also extremely calm under pressure.

Stephen Foster brought his wealth of experience to the case, providing strategic input and first-rate judgement at key stages of the case.

Matthew Humphries
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Matthew Humphries
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Matthew Humphries is noted for his considerable experience advising high net worth clients on matrimonial finance cases.

Matthew Humphries is really sensible, pragmatic and a good litigator.

Matthew Humphries is a top matrimonial litigator. His knowledge of the procedural rules is second to none, his understanding of clients' needs is brilliant, and his case strategy is brilliant.

Matthew Humphries is rapidly building in profile and reputation. For clients at an emotional stage of their lives, he is a calm, authoritative adviser who clients have a high degree of trust in.

Sam Longworth
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Sam Longworth
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Band 2
Sam Longworth regularly advises high net worth clients on complex matrimonial matters.

Sam Longworth is a great team leader. He cares about his clients and is strategic about his approach in disputes.

Sam is an excellent strategist. He's very good at settling cases and comes up with really good solutions.

Toby Atkinson
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Toby Atkinson
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Toby Atkinson is adept at handling all aspects of family law, with particular expertise in dealing with financial matters.

Toby Atkinson has got exactly the right temperament to deal with the high emotions.

Toby Atkinson managed the client superbly.

Carly Kinch
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Carly Kinch
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Carly Kinch is particularly skilled at dealing with complex financial remedy proceedings.

Carly Kinch knows her way around a complex, high-value financial case.

Carly Kinch is coming up and a phenomenal worker.

Lucy Stewart-Gould
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Lucy Stewart-Gould
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Band 5

Lucy Stewart-Gould is regularly instructed by affluent clients to handle complex matrimonial finance matters.

Lucy Stewart-Gould is an amazing partner in the team. She is a very commercial partner who focuses on solutions. She is also technically good with a mind to commerciality.

Lucy Stewart-Gould has a brain the size of a planet.

Lucy Stewart-Gould is super smart, very driven, and very focused on results for her clients. She's very intelligent and I enjoy working with her.

Sophie Chapman
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Sophie Chapman
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Band 5
Sophie Chapman advises affluent clients on a broad range of family issues, including divorce, nuptial agreements and children matters.

Sophie Chapman is really calm, clever, and managed difficult clients extremely well.

She's a very safe pair of hands and a very trustworthy opponent.

Sophie Chapman orchestrated an extremely well-thought-through strategy and had a phenomenal eye on the detail while keeping a keen focus on the broader picture and my strategic goals.

Jenny Duggan
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Jenny Duggan
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Up and Coming

Jenny Duggan is a partner who advises on complex matrimonial finance matters, including nuptial agreements.

Voirrey Ward
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Voirrey Ward
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Up and Coming

Voirrey Ward is a well-regarded partner who advises on complex financial remedy matters, often involving international elements.

Voirrey Ward is thorough and hard-working.

Voirrey Ward is very enthusiastic, a good team player and up-and-coming.

Voirrey Ward is very intelligent, astute and highly effective. She's really polished and highly regarded.

Sarah Havers
Sarah Havers
Associates to watch
Sarah Havers is a senior associate on the Stewarts divorce and family team.

Sarah Havers is extremely good at client management and at getting into the detail of a case.

Ranked Individuals at
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Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth

Helen Ward
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Helen Ward
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Senior Statespeople
Emma Hatley
Emma Hatley
Star Individuals
Debbie Chism
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Debbie Chism
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Band 1
Richard Hogwood
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Richard Hogwood
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Band 1
Stephen Foster
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Stephen Foster
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Band 1
Matthew Humphries
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Matthew Humphries
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Band 2
Sam Longworth
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Sam Longworth
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Band 2
Toby Atkinson
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Toby Atkinson
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Band 3
Carly Kinch
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Carly Kinch
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Band 4
Lucy Stewart-Gould
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Lucy Stewart-Gould
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Band 5
Sophie Chapman
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Sophie Chapman
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Band 5
Jenny Duggan
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Jenny Duggan
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Up and Coming
Voirrey Ward
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Voirrey Ward
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Up and Coming
Sarah Havers
Sarah Havers
Associates to watch