Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth
2 Ranked Lawyers
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Expatriate Law
High Net Worth 2025
Rankings
Leading firm in High Net Worth 2025
Ranked Department
Ranked Department
Ranked Individuals
Ranked Individuals
Top figures
3
Offices
25
Company Size
2010
Established Year
Content provided by Expatriate Law
Contributions and articles
1 In-depth overview
15 Articles, Press releases, highlights
Overview
Provided by Expatriate Law
Expatriate Law is an award-winning, boutique international family law firm advising high-net-worth and globally mobile clients from its offices in London, the UAE and Singapore. The firm specialises exclusively in complex cross-border family matters, acting for business owners, executives, international families and expatriates whose personal and financial lives span multiple jurisdictions.
Industry sectors (1)
- Family Law
Capabilities (15)
- High-value financial remedies
- Divorce involving multi-jurisdictional assets and corporate structures
- Complex valuations (businesses, trusts, property portfolios, cryptoassets)
- Enforcement of foreign financial orders
- Offshore considerations involving the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and the Americas
- Relocation and cross-border movement of children
- Abduction (Hague and non-Hague)
- Safeguarding concerns, coercive control, and cases requiring urgent protective measures
- Contact, living arrangements, and parental responsibility disputes involving multiple legal systems
- Competing proceedings across England and Wales, the UAE, Americas, Singapore and Europe
- Strategic advice on choice of court, governing law and enforceability
- Advising expatriate families navigating conflicting legal frameworks
- Asset protection and prenuptial/postnuptial agreements with international elements
- Financial planning and tax-sensitive structuring (in collaboration with specialist advisors)
- Specialist guidance for clients relocating between England and Wales, the Middle East, the Americas, Asia and the Americas
Key people
Provided by Expatriate Law
Alexandra Tribe
Managing Partner
Byron James
Partner, Head of Middle East
Sonny Patel
Partner, Head of Asia
Hero Lomas
Partner
Eliza Hebditch
Partner
Lauren Carmichael
Partner
Sophie Capo-Bianco
Partner
Oscar Smith
Partner
Adam Mitchell
Dual-Qualified Solicitor (South Africa and England & Wales)
Work & experience
Provided by Expatriate Law
The firm is recognised for its technical excellence, strategic coordination across legal systems, and exceptional client care, offering discreet and solutions-focused representation in some of the most challenging international family disputes.
Notable work
Provided by Expatriate Law
Ultra-High-Net-Worth Prenuptial Agreement: Dynastic & Trust Wealth
2026Completed £450.0M London
Advising two UHNW families on prenup protecting dynastic estate and family trust assets worth hundreds of millions.
Cross-Border Jurisdiction Dispute: French Divorce Proceedings in England
2025Completed £30.0M London
Defending English jurisdiction for French national; bilateral stay agreed and forum conveniens hearing listed.
Abu Dhabi Consent Order as Shield Against English Part III Claim
2026Completed AED80.0M UAE
Abu Dhabi consent order structured to bar Part III claim; worldwide settlement achieved without English litigation.
Ranked Offices at Expatriate Law
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Ranked Departments at Expatriate Law (1)
Ranked Individuals at Expatriate Law (4)
Singapore
Sonny Patel
Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth
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UK-wide
Alexandra Tribe
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
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United Arab Emirates
Byron James
Head of Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth
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Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth
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All Contributions (1)
Provided by Expatriate Law
Top figures
3
Offices
25
Company Size
2010
Established Year
Content provided by Expatriate Law
Articles, Highlights and Press Releases
15 items provided by Expatriate Law
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