Ranked in 2 Practice Areas

Expertise Based Abroad

Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth

United Arab Emirates

4 Years Ranked

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Provided by Alexandra Tribe

High Net Worth

Professional Memberships

- Fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers

- Resolution specialist in International Family Law and Advanced Financial Provision

- Co-Chair, Resolution’s international family law committee

Publications

- Contributor of the International Family Law Handbook (2025)

- International Family Law Journal, Safeguards required for the cross-border travel of children between England and the Middle East, Co-author (2024)

- UAE family law analysis, Lexis Nexis (2023)

- International Family Law, Policy and Practice, Guest Editor (2023)

- Family Law Week, Mirror orders in children proceedings – UK and Hong Kong compared, Co-author (2023)

Career

Alexandra Tribe is the founding Managing Partner of Expatriate Law and a leading practitioner in international family law. She advises HNW and UHNW clients on complex cross-border financial remedy proceedings, multi-jurisdictional divorce disputes, and matters involving sophisticated asset structures spanning several legal systems simultaneously. Her practice has particular depth in prenuptial and postnuptial agreements with international elements, forum strategy, and the co-ordination of parallel proceedings.

Alexandra qualified as a solicitor in 2004 and founded Expatriate Law in 2010. She has built it into a globally recognised practice with offices in London, the UAE, and Singapore.

Alexandra serves as Co-Chair of Resolution’s International Family Law Committee — a role reflecting her standing and influence in shaping the development of cross-border family law practice.

• Ranked in Chambers & Partners UK Ultra High Net Worth guide

• Ranked in Chambers & Partners UAE High Net Worth guide: Expert

• Ranked in Spear’s 500 Family Law Index: Top Recommended

• Featured in Doyle's Guide

• Featured in Citywealth Top 100 International Powerwomen 2025

• Finalist, International Team of the Year – LexisNexis Legal Awards (2022, 2024, 2026)

• International Family Lawyer of the Year (Family Law Awards, 2023)

Awards

International Family Lawyer of the Year

LexisNexis Family Law Awards

2023

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

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Alexandra Tribe is the founder of Expatriate Law and a well-known expert in cross-border divorce matters. Tribe represents international families in the UK and British nationals based outside the UK in English law divorce matters. She is also a specialist in work involving the Middle East, including Shari'a law and its impact on international divorces.


Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth - United Arab Emirates

United Arab Emirates, expertise based abroad in UK
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Alexandra Tribe of Expatriate Law advises high net worth clients in the UAE on family matters and has a strong reputation for this work.

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