Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
UK-wide
4 years ranked
Provided by Mishcon de Reya LLP
Barbara is a Partner in Mishcon Private, a former Head of Family with expertise in family law. She assists a wide range of high net worth and ultra high net worth families and their family offices, with a particular emphasis on complex financial remedy cases often involving their businesses, assets in different jurisdictions and complicated trust structures. She is also a specialist in children matters and brings specialist skills to issues concerning neuro-diversity, addiction and abuse.
She has been involved in many leading high net worth cases and is renowned for her handling of the financial fall-out from divorce, with significant experience in cases that include non-disclosure and enforcement issues, as well as covering other discrete issues such as injunctions, overseas children relocation, cohabitation, separation, surrogacy, and mental capacity.
Barbara has also been recognised for her private client and family services and is listed in the Spear’s Family Lawyers 2025 as a Senior Statesperson Family Lawyer and in the Citywealth Leaders List 2025. She is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and a member of Resolution. Legal 500 describe her as "wickedly intelligent" and "strategically minded" and Chambers call her "exceptionally knowledgeable". While acting for a wide number of clients, including many high-profile cases, her strength lies in being a trusted advisor for many families and their family offices.
She is a qualified mediator and is a member of the ADR group. She is also a member of the Development Board of the Young Vic and a trustee of the WOW Foundation. She is a frequent broadcaster and speaker at conferences.
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Partner, Head of Family, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
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Lawyer of the Year
DB Recovery+ McLean Awards
2023
Re D (A young man), [2020] EWCOP 1
C v C [2018] EWHC 3186 (Fam)
Rapp v Sarre (Formerly Rapp) [2016] EWCA Civ 93
B (Children) [2012] EWCA Civ 1082
Miller-Smith v Miller-Smith (No 2) [2010] 2 FLR 351
Miller-Smith v Miller-Smith [2009] EWHC 3623
F (A Child) [2008] EWCA Civ 938
Morgan v Hill 2006 EWCA 1602
Re P (child provision) 2003 EWCA Civ 837
Re B 2002 EWCA Civ 1225 <
Otobo v Otobo 2002 EWCA Civ 949
IN v CH [2024] EWFC 233 - Acted for the husband who made a competing application against the wife for an order for sale in respect of the matrimonial home and a yacht. No beneficial interest was found and an order for sale was made (within financial remedy proceedings). The wife’s application to sell the yacht was unsuccessful as it belonged to a company, AB, who had not been joined to the proceedings.
Provided by Chambers
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Barbara Reeves has been superb in advising me, ensuring that her advice is always frank, detailed, but most importantly, child and family-centric at all times. Barbara’s professionalism and kindness has been a key source of strength for me and my family during the difficult process of divorce.
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