INDIVIDUAL PROFILE
Caroline Holley

Caroline Holley

High Net Worth 2025

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About

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Practice Areas

Caroline practises all areas of family law, often representing high-profile clients with complex legal needs. She speaks French and Italian and is well known for her expertise in international cases.

Caroline is an award-winning lawyer who advises in high-level financial litigation, frequently involving complex financial structures and multiple jurisdictions, as well as in disputes concerning children, such as abduction, relocation and custody. Her practice also includes non-contentious work, with expertise drafting and negotiating pre- and post-nuptial agreements and advising in respect of surrogacy arrangements.

Clients value Caroline’s ability to empathise and respond quickly and sensitively in difficult situations. She combines a resolute commitment to securing results in their best long-term interests with a sensible and pragmatic approach.

She acts for high-profile individuals in the worlds of sports and entertainment, as well as professionals, financiers and entrepreneurs and their families. Caroline works closely with specialists across the firm’s reputation management, property and estate planning teams as and when her clients’ needs require it.

Caroline is best known for her success in the influential Supreme Court case Petrodel v Prest, which saw a landmark ruling in her client’s favour.

Professional Memberships

Caroline is a fellow of International Academy of Family Lawyers.

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AIJA (Association International des Jeunes Avocats)

ABA (American Bar Association)

UIA (Union Internationale des Avocats)

STEP (Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners)

Chambers Review

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Chambers High Net Worth

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

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Individual Editorial
Caroline Holley advises on a comprehensive range of family matters including financial disputes.

Strengths

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  • Caroline Holley is a brilliant lawyer. She is extremely good at the detail and she fights for her clients really hard. She has a great rapport with clients and is an excellent team player.

    Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth
  • Caroline Holley is unflappable and an extremely knowledgeable specialist.

    Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth
  • Caroline Holley is a robust lawyer whose clients have complete faith that she is in their corner. She gives them a huge amount of confidence that they are looked after.

    Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth
  • Caroline Holley has got really good vision on a case: she's very strategic and has an immense overview. She has it all mapped out from the beginning.

    Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth

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