INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

Jane Keir

High Net Worth 2025

Kingsley Napley LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth

UK-wide

3 years ranked

About

Provided by Kingsley Napley LLP

High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Jane is a Partner in the Family & Divorce team. She is recognised for her expertise in protecting wealth, both pre and post-divorce. In February 2020, she represented the successful wife in winning a compensation award of £400,000 in RC v JC (2020) EWHC 466. She also represented the wife in the leading financial and trust case of Daga v Daga (Bangur) [2018] EWFC. In December 2023 she represented the successful wife in the decision in PS v NB (2023) EWHC 3486 obtaining a maintenance award in excess of £30,000 per month for her client, plus costs.

Jane is a very technical lawyer who is known for finding novel and creative solutions for clients. She represents equal numbers of men and women and works closely with accountants and private wealth advisers.

Listed in Chambers UK and HNW guides; the 2020 Spears Top Flight Family Lawyers; The Legal 500; Citywealth’s Top Ten Matrimonial Lawyers and Top 20 Women in Private Wealth and in and in Who’s Who.

Career

Qualified in 1987. Joined Kingsley Napley in 1989; Head of Family 1999-2013; Senior partner 2013-2018.

Professional Memberships

Trustee of the Racing Foundation; The City of London Law Society; Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL); member of Resolution.

Publications

Regular speaker at conferences and contributor to publications including Law Society Gazette; Family Law; Farmers Weekly; The Lawyer; Spear’s Wealth; and The American among others.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

Chambers High Net Worth

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

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Jane Keir advises her clients on matters such as postnuptial agreements and their enforceability.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Jane Keir is delightful to work with, brilliant with clients and leads her team well. She knows the team fantastically well.
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth
Jane Keir is exceptionally good. She's absolutely first-rate, one of the real players in family law.
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth
Jane Keir's an absolute star; clients love her. She's a fantastic strategist and endgame planner.
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net WorthChambers High Net Worth