Jane Keir

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. She represented the wife in achieving a complete dismissal of the husband’s financial claims against trust assets and non-matrimonial wealth (estimated to be in the region of £1.3 billion) in the leading financial and trust case of Daga v Daga (Bangur) [2018] EWFC.

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; Legal 500 UK; Citywealth’s Top Ten Matrimonial Lawyers and Top 20 Women in Private Wealth; Spear's Indices 2019 for Top Recommended Family Lawyers; 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.