Julian Ribet

Julian is a founding partner of the firm which was recently voted “Financial Remedies Team of the Year” and was recently described by Chambers & Partners as “absolutely the star of now”.

Widely regarded as one of the country's leading family lawyers he is highly rated by every legal directory (Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Spears, and Citywealth); listed as one of the top 20 family lawyers in the UK (CityWealth) and ranked as a leading individual in Chambers UK Guide and Chambers HNW Guide. Julian is a fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, an accolade awarded to only a small number of individuals who are recognised as worldwide leaders in the field of family law practice.

He established his reputation early in his career, acting in the landmark case of Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane, which reshaped the law governing financial claims on divorce and continues to influence family law today. Since then, he has remained at the forefront of the profession, advising on cases that address some of the most complex and evolving issues in Family Law.

Julian is regularly instructed in high-value and internationally complex matters, often acting for entrepreneurs, business owners, senior executives, international families and other high-profile individuals. His cases frequently involve acting for high-profile individuals or their spouses or partners. These types of cases usually have an international dimension and often involve significant assets and income, forum disputes, asset tracing, the unravelling of complicated financial issues, dealing with inherited wealth, business assets, companies, tax, pensions and intricate corporate and offshore trust structures, privately held businesses, multi-generational wealth, private equity interests and other sophisticated asset structures. He also advises on sophisticated domestic and international pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and has extensive experience in complex children matters, including domestic and international relocation cases and disputes involving allegations of abuse, coercive control and parental alienation.

In addition to his litigation practice, Julian is a Resolution Accredited Specialist, a trained "all issues" mediator, a qualified Family Arbitrator and a member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. This breadth of expertise enables him to guide clients towards the most effective method of resolving disputes, whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or court proceedings.

Julian has a conscientious and creative approach. He provides a service of the highest quality whilst acting with warmth, sensitivity, empathy and discretion.

He is described in Chambers & Partners as “a field-leading partner. One of the very best in the business” and as “a force of nature. He is the client’s tower of strength in a time of need”.

Julian is tenacious and utterly dedicated to achieving the best possible outcome for his clients. He is an adept negotiator, willing to be sensible and pragmatic to bring about settlement for his clients in the trickiest and most hard-fought cases.

1999 Trained Ambrose Appelbe, qualified

2000 Assistant, Levison Meltzer Pigott

2007 Partner, Levison Meltzer Pigott

2021 Founding Partner, Ribet Myles LLP

Law Society

Resolution (Accredited Specialist)

Association of Lawyers for Children

Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers

Throughout his career Julian has been involved in a number of cases which have changed or clarified the law including:

Re S (Contact: Children’s views) [2002] EWHC 540

W v J (Child: Variation of financial provision) [2003] EWHC 2657

McFarlane v McFarlane; Parlour v Parlour [2004] EWCA Civ 872

Miller v Miller; McFarlane v McFarlane [2006] UKHL 24

Re S (Unmarried parents: Financial Provision) [2006] EWCA Civ 479

CC v RC [2007] EWHC 2033

K v B [2010] EWHC 2151

AC v DC and Others (Financial Remedy: Effect of s37 Avoidance Order) [2012] EWHC 2032 (Fam)

AC v DC and Others (No 2) [2012] EWHC 2420

AM v SS [2013] EWHC 4380

AM v SS v WS [2014] EWHC 2887

AM v SS [2014] EWHC 865

Rabia v Rabia [2014] EWCA Civ 1767

US v SR (No. 1) [2014] EWHC 175

US v SR (No. 2) [2014] EWHC 2864

US v SR (No. 3 Needs) [2014] EWHC 24

Vasilyeva v Shemyakin [2019] EWHC 932

Bailey v Bailey [2021] EWFC B99

Marie-Therese Elisabeth Helene Hohenberg Bailey v Anthony John Bailey [2022] EWFC 5

Williams v Williams [2024] EWHC 733 (Fam)