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Family: Matrimonial Finance - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Maria Scotland is the joint head of the family team at 5 St Andrew's Hill. She is one of the top choice barristers for high-value, complex financial remedy matters. She has in-depth experience of such issues as asset division, pensions and pre- and postnuptial agreements. Scotland is very well versed in cross-jurisdictional cases. She also offers additional skills as a qualified arbitrator and mediator.
Strengths
Maria is always available to deal with questions. She is very flexible and always happy to try and be creative.
Maria is excellent in her client facing ability and a really fabulous advocate. She can explain intricate legal principles in a relatable way to a client and makes her advocacy seem so simple.
She is a pragmatic and approachable lawyer, who has great knowledge of the law.