INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

Michael Finnegan

High Net Worth 2026

Burges Salmon LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Family/Matrimonial Finance: High Net Worth

UK-wide

1 year ranked

About

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High Net Worth

Practice Areas

Michael is a senior associate in Burges Salmon’s Family Law and Divorce team, based in London. He specialises in advising high net worth and ultra-high net worth individuals on divorce, and on pre/post marital agreements.

Michael regularly acts for those with complex finances, often involving corporate or trust structures, and has a particular interest in cases with an international element, and has experience in a variety of cases involving jurisdiction disputes, assets in multiple jurisdictions, applications following overseas divorces, and cross border marital agreements, as well as cases involving complex pension issues.

Career

Admitted as a solicitor: England & Wales (2018); Solicitor, Burges Salmon (2018); Associate, Burges Salmon (2021); Senior Associate, Burges Salmon (2024).

Professional Memberships

Resolution: member of Resolution’s Pensions, Tax and Financial Remedies Committee – which shapes and influences rules, policy and legislation in relation to tax, pensions and financial remedies, and promotes law reform in the interests of members and their clients.

Publications

The treatment of corporate structures on divorce - Lexology https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0739d8b7-a3af-4ab5-9f35-8d0fc6f9765a

Protecting trusts on divorce - Burges Salmon https://www.burges-salmon.com/our-thinking/protecting-trusts-on-divorce/

Duxbury gets a Refresh - Lexology https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=0b1e4f19-012b-4926-912c-752374cd1308

Jurisdiction and forum disputes in international divorce cases - Burges Salmon https://www.burges-salmon.com/our-thinking/jurisdiction-and-forum-disputes-in-international-divorce-cases/

Private FDRs Maximising Success - Lexology https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=cd99f5e4-5d71-40b8-9331-5b89e451ad51

Government to Consult on Extension of ‘No Gain, No Loss’ Window - Lexology https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=03c2f1a0-47a4-4ce8-9219-d939e66208b5

International Family Law: Brexit…one year on - Lexology https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=68658821-f021-4f33-b4fe-7ac380287ab7

Experience

• HNW and UHNW individuals: Acting for high net worth individuals, based both here and overseas, with complex business assets and trust structures, including cases where these assets have been acquired prior to marriage.

• International issues: Acting in contested forum proceedings in the High Court, and litigating in relation to the appropriate jurisdiction for divorce and financial remedy proceedings and advising and acting for individuals in relation to Part III applications to the English court following an overseas divorce.

• Pre & post marital agreements: Advising on pre and post-marital agreements to protect significant pre-acquired business assets and inherited family assets, often with several potentially relevant jurisdictions.

• Trustees and third-party intervenors in divorce proceedings: Acting on behalf of trustees and third-party intervenors, where applications have been made to join them into active financial remedy proceedings.

• Unmarried individuals: Acting on behalf of unmarried individuals in relation to substantial Schedule 1 claims for financial provision for the benefit of children, following relationship breakdown, including litigated cases in the High Court.

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Michael Finnegan advises high net worth clients on matrimonial finance matters, often taking on cross-border cases.

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Strengths

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Michael Finnegan is an intelligent and empathetic lawyer, and a very good technician.
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Michael Finnegan is excellent and user-friendly.
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Michael Finnegan is really hardworking and meticulous in his preparation.
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Michael Finnegan is all over the detail and giving advice beyond his years of experience. He has a really bright future ahead.
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Michael Finnegan is a good problem-solver and responsive.
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