Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
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Band 2

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Band 2

Family/Children Law

London (Firms)

3 Years Ranked

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About

Provided by Sital Fontenelle

UK

Practice Areas

Sital is Head of Department for the Family and Divorce team. She specialises in complex financial matters within relationship breakdown including international jurisdictional cases. She has extensive experience in difficult cases involving off-shore trusts, family businesses, tracing assets, third party interests and inherited wealth. Sital is known for her strategic advice in complex cases, and has great instincts in manoeuvring the case to achieve the right result for her clients.

Examples of her cases include: acting for the Wife in complex financial remedy proceedings where the assets totalled £38m plus and the matter proceeded to a 5 day final hearing; acting for the Wife of an American banker with worldwide assets and representing her at the Arbitration; acting for a lawyer in financial remedy proceedings involving complex trust structures and off-shore interests with assets of over £100m.

Sital won silver in the "Woman of the Year - Future Leaders (Partner)" category at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2020.

Career

Qualified in September 2003.

Professional Memberships

Sital is an active member of the Resolution Cohabitation Committee. She presented at Resolution’s annual conference in 2019, 2017 and in 2011, and is a regular contributor to the committee’s publications.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Guide to the Legal Profession

Family/Children Law - London (Firms)

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Sital Fontenelle has an impressive practice that sees her regularly assist clients with leave to remove cases and other private child arrangements during and after divorce.


Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth - London (Firms)

2
Band 2
Individual Editorial

Sital Fontenelle is an experienced partner who has recently become head of Kingsley Napley's family department. Fontenelle advises on high-value and often cross-border financial remedies matters.

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