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Family/Matrimonial | UK

Aberdeen and surrounds

Our Family/Matrimonial sections deal with issues surrounding the inception and breakdown of personal relationships. This includes the creation of pre-nuptial, civil partnership and cohabitation agreements relating to financial and property assets, the resolution of divorces or separations involving financial and property disputes, and the handling of matters relating to children in the context of divorce or separation. Public law proceedings related to children in care may also be included, as may work relating to surrogacy and fertility law.

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Band 1
  1. Brodies LLP
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    Brodies LLP
    Family/Matrimonial
    2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years Ranked
    Brodies is a leading Scottish firm with a family team working across offices in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Aberdeen. It demonstrates notable experience in cross-border matrimonial finance matters, often involving complex business and tax issues, as well as the negotiation of nuptial and cohabitation agreements. The team also handles a range of child matters including child abductions and disputes around residence and contact, as well as adoption and parentage issues. Brodies is well versed in alternative dispute resolution, housing experts in collaborative law, mediation and arbitration. Its clients also benefit from close connections to the other teams within the firm.
  2. Patience & Buchan
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    Patience & Buchan
    Family/Matrimonial
    2024 | Band 1 | 12 Years Ranked
    Patience & Buchan is a well-known and highly regarded Aberdeen-based practice with experience in divorces and cohabitation cases, especially those involving high net worth individuals, farming assets and other property issues. It also possesses experience in child-related disputes, such as welfare hearings, contact orders and relocations including multi-jurisdictional cases. The team has a strong focus on resolving disputes collaboratively or via mediation.
  3. Balfour+Manson LLP
    Family/Matrimonial
    2024 | Band 1
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Band 2
  1. Aberdein Considine
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    Aberdein Considine
    Family/Matrimonial
    2024 | Band 2 | 3 Years Ranked
    Aderdein Considine has an experienced team in Aberdeen and Edinburgh handling a broad range of family law matters. Its lawyers advise on divorce and financial provisions, prenuptial agreements and international child maintenance enforcement, often acting for high net worth individuals. The team is further noted for its work on sensitive children matters including issues such as domestic abuse. In addition to court representation, the firm can offer the full range of ADR services.