Ranking tables
Family/Matrimonial | UK
Aberdeen and surrounds
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
- Brodies LLP 9 Years Ranked
- Patience & Buchan 12 Years Ranked
- Balfour+Manson LLP
Band 2
Band 1
Band 2
- Gareth Masson Blackadders LLP5 Years Ranked
- Isabelle Douglas Aberdein Considine1 Years Ranked
- Judith A MeilTaggart Meil Mathers
- Kirsten KnightBalfour+Manson LLP
Up and Coming
Associates to watch
- Donna McKay Brodies LLP1 Years Ranked
- Gillian Mitchell Patience & Buchan5 Years Ranked
- Sophie Hamilton PikeBalfour+Manson LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Brodies LLPFamily/Matrimonial2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedBrodies 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.1 Patience & BuchanFamily/Matrimonial2024 | Band 1 | 12 Years RankedPatience & 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.
Band 2
2 Aberdein ConsidineFamily/Matrimonial2024 | Band 2 | 3 Years RankedAderdein 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.