UK Glasgow, Edinburgh and surrounds Family/Matrimonial

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.

Morton Fraser MacRoberts has a long-established and respected practice in Edinburgh and frequently advises on family disputes before the Court of Session and sheriff courts. The firm is well recognised for its breadth of expertise in multi-jurisdictional matters, including matters ranging from international child abductions to high-value divorces with foreign assets, with an array of dual-qualified experts capable of handling complex English law matters. The team is active in public and private children law, and also provides wealth protection and preventive advice including prenuptial and cohabitation agreements. In November 2023 Morton Fraser and MacRoberts merged, the combined firm is called Morton Fraser MacRoberts.

SKO Family Law Specialists in Edinburgh is a well-regarded practice frequently instructed on complicated arbitrations and mediations. The group is especially experienced in international matters, including separations, and both public and private children cases ranging from abuse allegations to international child abductions. It is also recognised for acting on novel cases and in niche areas such as fertility and surrogacy.

BTO Solicitors in Edinburgh offers notable expertise in complex children work and high net worth financial provisions concerning both married and cohabiting couples. The firm is active in alternative dispute resolution and has also acted on significant litigation in the Court of Session and the sheriff court. It fields a number of dual-qualified lawyers, meaning the team is well placed to advise on cross-border matters, and often acts on matters involving complex business structures, farming assets and property issues. The team has further expertise in issues around fertility and surrogacy.

Burness Paull is developing a strong family law practice in Edinburgh, focused on complex matrimonial financial disputes. Lawyers in the team are adept at dealing with matters that involve significant business and property interests, both in relation to divorce proceedings and during the negotiation of nuptial agreements. The firm also has the capacity to act for clients during private child cases, including disputes over residence and contact issues.

Harper Macleod is recognised for its broad coverage of family matters, offering expertise in divorces, cohabitation claims and child relocation matters along with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. The team in Glasgow displays considerable capabilities in cross-border cases and offers trained collaborative lawyers and mediators, in addition to skilled litigators. It also has experience in fertility law and associated issues, including adoption, surrogacy and assisted conception.

Lindsays has lawyers based in Edinburgh, Dundee and Glasgow covering both children and financial matters. The practice handles complex financial cases related to marriage, divorce and cohabitation, including those that involve foreign assets, inherited wealth and property issues. It is well equipped to bring litigation before the Court of Session and sheriff courts in addition to managing matters through collaborative law and alternative dispute resolution proceedings.