Divorce, Separation, Finances & Children

You may be contemplating the breakdown of a relationship or a marriage. You may be worried about the financial consequences of separation or struggling to agree on arrangements for your children. You may be concerned to protect family or pre-marital wealth. Our highly experienced team of specialists understand the challenges and will guide you through the process to achieve the best outcome for you and your family.

We are one of very few firms to offer a complete range of family law services including representation, family mediation, collaborative law and family arbitration. We offer a friendly, approachable, experienced and bespoke service specialising in medium to High-Net-Worth financial remedy cases, particularly those involving businesses, inherited assets, farms, family-owned or controlled assets/trusts, offshore assets and pensions, as well as complex children cases. We also specialise in wealth protection including Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements and Living Together Agreements.

Recognised by Chambers and Legal 500 as experts in our field, we offer a comprehensive, practical service covering all areas of family law, supported by specialist in-house advice on wealth management, tax, trusts, wills, property, employment, and business and corporate issues with multi-lingual expertise.

We help you to understand your options, give straightforward and pragmatic advice and work to achieve the best financial outcome for you and your family. We can help to resolve arrangements for children and child maintenance and regularly deal with complex cases including relocation of children both in the UK and abroad. Our family lawyers also have specialist domestic violence expertise.

We can help with:

  • Divorce and separation
  • Civil partnership dissolution
  • Financial settlements
  • Domestic violence
  • Cohabitation issues
  • Pre- and Post-Nuptial Agreements and Living Together Agreements
  • Separation Agreements

All our senior lawyers are Resolution accredited specialists, and our mediators are Resolution accredited. The head of our team is a part-time family judge specialising in financial and children’s cases.

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What clients say

"They are not only very good lawyers but also have the necessary empathy with clients and their needs, which is so important in this area of legal work."

Chambers & Partners 2025

"They are a force of a team who are rapidly growing. They are well respected, covering a wide range of family work, and are known for being thorough, knowledgeable and approachable."

Legal 500 2025

"They won my trust and gave me the confidence I needed to make me feel that I could get through this situation."

Chambers & Partners 2022

"They provide excellent legal advice and support on family matters"

Chambers & Partners 2024

"You’ve carefully built my trust throughout this process and have never let me down. You’ve delivered on all your recommendations. For the first time in my life I would say that a solicitor was worth every penny."

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"Geldards have an exceptional team of lawyers, who can deliver excellent advice on a wide range of family issues. They assist mid-high net worth individuals in complex financial and children cases"

Legal 500 2024

"You gave me back my life!....You came very highly recommended to me and now I know why…..I could not have found anyone better to represent me during the negotiations….Your unfailing kindness and calmness kept me going."

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