The Legal 500’s 2025 rankings marks Vardags’ next chapter of success, following the firm’s ‘extremely impressive’ founder and President, Ayesha Vardag, being listed in the Hall of Fame last year.
An extraordinary testimonial praised Vardags as ‘both the Rolls Royce and the Ferrari of the family law world’ and in total, 19 lawyers across our family and reputation and privacy departments have been featured.
The Legal 500 provides a yearly ranking of recommended law firms and lawyers, assessing them for their legal expertise. Rankings are based on a series of criteria, including market research and feedback from both clients and other lawyers.
Our offices in Manchester and Cambridge have been promoted to Tier 1, with practice head and Regional Managing Partner, Emma Gill, being praised by a client as ‘the best divorce lawyer anyone could ever instruct’.
Partners David Lister and Gareth Curtis have both been ranked as Leading Individuals, and Partner Robert Hines has been named a Next Generation Partner, all for for the first time. Partner Simon McKirgan has retained his ranking as a Leading Partner, and Partners Caroline Korah and Alex McCready have retained their rankings as Next Generation Partners.
This excellent result demonstrates our commitment to providing top-quality legal advice and representation. Our expertise in complex, high net worth divorce is noted for setting us apart from our competitors, with our divorce and family team being praised for their ability to ‘take on unwinnable cases and win… fight the unfightable and succeed’. Furthermore, our ‘top draw’ reputation and privacy team is also highly commended, with one testimonial describing them as being ‘without rival’.
We are really grateful to all of our clients, as well as our colleagues in the legal world, who provided such kind feedback.
Please see the full list of our lawyers who have been recognised:
Other Testimonials:
‘This is a slick and well organised team. They have great resources inhouse to support the advice they give to UHNW individuals - including tax advisers etc. The clients are very well looked after and praise the support they receive.’
‘Vardags are both the Rolls Royce and the Ferrari of the family law world. The firm’s strength and ability is remarkable. They take on unwinnable cases and win, they fight the unfightable and succeed and they relish the most complex and difficult of cases.
’Vardags Solicitors have a strong reputation for handling complex and high-net-worth family law cases. The team is distinguished for its strategic approach to financial disputes and arrangements involving children. Their expertise in navigating thorny legal issues, combined with a commitment to clear and straightforward client communication, sets them apart.’
’The Vardags reputation management team are top draw. What makes them stand apart from their major competitors is their highly personal approach. The team take extra care to listen to their clients and other expert consultants to determine the most appropriate strategy for victory. They have great expertise and background in the media coupled with a non-sensationalist approach to resolving disputes. Highly recommended.’
‘With high-profile clients, the reputation management team is a critical component of the firm, and it is without rival. Excellent and well-measured responses to tricky situations undertaken by true experts.’
Vardags Limited is a limited company trading as Vardags, Company No 7199468, registered in England and Wales, having its registered office at 10 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7NG. Vardags is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA Number 535955). Its VAT number is 99 001 7230.
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