Vardags’ elite, highly experienced divorce lawyers, serving clients in Gloucester and across Gloucestershire, are renowned for achieving the best results on complex, HNW and UHNW divorce cases. Our Founder and President, Ayesha Vardag, has been widely described as “Britain’s Top Divorce Lawyer”. As an ex-Magic Circle solicitor, Ayesha Vardag has sought to create a divorce law firm with an equal commitment to excellence.
Vardags specializes in large, complex divorce cases, often featuring private companies, large property portfolios, trusts, and international or hidden assets. Our clientele have included financiers, entrepreneurs, footballers, celebrities, members of royal families, and aristocracy.
We offer a free initial consultation to suitable clients, typically those whose net assets are in excess of £1m or whose combined income surpasses £150,000. Our divorce lawyers take the time to fully understand the details of your unique circumstances. We will then talk you through the ensuring stages of your legal case, give you an indication of the possible outcomes, and an estimate of the likely cost.
Our divorce lawyers also serve the surrounding areas, including Cheltenham, Worcester and Hereford, ensuring the best possible legal services are available to those across the country.
Vardags’s expert divorce lawyers offer unparalleled legal support to our HNW and UHNW clients in Gloucester. Our divorce lawyers understand the emotional and financial challenges which can arise from divorce. Our goal is to guide you through this process with both compassion and prowess to give you peace of mind whilst securing your future.
Our award-winning divorce lawyers specialise in:
Gloucestershire County & Family Court is situated in the city centre a 0.7 mile journey from Gloucester train station. It is accessible via foot, taxis or busses. For those who require parking, the closest car park is Southgate Moorings Gloucester Docks car park which is a two-minute walk from the court.
Vardags represents clients who are part of wealthy families. We act equally for those seeking to protect their assets and those fighting for their fair share. We specialise in large and complex divorce cases including those involving private companies, property empires, trusts, international/hidden assets and investments.
You may be initiating divorce, responding to a divorce petition, seeking new lawyers for an ongoing case, or considering reopening an old case. Whatever the circumstances, having a top divorce solicitor on your side can make an enormous difference to your chances of success. If you think you may need our help, don’t delay. Contact Vardags before your spouse does.
The list below is only a guide and once contacted by one of our highly trained Client Relations Specialists, the most appropriate lawyer will be allocated to you, taking into account your specific circumstances and particular needs.
We offer a free consultation to suitable clients, typically those where the family's net assets are in excess of £1m or the combined income is in excess of £150,000
“Britain's top divorce lawyer” Ayesha Vardag rose to fame for winning the landmark Supreme Court case of Radmacher v Granatino in 2010, changing the law to make prenuptial agreements legally enforceable in England and Wales.
The founder and President of Vardags, Ayesha specialises in high-net-worth divorce, often with an international or celebrity element. Ayesha, described as “The Diva of Divorce” (TIME Magazine), has a reputation for hard-hitting litigation, commercial savvy, fearlessness, and strategic intellectual vision. This, coupled with a no-nonsense style, and a passion for her cases informed by her own experience of divorce, has won her an ultra-high-net-worth, high-profile client base second to none, made up of clients who expect the very best.
Simon McKirgan is Senior Partner at Vardags and a top international divorce lawyer, with experience in representing individuals or their spouses/partners from commercial, City, banking, investment, media, entertainment and sporting sectors, and entrepreneurs.
Simon specialises in high and ultra-high-net-worth divorce and financial disputes often involving complex jurisdictional issues, and separation and cohabitation disputes and private children proceedings, including international relocation. He has a wealth of experience in handling celebrities and the sensitivities around their cases.
The "ferociously bright" (Legal 500) Emma Gill specialises in divorce and matrimonial finance.
She is known for her legal insight, dedication and tireless attitude to securing her clientele the very best possible outcome. She regularly acts for the best and brightest entrepreneurs, business men and women, professionals and sports personalities. Her clients come to her for her creative, practical, no nonsense advice.
David is a Senior Partner at Vardags. With over 35 years of experience at the forefront of the profession, David’s practice comprises a wide ambit of family law issues, namely high net worth and ultra-high net worth divorce and matrimonial finance issues with complex legal, financial and factual disputes and international elements. David also takes a strong interest in non-disclosure and enforcement issues as well as nuptial and cohabitation agreements.
Annemarie regularly acts for business men and women, high earning self-employed consultants, professionals, sports personalities and their families.
Annemarie’s particular specialism is in the resolution of financial matters on divorce, and the resolution of financial matters between unmarried couples and parents. Her cases typically include those with high-value and complex financial issues, including the valuation of business assets, property, pensions and trusts. Her experience includes advising on cases involving nuptial agreements and those with an international element.
Gareth Curtis is a Partner at Vardags, advising on the full spectrum of family law issues, with particular experience in financial remedy cases as well as financial claims made on behalf of children in Schedule 1 proceedings.
A Legal 500 Next Generation Partner with a “fine legal brain”, Gareth specialises in HNW and UHNW cases involving complex legal and financial issues, including businesses, trust arrangements and offshore structures. Gareth also has in-depth knowledge of:
- Freezing injunctions
- Maintenance pending suit actions
- Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
- Cohabitation agreements
- Separation agreements
- Domestic abuse