My legal life: Ayesha Vardag ============================ ![My legal life: Ayesha Vardag](https://vardags.com/images/pictures/_360/e7c4b89a47216ef8108c20e901843c1f.jpeg)Vardags Chairman Ayesha Vardag was interviewed by the [Law Society Gazette](https://www.lawgazette.co.uk/people/my-legal-life/my-legal-life-ayesha-vardag/5039696.article) in their "My Legal Life" feature. She explained to the journal where her enthusiasm for law came from "*My father and my grandfather before him were both politicians and lawyers, but I wanted to be a journalist or an actress and spent my time at Cambridge doing that. When the recession hit I bottled out of a bohemian existence because I didn't have the financial backup to be able to afford not to work for long periods, and I was also attracted by international work and living, so I took a big money role in a City law firm and worked for them in London and Moscow.*" She went on to tell the Gazette about how this training helped her rise to the top of family law "*My hugely eclectic legal background, from helping negotiate nuclear energy conventions at the UN (IAEA) in Vienna, to European law in Brussels, through corporate and financial work in Moscow and London, but equally the huge range of personal dramas and situations I've faced, have all given me the diversity of experience that means I have at least some understanding of pretty much anything any of my clients has to deal with.*" Speaking about where she feels family law is headed, she said "*The future lies in the development of the private sector courts. Arbitration is already frequently used in commercial law and since that was extended recently to family law it is providing a meaningful alternative to the mayhem of the court system*." "Ayesha Vardag - Britain's top divorce lawyer." ![The Huffington Post](https://vardags.com/images/logo/huffpost.png) "Ayesha Vardag - Woman of the Year"![GG2](https://vardags.com/images/logo/gg2-3.png) "Leading, Magic Circle law firm."Mr Justice Coleridge "A handful of firms dominate the so-called 'glamour' end of the market ... Vardags"The Times "One of the best divorce lawyers in the country"Marie Claire "Ayesha Vardag - 'diva of divorce' for the world's super rich" ![BBC](https://vardags.com/images/logo/bbc.png) "Dr Stephen Bence is a financial genius."Lewis Marks KC "Ayesha Vardag - the Queen of divorce"Daily Mail "Vardags brilliantly argued my case to a resounding victory"Pauline Chai (client) "Britain's top divorce lawyer" ![The Telegraph](https://vardags.com/images/logo/telegraph.png) Articles by John Oxley ---------------------- [Get a prenup first, then put a ring on it](https://vardags.com/posts/get-prenup-first "Get a prenup first, then put a ring on it") [The Rise (and Risks) of the DIY Prenups](https://vardags.com/posts/rise-risks-diy-prenup "The Rise (and Risks) of the DIY Prenups") [My legal life: Ayesha Vardag](https://vardags.com/posts/legal-life-ayesha-vardag "My legal life: Ayesha Vardag") [Why Are More Women Than Men Single After 60?](https://vardags.com/posts/women-men-single-60 "Why Are More Women Than Men Single After 60?") ['Diva of Divorce' hits out at 'rich-bashing'](https://vardags.com/posts/diva-divorce-hits-rich-bashing "'Diva of Divorce' hits out at 'rich-bashing'")