Vardags has built a worldwide reputation as the leading London law firm for clients facing a divorce. The award-winning firm offers clients the very best divorce lawyers in London to assist high-net-worth individuals, their families, and the global elite during all aspects of the divorce process. The firm specialises in complex and international divorces, and our specialist divorce lawyers are leading authorities in these fields, offering specialised support in every case. Vardags is internationally recognised as the home of life-changing, law-making divorce and family litigation. The expert divorce team are leaders in divorce and family matters, with Ayesha Vardag, the renowned “Diva of Divorce” (BBC) at the helm. The specialist team include “top divorce solicitor” (ITV News) Georgina Hamblin and the “immensely skilled” (Legal 500) Simon McKirgan, another of our expert divorce lawyers. Vardags has acted in some of the highest-profile divorce cases of recent years all the way up to the Supreme Court.
Our divorce lawyers are leaders in their field and have a particular focus on substantial and complex divorces. Our specialist divorce team can assist you if you are, or your partner is, a high net worth individual with family assets greater than £1 million or a family income greater than £150,000 per annum.
Many of our client’s divorces involve shareholdings in private companies or other complex assets, and our specialist divorce team can advise clients in these situations. Typical issues faced by high net worth clients facing a divorce include complicated valuations, asset tracing or jurisdictional aspects. The divorce team’s specialist legal advice and experience surrounding all divorce matters is further enriched by its in-house financial forensics team, with dedicated specialists that deal with sophisticated and intricate issues that can arise in divorce. This innovative strategy results in the very best outcomes for clients who are going through a divorce.
The closest tube stations are St Paul's or Chancery Lane, both on the Central line. Alternatively we are a short walk from Blackfriars station on the District and Circle line. We are also only a matter of metres away from City Thameslink rail station. By car, Old Bailey should be accessed via the Strand, as vehicles cannot approach the office from Newgate Street.
The reputation of the firm as the best London divorce firm is a combination of having industry-recognised leading divorce lawyers on the team, as well as following this multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach with other leading departments in the firm including reputation and privacy, property, media, employment criminal and civil litigation. This approach ensures that the firm’s clients are offered the very best service during their divorce from the UK’s leading lawyers. This joint approach means we can support our clients in relation to all aspects of their divorce by offering an industry-leading, cross-collaborative approach that is tailored the circumstances of each divorce. Our divorce clients often have an international background and this holistic approach to every divorce case allows us to achieve optimal results for our clients.
Vardags is one of the UK’s leading divorce law firms. We specialise in complex, high net worth and international cases. The Legal 500 has said of Vardags: “The team is noted for its sheer intellect”
Vardags is among the best family law firms in the UK. Our solicitors specialise in complex cases for high net worth individuals, including international child relocation, child abduction, and prenuptial agreements. The Legal 500 has said that "clients feel in totally safe hands" with Vardags' Children & Family lawyers.
Our reputation and privacy team, headed by top media lawyer Alex McCready, works in and out of the public eye on cases involving defamation, privacy and reputation management. We provide expert advice and representation across the full range of reputation and privacy related matters, including crisis management, emergency injunctions and actions against online and new media.
Our specialist criminal defence team is headed by leading criminal defence lawyer Rob Conway. Vardags is a successful and rapidly-growing law firm with an outstanding reputation for winning cases.
Vardags is a leading property law firm with expertise in complex and high-value cases. We pride ourselves on our discrete and thorough approach and premium client experience. Our team is led by the highly respected and renowned property lawyer James Bunker.
Vardags is recognised as a leading law firm with a trailblazing fertility and surrogacy department. We have had success with some of the most groundbreaking cases of the last decade in the High Court, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court, with rulings that have changed the law. Vardags remains at the cutting edge of fertility law, pushing for further improvement of the outdated legislation in place in Britain.
Led by the vastly experienced Frank Ryan, a lawyer who “delivers results, time and again, often with devastating effect”, Vardags’ civil litigation team is renowned for its nous and its consistent ability to deliver results.
Vardags is a highly respected professional negligence law firm with expertise in complex and substantial claims. You may have seen our name in the press as our clients are often very high profile. Equally our solicitors settle many claims entirely out of the public eye. Our team is led by expert professional negligence lawyer, Frank Ryan, who has over 30 years of experience across a range of professional negligence cases.
Vardags’ specialist employment team represents high net worth individuals and companies in substantial employment disputes. We are a firm with an exceptional record of representing clients in matters including unfair dismissal, workplace discrimination, and in the transfer of contracts under TUPE.
Vardags' wills and trusts team has the specific expertise to cater to the wills and trusts needs of high-net-worth and high-profile individuals. Richard Todd QC, Leading Counsel for Yasmin Prest said of Vardags: “a note to acknowledge your firm’s pivotal role in achieving such an outstanding result in the recent Supreme Court case of Petrodel v Prest”.
At Vardags, our specialist team of domestic abuse lawyers can help clients who are experiencing domestic abuse in their relationship and that need our assistance and protection.