Vardags Lawyers Featured in Spear's 500 Top Recommended HNW Legal Counsellors 2024

Vardags is delighted to share that several of our leading Family and Reputation and Privacy lawyers have been given recognition in the Spear’s 500 rankings of the top recommended HNW legal counsellors of 2024 (you can read our Spear’s profile here). Spear’s is the “indispensable guide” to the “top private client” lawyers for (Ultra) High Net Worth individuals; amongst the top-recommended lawyers featured are: 

Top Flight 2024  

Ayesha Vardag – Ayesha has worked on some of the most significant cases heard in England and Wales of the last decade and has been branded by Spears as an “iconoclast” of the industry. Ayesha was named Woman of the Year at the 2023 GG2 Awards, which celebrate the extraordinary talent that exists in the British Asian community. 

Top Recommended 2024, Reputation and Privacy Lawyers 

Alex McCready - “She has quickly forged a reputation as one of the field’s most outstanding young talents – and as a fierce protector of her clients.” 

Top Recommended 2024, Family Lawyers 

Lucy Bolton - “Partner Lucy Bolton attracts a select clientele with assets in the tens to hundreds of millions, who come to Lucy for her vast knowledge, extraordinary skill set and outstanding client care.” 

Simon McKirgan – “Regarded as one of the best legal minds in family law, Simon takes a forensic approach to cases that renders him an unrivalled market leader.” 

Emma Gill - “Gill is highly sought-after, with spouses often racing each other to instruct her first when divorce is on the cards. A formidable figurehead of the Manchester team and the firm’s Regional Managing Partner.” 

Caroline Korah – “Regarded as a ‘Next Generation Partner’, Korah advises on all aspects of children law. Leading the firm’s Children Team, she specialises in complex, cross-border children cases. Korah is known for her sensitive but tenacious, no-nonsense approach.” 

David Lister – “David rolls his sleeves up and cuts to the quick to find a solution from day one. His client base wants resolution; his aim is for clients to have a ‘done deal’ at the earliest opportunity, establishing a bedrock for their future independence.” 

Recommended 2024, Family Lawyers 

Robert Hines – “Vardags partner Robert Hines specialises in contentious family cases, frequently representing homemakers, sportspeople, family offices, entrepreneurs and city professionals.” 

Nicola Jones – “Nicola Jones works with a variety of clients at the lower end of the HNW spectrum, a group who may not have traditionally fallen within Vardags’ remit.” 

Gareth Curtis – “Gareth Curtis supports a range of HNWs decoupling after both long-term and shorter-term marriages, including those ‘where the bulk of the wealth has been generated at the outset of the relationship.” 

Annemarie Bradley - “She has appeared before the High Court and is dedicated to the value of research and innovative legal argument. Her clients recommend her as compassionate and level-headed.” 

Rising Star 2024, Family Lawyers 

Nikki Hale – “Based in Vardags’ Manchester office, where she has worked since 2016, Nikki Hale supports a range of HNW clients who often have assets of up to £20 million.”