Simon McKirgan

Delivering the very best outcomes for your divorce

As a divorce lawyer, Simon has experience representing individuals or their spouses/partners from commercial, City, banking, investment, media, entertainment and sporting sectors, and entrepreneurs. He 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. Simon is also a trained collaborative lawyer and is as well-equipped to adopt a conciliatory negotiated approach as a tough litigation stance.

education

Simon read Law at the University of York.

Press & publications

Simon is an incisive and articulate public commentator and his legal expertise has featured, among other publications, on the pages of the Financial Times and The London Magazine.

Career

Simon trained at a St Albans firm. He quickly became an associate in the family department of a leading law firm. Simon then moved firms and became a senior associate, then made a partner the following year. Simon joined Vardags as a Director.

Personal

Simon resides in St. Albans and his personal interests include theatre, music, tennis, and football.

Reported Cases

• FRB v DCA [2019] EWHC 2816 (Fam)
• DE v AB [2014] EWCA Civ 1064 (Fam)
• Young v Young
• AB v CD & C [2019] EWHC 1695 (Fam)
• AB and CD and C [2019] EWHC 1695 (Fam)