Founder & President
“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...
Chief Executive Officer
As Chief Executive Officer, Dr Stephen Bence is responsible for driving Vardags’ growth. In 2015, Vardags was the only law firm to feature on The Sunday Times Virgin...
Regional Managing Partner - Head of Manchester
“Quite simply the best matrimonial lawyer in the North” (Legal 500), Regional Managing Partner Emma Gill is one of the few family lawyers outside London to...
Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
A top international divorce lawyer, and one of the best in the country A senior partner at Vardags and a top international divorce lawyer, the “immensely...
Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
A leading divorce solicitor providing the best client care Lois is a Senior Partner at Vardags and esteemed divorce solicitor advising on the full spectrum of family...
Partner - Divorce & Family
Annemarie joined Vardags Manchester office when it opened its doors in 2016. She was appointed to the Partner in January 2021. She advises on cases with complex...
Partner - Head of Children
Caroline is Head of Children, advising on all aspects of children law. Caroline is sensitive but tenacious, with a refined and no-nonsense approach inside and outside...
Partner - Head of Reputation and Privacy
Alex McCready is a Partner at Vardags. As Head of Reputation & Privacy, she is widely respected for her leading expertise in this area. Regarded as “the...
Partner - Head of Financial Forensics
Katharine is a Partner and Head of the Financial Forensics team based in London. She works primarily in the tracing of assets.
Partner - Head of Property
James is a Partner and Head of Property at Vardags. He has an industry reputation for his astounding drive, rigour, and care for his clients; he specialises in complex,...
Partner - Divorce & Family
Lucy is a Partner at the Manchester office and Head of the Manchester Children team. She advises on all issues arising from the breakdown of marriage for high net worth...
Partner - Valuations
Ben is a Partner in our Financial Forensics team based in London. His work primarily involves valuations and providing specialist expertise on complex financial issues.
Partner
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...
Partner
Antonia is a Partner at Vardags who advises on all aspects of divorce for high-net-worth individuals. She has particular expertise in dealing with disputes that have...
Senior Associate
Sarah advises on all issues arising from the breakdown of marriage for high-net-worth individuals, often dealing with disputes which have complex financial or international...
Senior Associate
Nikki already has a wealth of experience as a Senior Associate, with ten years’ exclusive focus on family law. She is a well-respected family law practitioner,...
Senior Associate
Aisling is an experienced Senior Associate at the firm focusing her practice on divorce and separation including cases with an international element
Senior Associate
Charlotte is a Senior Associate in the family team. She advises high-net worth individuals on all issues arising from the breakdown of a relationship, often dealing with...
Senior Associate
Gregory is a senior associate and solicitor advocate advising a wide range of clients on all aspects of litigation, private client, reputation and privacy. He has...
Senior Associate*
Jonathan works as a Senior Associate focusing his practice on family and divorce including cases with complex and international property disputes....
General Counsel
Amy is General Counsel for Vardags, advising management on a wide range of matters including legal, risk, compliance and reputational issues. She has over a decade of...
Senior Associate*
Alanah is a senior associate in our reputation and privacy department. She has extensive expertise advising on a range of reputational risk matters, including defamation,...
Associate - Dual Qualified (Italy)
Maria is an Italian Avvocato qualified to practise law in Italy and a solicitor qualified to practice law in England, and Wales, having successfully...
Associate
Prior to joining Vardags, Natalie trained at a national law firm. She moved to the Manchester office of a second leading national firm upon qualification, where she...
Associate
Megan qualified as a solicitor in 2021, having joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Scheme. She is now an Associate.
Associate
Reece is a highly regarded associate in the firm, specialising in family and children law matters, with a particular focus on high value financial and complex cases....
Associate
Kate is an Associate in the family department at the Manchester office and has developed a strong reputation as an active member of the team with a varied case load and...
Associate
Ellie is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, including those with an international element. She advises, in...
Associate
Rebecca is an Associate in the family department in the Cambridge office and has a strong reputation in the local community as a highly competent, empathetic and personable...
Associate
Tatiana is an Associate within our divorce and family department, specialising across the full range of matters in this area, including those with an international...
Associate*
Tilley is an Associate* within our divorce and family department, specialising across the full range of matters in this area, including those with an international element....
Assistant Solicitor
Emily is a rising star in our Manchester Divorce and Family Team, having initially joined Vardags as part of the Graduate Training Programme. She specialises...
Assistant Solicitor
Nicholas is a well-regarded member of the Property Team. Nicholas has already built up a solid reputation amongst his clients who respect his industry experience and...
Assistant Solicitor
Eva is a respected member of our Reputation and Privacy team. She takes a sensitive yet robust approach in dealing with clients’ complex and often stressful problems....
Assistant Solicitor
Iona is an Assistant Solicitor in our Family department with a focus on complex financial issues that arise on divorce.
Assistant Solicitor
Olivia joined Vardags post qualification as an Assistant Solicitor in our Family team, advising on cases involving the full ambit of family matters. Her client...
Assistant Solicitor
Michal is an Assistant Solicitor in our Family department with a focus on all aspects of private family law proceedings, including those relating to divorce and the...
Civil Litigation Consultant
Frank is a civil litigation consultant for Vardags. He is a highly regarded litigation lawyer with four decades of extensive experience and expertise,...
Corporate Consultant
Caroline is a highly regarded corporate lawyer with over 25 years' experience in her field. She is known as a pragmatic adviser who cuts through complexity to find...
Property Specialist
Krystyna has over 10 years' experience as a Chartered Surveyor and has developed significant expertise in both commercial and residential property. Working across all...
Property Specialist
Nistha is a qualified solicitor in the firm’s Property department dealing with acquisitions and disposals of residential freehold and leasehold properties, equity...
Corporate Consultant
Jaan is an experienced commercial lawyer specialising in the full range of private corporate work including mergers, acquisitions, MBOs and joint ventures. With over two...
Private Client Consultant
Claire Trotel is an experienced solicitor advising HNW and UHNW individuals in a full ambit of private client matters, including those with cross-border...
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Tom joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Scheme.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Hannah joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme, alongside studying for her GDL qualification.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Phoebe joined the Graduate Training Programme as a paralegal, alongside studying for her Graduate Diploma in Law.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Alice joined Vardags as a Graduate Trainee.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Emily joined Vardags in 2018 as a Client Relations Associate. In September 2019, she embarked on the Vardags Graduate Training Programme and since then, Emily has focused...
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Jasper has acted across all departments in the business including time as a Client Relations Associate and a Strategy Analyst. He was awarded a commendation for...
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Charlotte joined Vardags and began the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Jemima joined the Graduate Training Programme at Vardags.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Olivia joined the Graduate Training Programme at Vardags. Olivia’s current seat is within the property team.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Ben joined the Graduate Training Programme at Vardags.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Imogen joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Claire joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Isabella joined the Graduate Training Programme at Vardags.
Graduate Trainee (Trainee Solicitor)
Ciara joined the Graduate Training Programme at Vardags.
Graduate Trainee (Paralegal Phase)
Poppy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Paralegal Phase)
Jade joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Paralegal Phase)
Nathalie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Paralegal Phase)
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Paralegal Phase)
Ruth joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Graduate Trainee (Paralegal Phase)
Miriam joined the Graduate Training Programme at Vardags. Miriam’s first seat is with the family team, where she assists on all areas of family law, including...
Practice Support Manager
Linda is Practice Support Manager at Vardags having previously worked as a solicitor in a well-regarded London law firm.
Head of Client Engagement
As Head of Client Engagement, Naomi works closely with both our clients and the legal team. The work of Naomi and her team allows for a vital initial insight in...
Senior Client Relations Manager
Ellie is the Client Relations Manager at Vardags.
Senior Client Relations Associate
Anisah is a University of Warwick graduate and is a Senior Client Relations Associate.
Senior Client Relations Associate
Genevieve joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Senior Client Relations Associate
Jessica joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Grace joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Harrison joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Helena joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Mia joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist. She has garnered 10 years of experience providing managerial support at top tier law firms in the City, working...
Client Relations Specialist
Molly joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Office Assistant
Shannon joined the Vardags Manchester team as an Office Assistant in October 2021.
Press and Strategy Manager
Daisy joined Vardags in 2019 and is the Press and Strategy Manager. In addition to managing press enquiries, she is responsible for developing the firm’s marketing...
Director of Finance and Strategy
Carrie is the Director of Finance and Strategy. As well as leading client relations and engagement, she is responsible for the firm’s marketing strategy and...
Director of Technology and Transformation
Jon joined Vardags in December 2020 and is the Director of Technology and Transformation. As well as overseeing all aspects of IT operations, he is responsible for setting...
Head of IT
Dean joined Vardags after 20 years of working in the legal sector. As Head of IT, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of IT.
HR Manager
Sara is Vardags’ HR Manager, based in our London office. As a qualified HR professional with experience managing all operational aspects of HR, Sara is...
HR Coordinator
Sachelle is a HR Coordinator at Vardags. She is CIPD level 5 qualified with vast HR experience across a number of legal and financial firms.
HR Coordinator
Freya is a HR Coordinator at Vardags.
Journalist and Content Creation Specialist
Josie joined Vardags in June 2020 as a Journalist and Content Creation Specialist. In this role, she is responsible for assisting the Communications Manager and Marketing...
Front of House
Steven is Front of House at Vardags, with a rich history in hospitality, hotel management, and looking after high net worth clients.
Office Manager
Nicola is Office Manager at Vardags London Office, having previously managed a number of corporate clients in banking, property and professional services.
Front of House
Teresa is Front of House at Vardags, with extensive experience as a receptionist and PA. Teresa is also a hugely passionate volunteer, and widely commended for her efforts...
