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...
Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
David is a Senior Partner at Vardags. With over 35 years of experience at the forefront of the profession, David’s practice comprises a wide ambit of family law...
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 Solicitor, and one of the best in the country A senior partner at Vardags and a top international divorce lawyer, the “immensely...
Partner - Divorce & Family
Annemarie is a Partner in the Vardags Manchester office and has extensive experience in cases with complex financial settlements, cohabitation issues as well as private...
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 - Divorce & Family
Lucy Bolton (Née Williams) is a Partner at the Manchester office and Head of the Manchester Children team. She advises on all issues arising from the breakdown of...
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 - Financial Crime
Ellen is a Partner at Vardags specialising in financial crime and investigations. She has extensive experience in representing individuals and institutions under...
Partner - Divorce & Family
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 - Divorce & Family
Robert Hines is a Partner at Vardags, advising on all aspects of family law particularly cases involving contentious or strategic planning elements. Robert has...
Partner - Divorce & Family
Amie is a Partner at Vardags advising on a range of family law issues, particularly divorce and finance including complex financial matters where businesses assets are...
Partner - Divorce & Family
Nicola is a Partner at Vardags specialising in family law. Nicola has specialised in family law exclusively over the last 13 years, dealing with a mixed case load of...
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
Reece is a highly regarded Senior Associate in the firm, specialising in family and children law matters, with a particular focus on high value financial and complex...
Senior Associate
Kate is a Senior 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...
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...
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,...
Senior Associate*
Jennifer is a Senior Associate at Vardags, advising a wide range of clients on all aspects of divorce and family law, particularly complex financial matters with a...
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
Tom is an Associate at Vardags.
Associate
Hannah is an Associate at Vardags. Although Hannah works on all aspects of family law, she has a particular interest in complex financial disputes, trusts,...
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
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...
Associate
Rebecca is an Associate in the family department in the Cambridge office. Recognised as a Leading Associate by the Legal 500 2025, she is described as being ‘an...
Associate
Tatiana is an Associate at Vardags, specialising in family finance matters. She has a broad base of clients, including ultra high net worth individuals and...
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....
Associate*
James is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, advising in particular on complex financial matters involving...
Associate*
Amelia is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, advising in particular on complex financial matters...
Associate
Jennifer, an accomplished Chartered Legal Executive, became a vital part of the Vardags team as an associate in September 2023. Bringing a wealth of knowledge and...
Associate
Anna is an Associate at Vardags.
Associate
Liz joined Vardags as an Associate in the Family law department. She is prized for her eye for detail and strategy, as well as her skill of working holistically with a...
Associate*
Hannah joined Vardags in January 2024 as an Assistant Solicitor, before becoming an Associate in October 2024. *Foreign Qualified, Admitted in Queensland,...
Associate
Faith is as an Associate at Vardags, advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals on a broad range of family law matters including divorce and...
Assistant Solicitor
Alice is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags
Associate
Charlotte is an Associate at Vardags.
Assistant Solicitor
Jemima is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags
Assistant Solicitor
Olivia is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags.
Assistant Solicitor
Ciara is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags
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,...
Tax Consultant
John has over 30 years of experience in assisting high net worth individuals and international companies with their global financial and tax structuring, including the...
Criminal Defence Consultant
Lucy is a consultant at Vardags advising clients in all aspects of criminal law, with particular expertise in defending clients accused of serious sexual offences. She...
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...
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...
Assistant Solicitor
Poppy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Assistant Solicitor
Jade joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Assistant Solicitor
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Assistant Solicitor
Claire joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Trainee Solicitor
Alex joined the graduate trainee programme in September 2023 having previously worked in as a finance and office assistant.
Trainee Solicitor
Imogen joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
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...
Trainee Solicitor
Mia became a graduate trainee in September 2023 having previously joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist. She has garnered 10 years of experience providing...
Trainee Solicitor
Emmanuelle joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She is currently working in the compliance department.
Trainee Solicitor
Ella joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Leah joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Josie became a graduate trainee in Spetember 2023 having previously joined Vardags in June 2020 as a Journalist and Content Creation Specialist.
Trainee Solicitor
Alexandra joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Rosie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. Her current seat is within the compliance department.
Trainee Solicitor
Annabel joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She is currently working in the financial forensics department.
Trainee Solicitor
Helena joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Alicia joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Ellena joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Nadia joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. Her current seat is within the Debt Recovery department.
Trainee Solicitor
Ece joined Vardags as a Compliance Paralegal before commencing the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Maeve joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Oliver joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Andrew joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Evie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Danika joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Amy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Anna joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Trainee Solicitor
Hania joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Practice Support Manager
Linda is Practice Support Manager at Vardags having previously worked as a solicitor in a well-regarded London law firm.
Debt Recovery Senior Associate
Before joining Vardags, Maggie trained at a Top 20 Law Firm within the commercial dispute resolution team. Maggie will be working alongside several business groups and...
Legal Support Assistant
Samantha is a Legal Support Assistant in the Manchester office.
Risk and Compliance Officer
Anthea is a Risk and Compliance Officer at Vardags having worked in the field for the past five years.
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...
Client Relations Manager
Genevieve is Client Relations Manager at Vardags.
Client Relations Specialist
Annie joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Ellery joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Brandon joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Audrey joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Alice joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Client Relations Specialist
Lia joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Head of IT
Clive joined Vardags after 25 years of working in the legal sector. As Head of IT, he is responsible for overseeing all aspects of IT.
Strategy Associate
Jasper first started working at Vardags in 2013 and has acted across all departments in the business, from covering Reception to answering phones on Client Relations, and...
Office Manager
Shannon is Office Manager for the Vardag Manchester Office.
HR Manager
Sara is Vardags’ HR Manager, based in our London office. As a qualified HR professional, she has extensive experience managing all operational aspects of...
Senior HR Coordinator
Sachelle is a Senior HR Coordinator at Vardags. She is CIPD level 5 qualified with vast HR experience across a number of legal and financial firms.
HR Coordinator
Jessica is HR Coordinator at Vardags.
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...