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Ayesha Vardag Founder & President Divorce & Family

Ayesha Vardag

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...
Stephen Bence Vardags CEO

Stephen Bence

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...
David Lister

David Lister

Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
David is a Senior Partner at Vardags. With over 35 years of experience at the forefront of the profession (Lawyer of the Week in 'The Times’ October 2024),...
Emma Gill Regional Vardags Managing Partner Manchester Divorce & Family

Emma Gill

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...
Simon McKirgan Senior Partner Divorce Lawyer Vardags

Simon McKirgan

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...
Annemarie Bradley Vardags Senior Partner Divorce & Family

Annemarie Bradley

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...
Caroline Korah Vardags Partner Head of Children

Caroline Korah

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...
Alex McCready Vardags Partner Head of Reputation & Privaacy

Alex McCready

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...
Katherine Danby Vardags Partner Head of Financial Forensics

Katharine Danby

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.
Lucy Williams  Vardags Partner Divorce & Family

Lucy Bolton

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...
Ben Crowne Vardags Partner Financial Forensics

Ben Crowne

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.
Ellen Gallagher Vardags Partner Financial Crime

Ellen Gallagher

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...
Gareth Curtis Vardags Partner Divorce & Family

Gareth Curtis

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...
Robert Hines

Robert Hines

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...
Amie Pine

Amie Pine

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...
Nicola Jones

Nicola Jones

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...
Nicola Hale Vardags Senior Associate Divorce & Family

Nicola Corrie

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,...
Reece Johnson Vardags Associate

Reece Johnson

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...
Kate Kempster Vardags Associate Family

Kate Kempster

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...
Gregory Monk Vardags Senior Associate Reputation & Privacy

Gregory Monk

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...
Amy Thompson Vardags General Counsel Compliance

Amy Thompson

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...
Alanah Tannous

Alanah Tannous

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,...
Jennifer White

Jennifer White

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...
Maria Fiorito Vardags Associate Family Law

Maria Fiorito

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...
Natalie Bruce Vardags Associate Family Law

Natalie Bruce

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...
Tom Apthorp

Tom Apthorp

Associate
Tom is an Associate at Vardags. 
Hannah Best

Hannah Best

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,...
Ellie Hagan

Ellie Hagan

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...
Emily White

Emily White

Associate
Emily is an Associate in our Divorce and Family Team in Manchester. She specialises in the full range of divorce and family matters, including those with an...
Rebecca Fenner Vardags Associate Family, Divorce & Children

Rebecca Fenner

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...
Tatiana Amdur

Tatiana Amdur

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...
Tilley Schonell Vardags Associate Family & Divorce

Tilley Schonell

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....
James Kinnely

James Kinnely

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...
Amelia Medina

Amelia Medina

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...
Jennifer Hudec

Jennifer Hudec

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...
Anna Jones

Anna Jones

Associate
Anna is an Associate at Vardags.
Liz Barrett

Liz Barrett

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...
Hannah Hall

Hannah Hall

Associate*
Hannah joined Vardags in January 2024 as an Assistant Solicitor, before becoming an Associate in October 2024.   *Foreign Qualified, Admitted in Queensland,...
Faith Wylde

Faith Wylde

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...
Nataly Tedone

Nataly Tedone

Associate
Nataly is an Associate at Vardags, specialising in global reputation, privacy and crisis management matters. Her practice covers all aspects of media law, including...
Alice Stopford

Alice Stopford

Assistant Solicitor
Alice is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags    
Charlotte Day Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Charlotte Day

Associate
Charlotte is an Associate at Vardags.
Jemima Kearney Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Jemima Kearney

Assistant Solicitor
Jemima is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags
Olivia Fanizza Assistant Solicitor

Olivia Fanizza

Assistant Solicitor
Olivia is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags. 
Ciara Florey

Ciara Florey

Assistant Solicitor
Ciara is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags
Michal Stepniak

Michal Stepniak

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...
Frank Ryan Vardags Civil Litigation Consultant

Frank Ryan

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,...
John Hayes

John Hayes

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...
Lucy Winter

Lucy Winter

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...
Caroline Graham Vardags Corporate Consultant

Caroline Graham

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...
Krystyna Burnett

Krystyna Burnett

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...
Claire Trotel

Claire Trotel

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...
Poopy Jones Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Poppy Jones

Assistant Solicitor
Poppy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Jade Edement Solicitor

Jade Edment

Assistant Solicitor
Jade joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Sophie Steyn Solicitor

Sophie Steyn

Assistant Solicitor
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Claire Dowdall Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Claire Dowdall

Assistant Solicitor
Claire joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.
Alex Hughes

Alex Hughes

Trainee Solicitor
Alex joined the graduate trainee programme in September 2023 having previously worked in as a finance and office assistant. 
Imogen Fallon Graduate Assistant Solicitor

Imogen Fallon

Assistant Solicitor
Imogen joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Miriam Szlezinger Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Miriam Szlezinger

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...
Mia Cooman

Mia Cooman

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...
Emmanuelle Nemorin Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Emmanuelle Nemorin

Trainee Solicitor
Emmanuelle joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She is currently working in the compliance department. 
Ella Perry

Ella Perry

Trainee Solicitor
Ella joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Leah Lightfoot

Leah Lightfoot

Trainee Solicitor
Leah joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Josie Campbell

Josie Campbell

Trainee Solicitor
Josie became a graduate trainee in Spetember 2023 having previously joined Vardags in June 2020 as a Journalist and Content Creation Specialist.
Alexandra Lindsay-Black

Alexandra Lindsay-Black

Trainee Solicitor
Alexandra joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Rosie Maclean-Bather

Rosie Maclean-Bather

Trainee Solicitor
Rosie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. Her current seat is within the compliance department.
Annabel Rand

Annabel Rand

Trainee Solicitor
Annabel joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She is currently working in the financial forensics department.
Helena Snider

Helena Snider

Trainee Solicitor
Helena joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Alicia Fernandez Fontalba

Alicia Fernandez Fontalba

Trainee Solicitor
Alicia joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Ellena Eley

Ellena Eley

Trainee Solicitor
Ellena joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Nadia Szumiło

Nadia Szumiło

Trainee Solicitor
Nadia joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. Her current seat is within the Debt Recovery department.
Ece Selin Timur

Ece Selin Timur

Trainee Solicitor
Ece joined Vardags as a Compliance Paralegal before commencing the Graduate Training Programme.
Maeve Mahony

Maeve Mahony

Trainee Solicitor
Maeve joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Oliver Burgess

Oliver Burgess

Trainee Solicitor
Oliver joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Andrew Harney

Andrew Harney

Trainee Solicitor
Andrew joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme.
Evie Cannon

Evie Cannon

Trainee Solicitor
Evie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Danika Quick

Danika Quick

Trainee Solicitor
Danika joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Amy Miln

Amy Miln

Trainee Solicitor
Amy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Anna Li

Anna Li

Trainee Solicitor
Anna joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Hania Bar

Hania Bar

Trainee Solicitor
Hania joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
Linda Cronin Graduate Trainee Solicitor

Linda Cronin

Practice Support Manager
Linda is Practice Support Manager at Vardags having previously worked as a solicitor in a well-regarded London law firm.
Magdalena Dabska

Magdalena Dabska

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...
Samantha Patel

Samantha Patel

Legal Support Assistant
Samantha is a Legal Support Assistant in the Manchester office. 
Anthea Thipaharan

Anthea Thipaharan

Risk and Compliance Officer
Anthea is a Risk and Compliance Officer at Vardags having worked in the field for the past five years.
Naomi Taylor-Smith

Naomi Taylor-Smith

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...
Genevieve Oldham

Genevieve Oldham

Client Relations Manager
Genevieve is Client Relations Manager at Vardags.
Annie Papararo

Annie Papararo

Client Relations Specialist
Annie joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Ellery Haak

Ellery Haak

Client Relations Specialist
Ellery joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Brandon Ravikumar

Brandon Ravikumar

Client Relations Specialist
Brandon joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Audrey Byars

Audrey Byars

Client Relations Specialist
Audrey joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Lia Keane

Lia Keane

Client Relations Specialist
Lia joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Matilda Piovella

Matilda Piovella

Client Relations Specialist
Matilda joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist.
Clive Knott

Clive Knott

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.
Jasper Vardag-Hunter

Jasper Vardag-Hunter

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...
Shannon Kelly

Shannon Kelly

Office Manager
Shannon is Office Manager for the Vardag Manchester Office.
Sara Bhatti

Sara Bhatti

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...
Sachelle Perdreau

Sachelle Perdreau

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.
Jessica Saxon-MacRostie

Jessica Saxon-MacRostie

HR Coordinator
Jessica is HR Coordinator at Vardags.
Steven Vannozzi

Steven Vannozzi

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. 
Nicola Savidge

Nicola Savidge

Office Manager
Nicola is Office Manager at Vardags London Office, having previously managed a number of corporate clients in banking, property and professional services. 
Teresa Falcone

Teresa Falcone

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...

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