Top divorce lawyers serving Australia

Our offering

Vardags is one of the world’s leading divorce and family law firms, specialising in HNW and UHNW complex international divorce cases. A core focus of our practice is navigating jurisdiction, whether in relation to divorce proceedings, financial remedies or children disputes – we regularly run cases through the English courts involving international elements, including:  

• Competing or parallel proceedings between Italy and England & Wales  

• Complex international asset tracing and valuations  

• Offshore and onshore trusts, corporate structures and family businesses  

• International enforcement against overseas assets  

Whether you can claim English jurisdiction is complex and depends on factors such as where you and your spouse currently live, where you have previously lived, and your respective domiciles. Very often, a British person living abroad (or someone married to such a person) can access the English justice system without necessarily having ever resided in England. 

Our specialist divorce lawyers have extensive experience advising on jurisdiction disputes, providing clients with outstanding legal strategies that identify the best possible route, and in turn outcome, for their case. For the financially weaker party, our in-house financial forensics and valuation team also has unparalleled expertise dealing with international, offshore and onshore assets and structures, including the tracing of, and enforcement against complex financial structures and trusts.  For the financially stronger party, the team has extensive experience in securing favourable valuations of corporate and trust structures and defending them from attack. To learn more about divorce in Australia, read our guide on Australian divorce law.

In addition to our divorce and family law expertise, our Australian offering is strengthened by our leading reputation and privacy team who are regularly called upon to assist high profile clients, including politicians, royalty, celebrities, and business executives. The team includes our Australian-qualified Associates, James Kinnely and Amelia Medina, both of whom specialise across the full range of matters in family and divorce law. 

If you have personal, business or financial links to Australia and you think you might need our help - do not delay. Contact Vardags before your spouse does.