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Partners

“Britain's Top Divorce Lawyer”
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“Diva of Divorce For The Super Rich”
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“Rolls Royce service from start to finish”
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Vardags’ partners are at the forefront of family law. They regularly achieve life-changing, law-making results in the biggest and most complex cases. Hand-picked from the best universities and law firms, they are intelligent, determined, and always ready to fight their client’s corner.

Our partners have been recognised as the very top divorce lawyers in trade directories, highly respected awards, and the national and international press.

OUR TEAM

Ayesha Vardag

Founder & President
“AYESHA VARDAG - BRITAIN’S TOP DIVORCE LAWYER.”
The Telegraph
“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

Chief Executive Officer
“DR STEPHEN BENCE IS A FINANCIAL GENIUS.”
Lewis Marks KC
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

Senior Partner and Head of London Family - Divorce & Family
“DAVID LISTER BRINGS WITH HIM A LIFETIME’S EXPERIENCE AT THE TOP OF THE LONDON DIVORCE TREE.”
Legal 500
David is a Senior Partner at Vardags, and as of November 2025, is the Head of London Family. With over 35 years of experience at the forefront of the profession...

Simon McKirgan

Senior Partner - Divorce & Family
“SIMON MCKIRGAN IS THE BEST FAMILY LAW SOLICITOR IN LONDON. THERE IS NOTHING HE CANNOT DO.”
Legal 500
A senior partner at Vardags and a top international divorce lawyer, the “immensely skilled” (Legal 500) Simon McKirgan is undoubtedly one of the best in the...

Robert Hines

Partner - Divorce & Family
“ROBERT HINES IS A FIRST-RATE LAWYER. HE COMBINES FORMIDABLE LEGAL KNOWLEDGE WITH HARD WORK.”
Legal 500
Robert Hines is a Partner at Vardags, advising on all aspects of family law particularly cases involving contentious or strategic planning elements. Robert has...

Louise Walker

Partner - Divorce & Family
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Louise Walker is a Partner at Vardags. With 35 years' experience in family law, she is recognised as one of the leading practitioners in HNW/UHNW financial remedy...

Gareth Curtis

Partner - Divorce & Family
“GARETH CURTIS HAS AN EXCELLENT CLIENT MANNER COMBINED WITH AN INCISIVE INTELLIGENCE.”
Legal 500
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...

Richard Barge

Partner - Divorce & Family
“THE WORK THEY PUT INTO THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR CASES IS UNBELIEVABLE.”
Chambers and Partners
Richard is a Partner at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce, with a particular focus on the financial consequences of relationship...

Lucy Bolton

Partner and Co-Head of Manchester and Regional Offices - Divorce & Family
“LUCY WILLIAMS IS LOVED BY CLIENTS AND COUNSEL”
Legal 500
Lucy Bolton (Née Williams) is a Partner at the Manchester office, Head of the Manchester Children team, and Co-Head of Manchester and Regional Offices. She advises...

Annemarie Bradley

Partner and Co-Head of Manchester and Regional Offices - Divorce & Family
“ANNEMARIE BRADLEY WORKS TIRELESSLY FOR HER CLIENTS AND SIMPLY GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND”
Legal 500
Based in our award-winning Manchester office - recognized at The Legal 500 Northern Powerhouse Awards and nominated again for 2026 - Annemarie brings nearly a decade of...

Maria Fiorito

Partner - Dual Qualified (Italy)
“I WOULD WHOLEHEARTEDLY ENDORSE YOUR SERVICES TO ANYONE FACING A BREAKDOWN IN THEIR MARRIAGE.”
Client
Maria is an Italian avvocato qualified to practise law in Italy and a solicitor qualified to practise law in England and Wales, having successfully passed the Qualified...

Nicola Jones

Partner - Divorce & Family
“I FEEL SAFER AND NOT ALONE, KNOWING THAT I HAVE NICOLA’S SUPPORT - SECURING HER TO ACT FOR ME...”
Client (Legal 500)
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...

Amie Pine

Partner - Divorce & Family
“WHAT AMIE PINE DOES IS MORE THAN JUST A JOB; SHE HAS PUT ME BACK IN MY KIDS’ LIVES.”
Client (Legal 500)
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...

Katharine Danby

Partner - Head of Financial Forensics
“KATHARINE ACTED AS AN INVALUABLE BROKER BETWEEN ME AND MY LAWYER, HELPING TO CUT THROUGH ANY JARGON...”
Client
Katharine is a Partner and Head of the Financial Forensics team based in London. She works primarily in valuation and asset tracing.

Ben Crowne

Partner - Valuations
“THE QUALITY AND ATTENTION TO DETAIL IS AS HIGH AS I COULD HAVE HOPED FOR.”
Client
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.

Nikki Corrie

Associate Partner
“NIKKI CORRIE IS A TREMENDOUS TALENT. EXTREMELY THOROUGH AND PREPARED, AND HUGELY KNOWLEDGEABLE...”
Legal 500
Nikki Corrie (née Hale) already has a wealth of experience as an Associate Partner, with ten years’ exclusive focus on family law. She is a well-respected...

Reece Johnson

Associate Partner
“REECE JOHNSON IS A STAR: HARDWORKING, EXCELLENT LAWYER, FOCUSED, BUT CARING AND EMPATHETIC”
Legal 500
Reece is a highly regarded Associate Partner in the firm, specialising in family and children law matters, with a particular focus on high value financial and complex...

Kate Kempster

Associate Partner
“KATE KEMPSTER IS A STANDOUT FOR HER PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO FAMILY LAW, DELIVERING EXPERT ADVICE...”
Legal 500
Kate is an Associate Partner 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...

Rachel Darrell

Senior Associate
“SIMPLY THE BEST”
Legal 500
Rachel Darrell is a specialist family lawyer with a strong focus on complex financial matters, including cases involving high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth...

Natalie Bruce

Senior Associate
“NATALIE BRUCE HAS A FANTASTIC BEDSIDE MANNER WITH CLIENTS AND IS ABLE TO SKILFULLY TACKLE THE...”
Legal 500
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...

Hannah Best

Associate
“HANNAH IS A WONDERFUL RISING JUNIOR STAR WHO IS INCREDIBLY WELL-LIKED AND BOUND TO GO FAR.”
Legal 500
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

Associate
“ELLIE HAGAN IS AN OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATE. METICULOUS ON TOP OF THE PAPERS OFFERING CONTINUAL STRONG...”
Legal 500
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...

Jemima Kearney

Associate
“JEMIMA KEARNEY IS A HIGHLY INTELLIGENT, ELOQUENT, EMPATHETIC, AND DETAIL-FOCUSED ASSOCIATE, A...”
Legal 500
Jemima is an Associate at Vardags.

James Kinnely

Associate
“THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED”
Legal 500
James is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters involving family and divorce. James works as part of our Australia and New...

Amelia Medina

Associate
“THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED”
Legal 500
Amelia is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce. She works as part of our Australia international desk. ...

Rachael Wilson

Associate
“SIMPLY THE BEST”
Legal 500
Rachael Wilson is an Associate at Vardags, specialising in divorce. She was shortlisted for Family Lawyer of the Year in the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2026.

Bridget Dowdle

Associate
“THE WORK THEY PUT INTO THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR CASES IS UNBELIEVABLE.”
Chambers and Partners
Bridget is an Associate at Vardags, specialising across the full range of matters in family and divorce. She works as part of our Australia international desk. ...

Anna Jones

Associate
“ANNA JONES IS A STANDOUT IN THE PROFESSION”
Legal 500
Anna is an Associate at Vardags, described as a 'first-rate solicitor with excellent skills'. (Legal 500)

Liz Barrett

Associate
“VERY HARDWORKING AND CONSCIENTIOUS, AND IT PAYS SIGNIFICANT DIVIDENDS”
Legal 500
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...

Olivia Fanizza

Associate
“I’VE BEEN SO IMPRESSED WITH THE COMPLETE PROFESSIONALISM WITH WHICH MY CASE HAS BEEN HANDLED”
Client
Olivia is an associate in the Family team with experience advising on complex financial remedy and children matters, often involving business structures, trusts, and...

Alice Stopford

Associate
“MY LAWYER AND HER TEAM WERE IMMENSELY SUPPORTIVE THROUGHOUT A MOST COMPLEX DIFFICULT DIVORCE...”
Legal 500
Alice is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags, having joined the firm on its Graduate Training Programme. She became an Associate in 2026.    

Josie Campbell

Associate
“HOPEFULLY I WILL NEVER HAVE TO USE YOU AGAIN, BUT IF I NEEDED TO I WOULD DEFINITELY COME BACK I...”
Client
Josie became a graduate trainee in September 2023 having previously joined Vardags in June 2020 as a Journalist and Content Creation Specialist. She qualified as a...

Sophie Steyn

Associate
“THE WORK THEY PUT INTO THEIR CLIENTS AND THEIR CASES IS UNBELIEVABLE.”
Chambers and Partners
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.

Alex Hughes

Assistant Solicitor
“YOU WERE LOVELY, SUPPORTING AND CALMING WHEN I HAD TO GO TO COURT AND I AM REALLY GRATEFUL FOR THAT...”
Client
Alex joined the graduate trainee programme in September 2023 having previously worked as a finance and office assistant. She qualified as a Solicitor in September...

Mia Cooman

Assistant Solicitor
“IF YOU WANT THE BEST, LOOK NO FURTHER”
Legal 500
Mia became a graduate trainee in September 2023, having previously joined Vardags as a Client Relations Specialist after 10 years of experience providing managerial support...

Jade Edment

Assistant Solicitor
“I REALLY DON’T THINK THAT I WOULD BE WHERE I AM TODAY WITHOUT VARDAGS”
Client
Jade joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified in September 2024 and is now an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags.

Claire Dowdall

Assistant Solicitor
“THE NAME OF THE FIRM SPEAKS VOLUMES – MY EX-HUSBAND WAS NOT HAPPY I WAS USING YOU.”
Client
Claire joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2024.

Ella Perry

Assistant Solicitor
“YOUR LEGAL TACTICS ARE BY FAR THE BEST”
Michelle Young (client)
Ella joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025.

Leah Lightfoot

Assistant Solicitor
“YOUR LEGAL TACTICS ARE BY FAR THE BEST”
Michelle Young (client)
Leah joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025.

Annabel Rand

Assistant Solicitor
“YOUR LEGAL TACTICS ARE BY FAR THE BEST”
Michelle Young (client)
Annabel joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. She qualified as a Solicitor in September 2025.

Harriet Chastney

Assistant Solicitor
“THE ADVICE AND LEVEL OF SERVICE IT OFFERS IS UNPARALLELED”
Legal 500
Harriet is an Assistant Solicitor at Vardags.

Andrew Harney

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Andrew joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Evie Cannon

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Evie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Danika Quick

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Danika joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Amy Miln

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Amy joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Maeve Mahony

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Maeve joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Anna Li

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Anna joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Hania Bar

Assistant Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Hania joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme and qualified in September 2026.

Alice Hardy

Trainee Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Alice joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Avigail Simmonds-Rosten

Trainee Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Avigail joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Kate Simmons

Trainee Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Kate joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 

Sophie Charlton

Trainee Solicitor
“LEADING, MAGIC CIRCLE LAW FIRM.”
Mr Justice Coleridge
Sophie joined Vardags on the Graduate Training Programme. 
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