Top 75 Family Lawyers 2026
Citywealth is pleased to announce the publication of the Top 75 Family Lawyers 2026. The list recognises a group of professionals who have demonstrated consistent excellence in private client work across law, tax, accountancy and investment management. Each individual named has made a distinctive contribution to their field and is widely regarded for their technical skill, integrity and service to clients.
High net worth divorce is becoming less about courtroom theatre and more about private, strategic resolution. With courts under strain and delays driving up cost and risk, mediation, arbitration and private financial dispute resolution are now the default, pushing decisive moments behind closed doors and often across multiple jurisdictions. As families grow more internationally mobile and wealth structures more complex, family law is increasingly intertwined with tax, succession, immigration, business valuation, cryptocurrency and reputation management. The result is a shift towards earlier planning, preventative advice and multidisciplinary teams, where speed, privacy and long term wealth protection matter more than public litigation, even as the emotional drivers of conflict remain unchanged. Read the full article. Click here.
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Alex Verdan
Partner, Barrister, Arbitrator, Mediator
Stewarts
Alison McKee
Partner, Head of Family Law
Lindsays
Anest Mathias
Senior Solicitor
TV Edwards Solicitors LLP
Private: Anna Worwood
Partner
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Antonia Mee
Partner
Burgess Mee Family Law
Barbara Corbett
Senior Partner
Corbett Le Quesne
Bryan Jones
Partner
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Camellia Buckmaster
Legal Director
Payne Hicks Beach
Camilla Baldwin
Founding Partner
Camilla Baldwin Solicitors
Private: Catherine Bedford
Senior Partner
Harbottle & Lewis
Charles Hale KC
Joint Head of Chambers
4PB
Charlotte Lanning
Senior Associate
Edwards Family Law
Cheyenne Spowart-Shaw
Associate
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Daniel Chalmers
Partner
Edwards Family Law
Daniel Eames
Partner, Head of Family
Michelmores
Private: Davina Katz
Senior Partner
Katz Partners
Private: Elizabeth Hicks
Director
Family Law in Partnership
Emma Willing
Partner
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Private: Frances Hughes
Partner
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Private: Georgina Hamblin
Director, Divorce and Family Law
Hamblin Family Law
Gretchen Schumann
Managing Partner
Schumann LLC, New York
Private: James Carroll
Managing Partner
Russell-Cooke
Private: James Pirrie
Director
Family Law in Partnership
Private: James Stewart
Partner
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Jeremy Levison
Partner
Levison Meltzer Pigott
Jessica May
Co-founder and Partner
Peters May
Joanna Grandfield
Partner and Head of London Family Team
Mills & Reeve
Julian Hawkhead
Senior Partner
Stowe Family Law
Juliette Peters
Co-founder and Partner
Peters May
Private: Kate Clark
Legal Director
Mishcon de Reya
Private: Kate Stovold
Partner
The International Family Law Group
Private: Katherine Rayden
Partner
Rayden Solicitors
Private: Katie O’Callaghan
Kelly Edwards
Managing Partner
Edwards Family Law
Lisa Girdwood
Partner, Head of Family
Brodies
Lucy Greenwood
Partner
The International Family Law Group
Lucy Loizou
Managing Partner
The International Family Law Group
Private: Luned Rees Williams
Partner
Camilla Baldwin Solicitors
Maria Cristiana Felisi
Managing Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys, Milan
Private: Mark Harper
Partner
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Matthew Humphries
Partner, Divorce and Family
Stewarts
Natalie Sutherland
Partner
The International Family Law Group
Nick Manners
Partner
Payne Hicks Beach
Private: Peggy Ray
Senior Partner and Co-founder
Goodman Ray
Private: Peter Burgess
Partner and Mediator
Burgess Mee
Private: Rebecca Cockcroft
Private: Renato Labi
Partner
Hughes Fowler Carruthers
Ros Bever
Partner, Head of Family Law
Irwin Mitchell
Russell Bywater
Partner and Head of Matrimonial Department
Dawson Cornwell
Sam Hall
Senior Partner
Hall Brown Family Law
Sandra Davis
Partner, Head of Family
Mishcon de Reya
Sarah Jane Boon
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Simon Pigott
Founding Partner
Levison Meltzer Pigott
Private: Suzanne Kingston
Consultant
Penningtons Manches Cooper
Private: Suzanne Todd
Partner, UK Head of Family & Trust, Estate and Inheritance Disputes
Withers
Trudi Featherstone
Partner and Mediator, Head of Divorce and Matrimonial Finance Team
Goodman Ray
Zoe Bloom
Founding Partner
AFP Bloom
