In today’s issue: The new divorce battleground is not the courtroom. Released: Citywealth Leaders List Top 75 Family Lawyers 2026. Announced the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2026 International and USA shortlist. Online Voting is open now. Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview: Peter Burgess, Burgess Mee, Christine Pasquier Ciulla, CMS Legal, Monaco and Kevin Andrews, Bentley Reid. Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Wealth Trends: Ben Kumar, 7IM. Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Divorce Trends: Kate Stovold, The International Family Law Group and Alexander Breedon, Withers. The Decorative Fair: Mylands – Colour of the Year 2026. Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: From Elephant Orphans to Guardians. Citywealth Leaders List spotlight. |
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The new divorce battleground is not the courtroom |
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The conflict has not disappeared. It has simply migrated into private process, where speed and privacy matter more than theatre. Instead of headline hearings, the decisive moments now happen earlier, behind closed doors, and often across more than one jurisdiction.
Last year, the question being asked in family law circles was whether the market had lost some of its drama now that Russian oligarch divorces had slipped from view. A year on, that question feels misplaced. Family law has not become less interesting. It has become more important. The stories that make the front pages have changed, but the legal stakes have not. Read more → |
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Released: Citywealth Leaders List Top 75 Family Lawyers |
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| 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. Read more → |
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Announced the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2026International and USA shortlist. Online Voting is open now |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Peter Burgess, Burgess Mee |
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| I am a partner and mediator at Burgess Mee, a top-ranked boutique family law practice with two offices in London. Prior to setting up my own firm with Antonia Mee, I was an associate at Withers in London. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Christine Pasquier Ciulla, CMS Legal, Monaco |
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| As a founding partner of CMS Monaco and co-head of our Private Clients practice, I advise families and individuals on their most personal and strategic affairs, usually across multiple jurisdictions. My work covers the entire life cycle of wealth planning and family relationships. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Kevin Andrews, Bentley Reid |
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| As COO, I oversee all aspects of operations and technology for our wealth management business. I’m also responsible for driving initiatives that enhance these areas, aligned to our strategic objectives. Read more → |
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Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Wealth Trends:Ben Kumar, 7IM |
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| There’s often a narrative that the world’s getting worse, and that there’s never been a more difficult time to manage money. I just flat-out disagree. I’m not saying it’s EASY to manage money now – just that it’s never been easy. The 1970’s had oil shocks and inflation, the 1980’s and 1990’s was a tale of booms and busts, Cold Wars and Middle Eastern conflicts, and if anyone tells me that the 2000’s was a financial walk in the park, they’re lying! Read more → |
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Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Divorce Trends:Kate Stovold, The International Family Law Group |
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| Maintaining ownership of decisions, whether in relation to finances or child arrangements, is important for clients, and something I actively encourage. Spouses and/or parents are far more likely to adhere to plans if they were involved in shaping them. Read more → |
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Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Divorce Trends:Alexander Breedon, Withers |
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| The sharing principle applies to matrimonial assets. Matrimonial assets are generally assets which reflect the marriage partnership or are the product of the couples’ common endeavour. Non-matrimonial assets can include inherited assets, pre-matrimonial assets, or sometimes post-separation assets (if some time has gone by since separation). Read more → |
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| The Decorative Fair: Mylands – Colour of the Year 2026
For 10 years Mylands has been a Partner to The Decorative Fair. Read more → |
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| Sheldrick Wildlife Trust: From Elephant Orphans to Guardians
It is difficult to do animals justice through human language. Read more → |
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| Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2026 – Online Voting open
Cast your vote now. The online voting counts for ten per cent of the results. Vote now → |
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Citywealth Leaders List spotlightThe Citywealth Leaders List is a user rating directory of the leading individuals in international private client and wealth management. The Leaders List hosts our Top Lists – independent curations of the best professionals in their fields. See below a spotlight on a few of the stellar individuals that make up our directory. |
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| Susan Apthorp, Partner, Keystone Law View her profile here. |
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| Elliott Phillips, Partner, Signature Litigation View his profile here.
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| Judith Millar, Partner, Broadfield View her profile here. |
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