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Abby Buckland

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Work Department

Family and Divorce

Position

Abby is a Partner in the Family & Divorce team. She has established her reputation working on some of the team’s most complex and challenging high net worth financial cases, many with an international element. Abby has represented the successful wife in Daga v Bangur [2018] EWFC 91, a significant decision involving trust assets and non-matrimonial wealth estimated to be in the region of £1.3 billion and the Applicant in M v F [2018] EWFC 35, high value Schedule I proceedings, involving a world-wide freezing order and enforcement costs provision.

Highly regarded for her capability in complex, HNW financial cases and named in Chambers UK, Chambers UHNW and included in The Legal 500, Abby has also been shortlisted as “Woman of the Year: Rising Star” in the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards and is recommended in the Spear’s Family Law Index.

Abby regularly writes and speaks about issues affecting HNW families and she is part of the Next Generation HNW committee for ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce. She has chaired the Divorce Proofing Wealth Planning conference and spoken at Asset Recovery in Divorce and Enforcing a Divorce Award.

Career

Trained and qualified (in 2010) at Ambrose Appelbe. Joined Kingsley Napley in 2012, Partner (2020).

Memberships

The Law Society, Resolution, United Kingdom Association of Jewish Lawyers & Jurists and Cityparents.

Education

Read English Literature at The University of Manchester.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Family

(Next Generation Partners)

Abby Buckland – Kingsley Napley LLP

The ‘high-powered, well-respected’ family team at Kingsley Napley LLP has a ‘first-class reputation’, and is ‘often at the cutting edge of new developments’. The team often undertakes international work, with particular experience relating to France and the US. Sital Fontenelle took over as head of the family team in March 2024 from Charlotte Bradley, who now spearheads the team’s mediation offering. Fontenelle offers extensive experience in both financial and children cases, including leave to remove. ‘Superstar’ Jane Keir is the go-to in the team for wealth protection both pre- and post-divorce, while Connie Atkinson, ‘a shining light‘, is skilled in complex surrogacy cases. Atkinson, Lauren Evans and Stacey Nevin also practice as mediators; Evans regularly handles international issues and Nevin is particularly sought after for matters involving complex trust structures. Abby Buckland‘s practice focuses on high-net-worth financial and children cases. Rachel Freeman departed the team to Burgess Mee in January 2024.

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