Richard Barge > Aaron & Partners LLP > Chester, England > Lawyer Profile
Aaron & Partners LLP Offices
5-7 GROSVENOR COURT
FOREGATE STREET
CHESTER
CH1 1HG
England
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Richard Barge
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Family Law Consultant
Career
Richard has extensive experience in all aspects of family law, and has a specialism in the financial consequences of relationship breakdown. He has also developed a particular niche for drafting and advising on pre and post nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements.
Richard obtained a first class degree in law in 1993 and qualified as a solicitor in 1996. He has subsequently established himself as one of the leading family lawyers in Shropshire, North Wales and the North West.
Richard’s wealth of knowledge and experience in these areas has led to him to being involved in a number of notable cases. His typical clients are high net worth individuals with significant assets both in the UK and offshore. He regularly acts for business directors and shareholders, farmers, landowners, professionals or their spouses. Typically, the financial structure of the relationship is complex, with his cases often involving trusts, business assets, self-invested pensions and assets located outside the UK.
Richard’s client skills, his ability to get to the core issues and his robust and commercial advice has seen his reputation burgeon in the marketplace and the overwhelming majority of Richard’s clients come from former clients or professional referrals.
He is a fully trained collaborative lawyer and was instrumental in establishing a collaborative group in the Black Country. He brings the same passion and energy for collaborative resolution to Chester’s already established collaborative law scene.
Education
Richard obtained a first class degree in law in 1993 and qualified as a solicitor in 1996. He has subsequently established himself as one of the leading family lawyers in Shropshire, North Wales and the North West.
Lawyer Rankings
North West > Private client > Family
Aaron & Partners LLP is praised for its willingness to ‘avoid unnecessary conflict and court proceedings’ through its legal counsel, possessing seasoned mediators alongside established litigation experience. Group head Simon Mawdsley is intimately familiar with divorce and financial remedy negotiations, and competently handles business and pension asset disputes. Co-head Richard Barge is a go-to for nuptial and cohabitation agreements and has been a main driver behind the practice’s growing activity in this area. Lorraine Saunders ‘deals with complex divorce cases’ that routinely involve cross-border possessions and high-value trust funds, while Victoria Syvret bolsters the firm’s alternative dispute offering through her mediation experience.
West Midlands > Private client > Family: elsewhere in the West Midlands
At the Shrewsbury office of Aaron & Partners LLP, Neil Hobden is a key contact. Hobden is particularly well-regarded for his work on cases with complex business assets, inherited wealth and ‘hidden money’. Richard Barge , who is a trained collaborative lawyer, is also recommended for his expertise in pre- and post-nuptial agreements- he is primarily based at the Chester office.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the North West
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the North West
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Employment
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Energy, project finance and PFI
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Planning and environment
- Transport
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Real estate > Construction