Expatriate Law

FIRM OVERVIEW

Expatriate Law is a boutique international family law firm advising high-net-worth and globally mobile clients from offices in London, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Singapore. Founded in 2010, the firm acts exclusively in complex cross-border family matters for business owners, executives and international families whose personal and financial lives span multiple jurisdictions.

The firm's reputation rests on technical excellence, strategic coordination across legal systems, and discreet, solutions-focused representation. Its lawyers are recognised thought-leaders in international family law — speaking at leading conferences, contributing to specialist publications, and shaping case law at the highest levels of the English courts, including the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal and High Court.

AREAS OF PRACTICE

High-value financial remedies
Divorce and financial proceedings involving multi-jurisdictional assets, complex corporate and trust structures, and offshore considerations spanning the Middle East, Asia, Europe, South Africa and the Americas. The firm regularly handles matters requiring cross-border enforcement, cryptoasset valuations and co-ordination of parallel foreign proceedings.

International children law
Relocation, international child abduction (non-Hague), parental responsibility disputes, and urgent protective orders in cases involving multiple legal systems. The firm has particular depth in cases raising safeguarding concerns or requiring the court's protective jurisdiction over children residing abroad.

Jurisdiction and forum strategy
Strategic advice on choice of court, competing proceedings and governing law across England and Wales, the UAE, Asia-Pacific, South Africa, the Americas and Europe. The firm is regularly instructed where time-sensitive forum decisions have material consequences for outcome.

Expatriate and globally mobile families
Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements with international elements, asset protection planning, and specialist guidance for clients relocating between jurisdictions — including the Middle East, Asia-Pacific, Europe, South Africa and the United States.