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Charles Russell Speechlys LLP Offices

5 FLEET PLACE
LONDON
EC4M 7RD
England
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Joshua Green

Work Department
Private Wealth
Position
Joshua specialises in family law. His work includes divorce, finances, pre and post nuptial agreements, and arrangements for children.
Many of Joshua’s cases have an international element and involve high-net worth, high profile individuals dealing with complex financial structures including trusts, inherited wealth and family businesses. Joshua has significant experience in acting in challenging domestic and international children matters, including applications for parents to permanently leave the jurisdiction with their children.
His cases often involve publicity and other media law issues, and he has represented a number of clients in the sports industry.
Joshua was named Family Lawyer of the Year (Senior/Managing Associate) 2024 at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards. He is a “Leading Associate” in The Legal 500 2025 and was listed in eprivateclient’s “Top 35 under 35” 2018. Joshua is also listed as a ‘Recommended Family Lawyer’ in Spear’s 500 2024. He has written articles for a number of publications including Family Law Journal, Spear’s Magazine and City AM amongst others on issues such as legal funding in family proceedings, domestic abuse and harm in international relocation cases .
Experience highlights
- A v A (Arbitration: Guidance) [2021] EWHC 1889 (Fam)
- RJ v Tigipko [2019] EWHC 448 (Fam)
- Re J (Children: Permission to Remove from Jurisdiction) [2018]EWCA Civ 1372
- S and V (Children – Leave to Remove) [2018] EWFC 26
- Fields v Fields [2015] EWHC 1670 (Fam)
- H v S [2011] EWHC B23 (Fam)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Leading associates)According to clients, ‘it is not possible to have a better team’ than the group at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, which regularly handles both complex international work and ultra-high-value domestic work. The practice’s international reach is bolstered by its team members’ skills, with James Freeman
a go-to for Anglo-French cases, James Riby for Anglo-Italian, and Miranda Fisher also a specialist in this area. Team head William Longrigg
is sought after for high-value divorce and prenuptial matters, often acting for high-profile clients; family businesses and their treatment on separation are a particular focus for Sarah Higgins. Cases involving cryptocurrency assets are also an area of expertise for the team, with Sarah Jane Boon a key name here. Sarah Anticoni
heads up the firm’s family mediation offering, with ‘star of the future‘ Jamie Kennaugh also a mediator. Joshua Green is recommended as ‘wise beyond his years’, regularly acting for clients in the sports industry and handling cases involving publicity and media law issues, while Emily Borrowdale often advises start-up entrepreneurs.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Industry focus > Emerging markets
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Investment fund formation and management > Listed funds
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- Real estate > Planning
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Senior executives
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Employment > Employers
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition