Stacey St Clair > Debenhams Ottaway > St Albans, England > Lawyer Profile
Debenhams Ottaway Offices

IVY HOUSE
107 ST PETERS STREET
ST ALBANS
AL1 3EW
England
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Stacey St Clair

Work Department
Family
Position
I am a partner in the family team and have over 10 years’ experience in all areas of divorce and family law, helping clients who are facing relationship breakdown or other family conflict.
I am a passionate lawyer who cares about my clients and the team I work with. I am widely respected for my expertise and handling of very complex matters. I trained as a collaborative lawyer and offer a non-adversarial approach to my clients when appropriate. I have a calm, measured approach and work tirelessly for my clients to resolve family disputes in a constructive, conciliatory and cost-effective way.
I have a wealth of experience in dealing with divorce and high value financial cases. If my client has complex family, financial or business arrangements, I will always provide practical advice and clear guidance on achieving the best outcome. I handle complex and challenging private children disputes involving residence, contact, welfare and relocation issues. I will work hard to find the right solution for my client and their children without fuss or legal jargon.
Career
I qualified in 2011 with a firm in Buckinghamshire, before moving to London where I specialised in financial matters and children proceedings. I returned to Buckinghamshire where I became part of a successful team for 6 years. I was promoted to partner in November 2020. I joined Debenhams Ottaway’s thriving divorce and family law team as a partner in February 2023.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Next Generation Partners)The ‘well disciplined, thoughtful and pragmatic‘ team at Debenhams Ottaway in St Albans maintains its strong reputation for handling highly contested divorces involving complex assets, including business interests both domestically and internationally. Practice head Helen Young ‘never fails to deliver spot on advice’, assisting clients with pre and post nuptial agreements, and living together agreements. Stacey St Clair stands out due to her ‘impressive knowledge’, representing clients in complex disputes. The ‘excellent’ Natalie Lester was promoted to partner in May 2023, and is noted for her strong specialism in modern family law, including surrogacy.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Private client
- Next Generation Partners South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Real estate > Commercial property: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Employment > Employment: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery