Fladgate LLP’s family team is strengthened by the arrival of new head of team Rebecca Cockcroft from Payne Hicks Beach LLP in September 2024 and is fast carving out a reputation for handling HNW and UHNW financial disputes. Cockcroft brings expertise in high-value cases with international aspects, representing a client base from entrepreneurs and private equity professionals to celebrities. Hetty Gleave stands out for her work at the intersection of complex financial divorces and art and cultural property, and Hetty Gleave has a specialism in financial remedy matters involving domestic abuse. Rebecca Christie advises on nuptial agreements and financial structures for international clients. Joshua Moger and Shivani Kerai are also recommended.
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- ‘Rebecca Christie is a superb lawyer and will surely make partner soon. She is highly diligent and cares greatly about her work and her clients. Hetty Gleave is an excellent and well-respected lawyer and has a strong caseload. She is very dependable, and she is trusted and respected in family law.’
- ‘Rebecca Cockcroft is one of the most effective lawyers I have worked with. She wears her intelligence lightly and is able to get quickly to the most important issues in a case and to communicate strategy in a straightforward and comprehensive fashion. She is incredibly diligent and client-focused and can pull together a great team swiftly, and then charms us all into working incredibly hard for her! A pleasure to work with, it is not surprising that she has the stellar client base she has.'
Work highlights
Acted in the private equity divorce case of A v M (No.2) and (No.3) and subsequent Court of Appeal case.
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