Simons Muirhead Burton‘s family team, led by Jane McDonagh and Tom Farley-Hills, is distinguished by its niche in acting for clients within the music, sport, and media sectors, working closely with reputation management. Farley-Hills is noted for his ’encyclopaedic knowledge of the music and sport industries’, as well as extensive experience advising on nuptial agreements. McDonagh’s clients are often high-net-worth entrepreneurs, media professionals, or individuals with substantial international ties, particularly to the Middle East, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Switzerland. Tessa Bray, a mediator and fluent French speaker, has a strong practice in Anglo-French family matters, and Sarah Harding’s caseload often features complex corporate and international elements, as well as having a particular interest in intervenor disputes involving third parties.
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- ‘SMB can tackle anything from the most complicated UHNW cases to a simple one-asset divorce. Any client will be in safe hands with them. They have extensive knowledge and experience, which is coupled with a warm and friendly manner with clients.’
- ‘Sarah Harding is an excellent solicitor. She is very reassuring to clients. She is particularly good at technical cases, involving areas of financial remedy practice that are legally or technically complicated (such as TOLATA proceedings). I would not hesitate to recommend her.’
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Practice head
Jane McDonagh; Tom Farley-Hills
Other key lawyers
Tessa Bray; Sarah Harding; Lara Wulwik