Boodle Hatfield LLP‘s ’outstanding’ family team is steered by Emily Brand, who is praised as ‘excellent in every way and devastatingly bright'. Brand handles complex, multijurisdictional cases often involving trusts, private equity, hedge funds, and family businesses, and is also an experienced arbitrator. James Ferguson specialises in international divorce and matrimonial finance disputes and frequently tackles tax and trust issues. Mediator Katie O’Callaghan, hailed as ’the cream of the crop,’ has a particular focus on family businesses, complex financial structuring, and art and luxury assets. Alexandra Hirst works closely with the firm’s private wealth team on generational wealth protection, particularly for Middle Eastern UHNW clients. Katie Male and new 2024 arrival from Charles Russell Speechlys LLP, William Rollin, adds further depth to the team’s international financial remedy practice.
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'Emily Brand is one of the best family law solicitors currently working. She is excellent in everyway and is devastatingly bright. Cross her at your peril.’
‘Boodle Hatfield is a highly successful family law firm who deal with the highest value, most complex cases. They have excellent partners and enormous strength in depth at associate level.’
‘Emily Brand is captain of the family law ship and has enormous experience and skill and superb judgment. Katie Male is a superb Senior Associate whose knowledge of the papers and attention to detail is second to none. Alexandra Hirst is also a superb Senior Associate. The whole team are capable of dealing with the most complex, paper-heavy cases with utmost efficiency.’
‘Every member of the Boodle Hatfield family team is exceptional. They deliver excellent outcomes whilst also providing superb client care.’
‘Katie Male is a delight to work with. She knows every document in a case, has the details at her fingertips and can answer any question instantly.’
‘I have been hugely impressed by Katie Male, a senior associate who dealt brilliantly with a potentially complex issue involving a corporate client who had been dragged into a divorce involving one of its shareholders. She is highly intelligent but also very strategically aware. She was led by Katie O'Callaghan, who is also excellent and James Ferguson who brings enormous experience and commercial savvy to the job.’
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James Ferguson; Katie O'Callaghan; Katie Male; Alexandra Hirst; William Rollin