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As a Legal Director, Alex utilises his 17 plus years’ experience to counsel and support clients on a range of Family Law matters. After working at a leading boutique and top 100 law firm. Alex joined Sherrards to help establish the matrimonial department.
Alex specialises in all aspects of divorce with a particular emphasis on the resolution of complex financial issues for high-net-worth individuals. A large proportion of his work involves helping clients who have family businesses, international elements, offshore trusts, commercial and tax issues, pre acquired wealth, inherited assets and pre and post-nuptial agreements.
Alex also has significant experience in advising unmarried wealthy individuals/families as to property rights and financial provision for children.
Alex supports his clients on a full range of children disputes including child arrangements orders/enforcement, injunctive relief, leave to remove and paternity issues.
Wherever possible Alex aims to resolve family matters outside of court in the first instance by utilising Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) methods, to include private Financial Dispute Resolution (FDR) hearings and or Arbitration in tandem with clients obtaining successful outcomes. This reduces delays, costs and stress for his clients.
In some circumstances, there may be the need to issue formal proceedings in court, and in the event that they are needed, Alex has considerable experience in achieving the best possible outcome for his clients.
Enough said.
Notable Cases:
DP v EP (Conduct; Economic Abuse; Needs) [2023] EWFC6
- Advising a client in financial proceedings with a property portfolio of 28 properties, the bulk of which were in Scotland to include intervener proceedings.
- Acting for a husband in South Africa in ‘forum conveniens’ dispute and successfully staying the English proceedings which lead to the successful negotiation of the finances in South Africa to include drafting a mirror order in this jurisdiction reciting the agreed terms.
- Dealing with extensive litigation at short notice in Family Law Act (FLA) proceedings to include successful return due to wrongful removal of the children and successfully opposing findings of fact sought by spouse.
- Acting for the CEO of a diamond mining company with offices in South Africa and Canada with assets in numerous jurisdictions. Net worth on paper in excess of £35 million.
- Acting for the founder/director of an airline with assets in multiple jurisdictions. Net worth on paper in excess of £55 million. To include jurisdictional dispute (eventually compromised) and a range of interim orders such as Maintenance Pending Suit (MPS), Freezing Order and forensic disclosure.
- Acting in a matter that involved a trust which owned the Former Matrimonial Home (FMH) and successfully varying the nuptial settlement to secure all the assets for the client. Taking over conduct of the matter two months before trial after two other firms had been instructed and dealing with a freezing/committal applications following on from the pre-trial review. Processing huge volumes of papers and instructing leading/junior counsel. Instructing counsel to deal with concurrent possession proceedings and successfully obtaining orders to enable matrimonial proceedings to successful conclusion.