Liz Barrett

Liz Barrett is an Associate in the Family Law department at Vardags, advising on the full spectrum of private family law matters. She is prized for her strategic thinking, meticulous attention to detail, holistic and empathetic approach to client care. Legal 500 has described her as “very hardworking and conscientious, and it pays significant dividends". Liz’s clients include high-profile and high-net-worth business owners, sports personalities, landowners, royalty, entrepreneurs, and their spouses, acting for them in highly complex and emotionally charged disputes. While she is based in London, she has clients world-wide and regularly provides strategic English law advice on overseas family law issues. Her practice includes divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships; jurisdictional disputes and international family law issues; financial remedy proceedings, including unmarried parents, cases involving trusts, offshore assets, and opaque company structures; private law children matters, including safeguarding and relocation; surrogacy, adoption, and modern family issues; and drafting and advising on UK and overseas pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and cohabitation disputes. · Vardags

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Associate in the Family Law department at Vardags advising on the full spectrum of private family law matters. Acts for high-profile and high-net-worth clients in complex and emotionally charged disputes, provides strategic English law advice on overseas family law issues, and is noted for strategic thinking and meticulous, empathetic client care.

Practice areas

Family LawInternational Family LawChildren LawDivorce & DissolutionFinancial RemediesSurrogacy & AdoptionPre- and Post-Nuptial AgreementsCohabitation

Office

England

Vardags · Liz Barrett is an Associate in the Family Law department at Vardags, advising on the full spectrum of private family law matters. She is prized for her strategic thinking, meticulous attention to detail, holistic and empathetic approach to client care. Legal 500 has described her as “very hardworking and conscientious, and it pays significant dividends". Liz’s clients include high-profile and high-net-worth business owners, sports personalities, landowners, royalty, entrepreneurs, and their spouses, acting for them in highly complex and emotionally charged disputes. While she is based in London, she has clients world-wide and regularly provides strategic English law advice on overseas family law issues. Her practice includes divorce and dissolution of civil partnerships; jurisdictional disputes and international family law issues; financial remedy proceedings, including unmarried parents, cases involving trusts, offshore assets, and opaque company structures; private law children matters, including safeguarding and relocation; surrogacy, adoption, and modern family issues; and drafting and advising on UK and overseas pre- and post-nuptial agreements, and cohabitation disputes.

England

Expertise

High-Net-Worth IndividualsSports PersonalitiesTrusts & Offshore StructuresJurisdictional & International Family Law IssuesChildren Safeguarding & RelocationSurrogacy & AdoptionPre- and Post-Nuptial AgreementsCases Involving Opaque Company Structures

Education

Law, King’s College London (awarded the Dickson Poon Scholarship and the Jelf Medal)
Legal Practice Course, BPP University (Distinction)