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Abby Buckland

Abby is a Partner in the Family & Divorce team. She has established her reputation working on some of the team’s most complex and challenging high net worth financial cases, many with an international element. Abby has represented the successful wife in Daga v Bangur [2018] EWFC 91, a significant decision involving trust assets and non-matrimonial wealth estimated to be in the region of £1.3 billion and the Applicant in M v F [2018] EWFC 35, high value Schedule I proceedings, involving a world-wide freezing order and enforcement costs provision. Highly regarded for her capability in complex, HNW financial cases and named in Chambers UK, Chambers UHNW and included in The Legal 500, Abby has also been shortlisted as “Woman of the Year: Rising Star” in the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards and is recommended in the Spear’s Family Law Index. Abby regularly writes and speaks about issues affecting HNW families and she is part of the Next Generation HNW committee for ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce. She has chaired the Divorce Proofing Wealth Planning conference and spoken at Asset Recovery in Divorce and Enforcing a Divorce Award. · Kingsley Napley LLP

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About

Abby Buckland is a Partner in the Family & Divorce team at Kingsley Napley LLP who specialises in complex, high-net-worth financial cases often with an international element. She has acted in major reported matters including Daga v Bangur [2018] EWFC 91 and M v F [2018] EWFC 35, and is recognised in Chambers UK, Chambers UHNW and The Legal 500; she also writes and speaks on HNW family law and sits on the Next Generation HNW committee for ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce.

Practice areas

Family / DivorcePrivate ClientTrustsFinancial RemediesInternational

Office

England

Kingsley Napley LLP · Abby is a Partner in the Family & Divorce team. She has established her reputation working on some of the team’s most complex and challenging high net worth financial cases, many with an international element. Abby has represented the successful wife in Daga v Bangur [2018] EWFC 91, a significant decision involving trust assets and non-matrimonial wealth estimated to be in the region of £1.3 billion and the Applicant in M v F [2018] EWFC 35, high value Schedule I proceedings, involving a world-wide freezing order and enforcement costs provision. Highly regarded for her capability in complex, HNW financial cases and named in Chambers UK, Chambers UHNW and included in The Legal 500, Abby has also been shortlisted as “Woman of the Year: Rising Star” in the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards and is recommended in the Spear’s Family Law Index. Abby regularly writes and speaks about issues affecting HNW families and she is part of the Next Generation HNW committee for ThoughtLeaders4 HNW Divorce. She has chaired the Divorce Proofing Wealth Planning conference and spoken at Asset Recovery in Divorce and Enforcing a Divorce Award.

England

Expertise

High-net-worth family financial disputesTrusts and non-matrimonial wealthInternational family lawSchedule I (children) proceedingsAsset recovery, freezing orders and enforcement

Education

  • English Literature, The University of Manchester

Admissions

  • Trained and qualified (2010) at Ambrose Appelbe