Camellia Buckmaster

Camellia is a Legal Director in the Family department. Camellia specialises in ultra/high net worth cases and advises on the full range of matrimonial finance work including pre-nuptial agreements, Schedule 1 cases (financial provision for the benefit of a child of unmarried parents), Part III claims, jurisdictional disputes and complex financial claims upon divorce. She also advises on all aspects of private children law including cases with complex and contentious contact arrangements with jurisdictional or harm factors in play and relocation applications. Her practice covers co-habitation and separation agreements, Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders and her cases often involve an international element and/or complex trust structures. Her practice covers co-habitation and separation agreements, Non-Molestation and Occupation Orders and her cases often involve an international element and/or complex trust structures. Work Highlights • BR v BR (No.2) [2025] EWFC 88 (valuation and division of business assets) • Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 740 • Helliwell v Entwistle [2024] EWHC 1298 • Standish v Standish [2024] EWCA Civ 567 • Potanin v Potanina [2024] UKSC 3 • Collardeau-Fuchs v Fuchs [2022] EWFC 6 • WX v HX & NX and LX [2021] EWHC 241 • Potanina v Potanin [2021] EWCA Civ 702 • Potanin v Potanina [2019] EWHC 2956 • M (Children) (Non-Hague Convention State) [2020] EWCA Civ 277 Awards/Rankings Ranked - As a Recommended Lawyer in The Legal 500 UK 2025/2024 Ranked - As an Associate to Watch in Chambers and Partners 2025 (Family/Matrimonial: High Net Worth) and 2025 (Family/Matrimonial: Ultra High Net Worth) Ranked - As a Rising Star in the Spear's Family Lawyer Index 2025/2024 Award - Gold - Family Lawyer of the Year, Senior/Managing Associate - Citywealth Future Leaders 2023 Ranked - Chambers and Partners 2023/2022 · Payne Hicks Beach LLP