Jane McDonagh

Head of family law. Jane McDonagh has twenty five years’ experience in the field. She established the family department at Simons Muirhead & Burton in 2011 and has grown the group rapidly in size and reputation since then. Jane helps clients resolve many of the problems to occur after a relationship breakdown, whether arising from divorce or separation, involving financial arrangements or the issues over children. She also advises on and prepares pre-and post-nuptial agreements, and parenting agreements to include all forms of same-sex parenting arrangements. A large proportion of Jane’s cases have an international element and she has a great deal of experience acting for clients in multi-jurisdictional cases. Habitually she deals with cases of a complex and multi-faceted nature; cases involving intricate financial structures including trust corporations and assets held offshore. Jane’s client base is diverse. She acts for TV and media personalities, city workers, and other high net worth individuals. Jane is a family mediator and collaborative lawyer, and this training informs her approach to cases generally. · Simons Muirhead Burton

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Head of Family Law at Simons Muirhead Burton with 25 years' experience who established the firm's family department in 2011. She advises on divorce, separation, financial remedy and children issues, including complex multi-jurisdictional cases and matters involving trusts and offshore assets; she is also a family mediator and collaborative lawyer.

Practice areas

FamilyDivorceChildrenPre- and Post-Nuptial AgreementsMediationCollaborative LawCross-BorderHigh Net Worth

Office

England

Simons Muirhead Burton · Head of family law. Jane McDonagh has twenty five years’ experience in the field. She established the family department at Simons Muirhead & Burton in 2011 and has grown the group rapidly in size and reputation since then. Jane helps clients resolve many of the problems to occur after a relationship breakdown, whether arising from divorce or separation, involving financial arrangements or the issues over children. She also advises on and prepares pre-and post-nuptial agreements, and parenting agreements to include all forms of same-sex parenting arrangements. A large proportion of Jane’s cases have an international element and she has a great deal of experience acting for clients in multi-jurisdictional cases. Habitually she deals with cases of a complex and multi-faceted nature; cases involving intricate financial structures including trust corporations and assets held offshore. Jane’s client base is diverse. She acts for TV and media personalities, city workers, and other high net worth individuals. Jane is a family mediator and collaborative lawyer, and this training informs her approach to cases generally.

England

Expertise

Multi-jurisdictional family casesComplex financial structures (trusts and offshore assets)High net worth individualsTV and media personalitiesCity workersSame-sex parenting arrangements

Education

Nantwich & Acton Grammar School
Sheffield University
Chester School of Law