“Recommended lawyer.”
Legal 500 UK 2023
About
Clear thinking. Confident advice. Personal dedication.
Olivia is a senior associate in our Family Law and Divorce team. She advises on all aspects of family law, including divorce and separation, financial claims arising from relationship breakdown, children matters, applications under the Family Law Act 1996 and nuptial agreements.
She has particular experience advising high net worth individuals and families in matters involving complex asset structures, business interests, trusts, inherited wealth and international elements. Olivia also advises on children arrangements, including cases involving relocation.
Olivia is a member of Resolution and sits on the International Committee of the Westminster & Holborn Law Society. She is fluent in German.
Olivia has been listed in the Legal 500 as a Recommended Lawyer and was the recipient of the Citywealth Future Leaders Associate of the Year (Gold) Award in 2022.
Experience
- High net worth and UHNW individuals: Advising in complex financial remedy proceedings involving substantial business assets, inherited wealth, trusts and sophisticated company structures, both within and outside court proceedings. Olivia is experienced in matters involving complex remuneration structures, including where one party works in private equity, and the treatment of carried interest and co-investment arrangements within financial remedy proceedings. Olivia has experience in cases involving significant non-disclosure of assets, requiring the court’s intervention, as well as cases involving serious allegations of conduct.
- International matters: Advising in international matters, including financial claims following a foreign divorce, issues concerning overseas assets and disputes involving competing proceedings in other jurisdictions. Olivia’s experience includes acting for a party in lengthy financial remedy proceedings following an overseas divorce involving significant overseas assets and company disputes.
- Private settlement negotiations: Representing clients at private FDRs and during settlement negotiations, helping to achieve swift and practical resolutions outside of court. Olivia has assisted clients in negotiating settlements involving complex pension arrangements and the deferred sharing of assets, including Wells sharing orders.
- Nuptial agreements: Advising on and drafting pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements to protect family wealth, inherited assets, business interests and trust structures. Olivia has advised on agreements involving family wealth worth hundreds of millions of pounds and complex cross-border considerations spanning multiple jurisdictions.
- Arrangements for children: Acting in children proceedings concerning child arrangements and specific issue disputes, as well as international cases involving child abduction and relocation. Olivia has experience in matters involving serious allegations of harm and parental alienation, as well as where the welfare needs of neurodivergent children need to be considered. She has successfully advised in international relocation cases, including relocation to the United States.
- Unmarried couples: Advising clients on financial claims for the benefit of their children, including claims concerning housing provision, school fees and financial support following relationship breakdown.
Credentials
- Admitted as a solicitor England & Wales (2019)
- Recipient of the Citywealth Future Leaders Associate of the Year (Gold) Award