About Stewarts
Stewarts is the UK’s largest litigation-only law firm, consistently ranked among the very best for ultra-high net worth financial remedy proceedings. The family department handles the most complex and high-value domestic and international divorce cases, and is particularly noted for its in-house forensic accounting capability and sophisticated approach to asset tracing. The team regularly acts in cases involving offshore trusts, complex corporate structures and disputed jurisdictions, and is frequently involved in reported Court of Appeal and Supreme Court proceedings that have shaped financial remedy law. With offices in London and Leeds, the firm takes a purely litigation-focused approach that gives clients the benefit of a practice dedicated entirely to dispute resolution.
Areas of expertise
Awards & recognition
Our team
Meet the family law specialists at Stewarts.
London Office
10 solicitors
Stephen Foster
Head of Divorce and Family
Partner and Head of Divorce and Family at Stewarts. Built the department from scratch (“just me and a paralegal on day one”).
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Debbie Chism
Partner
Debbie Chism is a Partner at Stewarts with more than 30 years of experience advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth individuals in complex financial …
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Emma Hatley
Partner, Divorce and Family
Partner at Stewarts. Chambers Star Individual — an above-and-beyond status “given to lawyers with exceptional recommendations in their field”.
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Partner, Divorce and Family
Carly Kinch is a Partner in the Divorce and Family department at Stewarts, having joined the firm as a paralegal in 2006, qualified as a solicitor in 2009, and …
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Partner, Divorce and Family
Partner at Stewarts. Described as having “a brain the size of a planet” who is “super smart, very driven, very focused on results”.
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Matthew Humphries
Partner
Matthew Humphries is a senior Partner at Stewarts, where he has specialised exclusively for over 25 years in resolving financial and children matters arising …
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Richard Hogwood
Partner
Richard Hogwood is a Partner at Stewarts, concentrating on the financial aspects of high-value divorce and civil partnership dissolution, with particular …
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Sam Longworth
Partner, Divorce and Family
Partner at Stewarts. Described by Spear’s as “one of the UK’s leading partners” and credited with a “phenomenal work ethic”.
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Toby Atkinson
Partner, Divorce and Family
Partner at Stewarts. Described as combining “all the qualities that you want; practical, empathetic and extraordinarily knowledgeable”.
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Sophie Chapman
Partner, Divorce and Family
Partner at Stewarts. Described as “a rising star” who “combines a number of skills that make her terrific; exceptionally calm under pressure …
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3 solicitors
Alex Verdan KC
Head of Children
Alex Verdan KC is a Partner at Stewarts and Head of its Children team, specialising in complex and serious children cases, including intractable child …
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Rosie Stewart
Senior Associate
Rosie Stewart is a Senior Associate at Stewarts in the Divorce and Family department, specialising in complex children law. She represents clients in a wide …
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Trevona Hettiarachchi
Partner
Trevona Hettiarachchi is a Partner in the Divorce and Family team at Stewarts, having qualified in 2011 after training at the firm.
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