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Leading Individual Head of Department Band 5 – Family/Matrimonial Finance: High Net Worth (Chambers HNW 2026)

Philip Rutter

Partner · Head of Department

Bishop & Sewell LLP

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About Philip

Philip Rutter is a Partner and Head of the Family and Divorce team at Bishop and Sewell LLP having joined the firm in 2016 as a specialist family lawyer with significant experience in claims for financial provision on divorce, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, civil partnership dissolution and cohabitation agreements and disputes. Many of his cases have an international dimension and he is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers and of Resolution with particular expertise in disputes where generational or entrepreneurial assets are at stake including matters involving complex business structures and trust elements. He has been recognised in both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners where he is described as ‘a great pragmatist’ and ‘sagacious’ and is ranked in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Family and Matrimonial Finance.

Areas of expertise

Financial Remedy
Divorce
Pre-Nuptial Agreements
Children Law
Cohabitation Disputes
International Family Law

Awards & recognition

Member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers

Regulatory information

SRA Regulated SRA ID: 24236501

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Last updated: 20 May 2026

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