Bio
Christian is a Family Partner.
Christian has extensive experience in all areas of family law, specialising in high- and ultra-high-net-worth divorces and separations involving complex assets.
Supporting a national and international client base of entrepreneurs, business owners, directors, professionals, landowners, farmers, and sports and media personalities, Christian’s areas of expertise include complex corporate structures, trusts, asset protection, injunctions, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, inherited wealth, pensions, and substantial land and property portfolios.
Examples of Christian’s work include:
- Representing a family of landowning farmers with agricultural land and property holdings valued at more than £10 million, intervening in contentious divorce proceedings involving a son who was also a partner in the family farming business.
- Acting for the main shareholder of a family company in complex and highly-contested financial remedy proceedings involving disputes regarding matrimonial and non-matrimonial assets and income needs.
- Advising a business owner with a net asset base exceeding £50 million and annual income in excess of £5 million in relation to a bespoke pre-nuptial agreement, ensuring the protection of personal and business wealth.
- Acting for the principal shareholder of a successful family-owned business in highly contested financial remedy proceedings, involving complex disputes over matrimonial and non-matrimonial assets, business interests, and future income needs.
- Acting in complex divorce and financial remedy proceedings involving a diverse international asset portfolio, including cryptocurrency holdings exceeding £1 million, luxury real estate, investment shares, and pension assets across multiple jurisdictions.
- Advising a high-profile media personality in sensitive divorce and financial remedy proceedings, providing strategic and discreet representation.
- Acting for the wife of a well-known Chief Executive Officer in divorce and financial remedy proceedings involving assets exceeding £80 million, including substantial international holdings and complex wealth structures.
- Representing the wife of a former Premier League footballer in divorce and financial remedy proceedings involving sophisticated financial issues, including debt claims and tax-efficient film investment schemes.