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Veryan Excelby

Veryan Excelby

Farrer & Co, London

Work Department

Family

Position

Veryan has a diverse range of clients and advises on all areas of family law, including divorce and separation (often with an international element), issues relating to children (including applications for leave to remove children permanently from the jurisdiction, disputes regarding contact and residence), pre- and post-marital agreements and more general legal advice in relation to personal affairs.

Career

Veryan trained with Farrer & Co and qualified into the Family team in 1999. She was made a partner in 2005 and was promoted to Senior Counsel in May 2021. She spent four years living in Tokyo with her family from 2006-2010, and a further period in Hong Kong from 2011 to 2014. She has now returned to the firm as a Consultant. She is a Governor of Downe House.

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Education

Gonville & Cauis College, Cambridge