Simons Muirhead Burton‘s family team, led by Jane McDonagh and Tom Farley-Hills, is distinguished by its niche in acting for clients within the music, sport, and media sectors, working closely with reputation management. Farley-Hills is noted for his ’encyclopaedic knowledge of the music and sport industries’, as well as extensive experience advising on nuptial agreements. McDonagh’s clients are often high-net-worth entrepreneurs, media professionals, or individuals with substantial international ties, particularly to the Middle East, Pakistan, Ukraine, and Switzerland. Tessa Bray, a mediator and fluent French speaker, has a strong practice in Anglo-French family matters, and Sarah Harding’s caseload often features complex corporate and international elements, as well as having a particular interest in intervenor disputes involving third parties.
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- ‘Sarah Harding is a pleasure to work with. Not only does she always have a firm grasp of the case at hand, she is really constructive to deal with even in the most high-conflict matters. Sarah is calm and professional.'
- ‘Tom Farley-Hills is the key partner. He is a savvy operator with encyclopaedic knowledge of the music and sport sectors. Always pragmatic but not afraid of a fight.’
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Practice head
Jane McDonagh; Tom Farley-Hills
Other key lawyers
Tessa Bray; Sarah Harding; Lara Wulwik