A small, senior-led practice on Beaumont Street, advising clients across Oxfordshire, London and abroad on divorce, finance and arrangements for children — with the discretion the work demands.
Family matters are rarely only legal. They sit at the intersection of finance, property, trust, children and reputation — and they require an adviser who is as comfortable with a balance sheet as with a school holiday rota.
Wetherby Ashcombe was founded to offer a different kind of family practice: small in size, senior in attention, and entirely focused. We act for a limited number of clients each year — typically professionals, founders, academics, and families with inherited interests — where complexity, sensitivity and long horizons matter as much as the law itself.
From our rooms on Beaumont Street, we work with trusted counsel, accountants, valuers and trustees across the United Kingdom and Europe.
Meet the TeamWe accept a deliberately narrow range of work, so that each matter receives the attention of a partner from beginning to end.
Complex financial remedy proceedings involving trusts, family businesses, inherited wealth, agricultural estates and cross-border assets.
Carefully drafted agreements protecting personal, dynastic and business interests, prepared with discretion and a long view of family circumstance.
Private arrangements for children, schooling, relocation and international parental matters — handled with a steady hand and minimal escalation.
Maintenance, pension sharing, and the unwinding of jointly held property and investments, including tax-sensitive separation structures.
Advice for beneficiaries, settlors and trustees where matrimonial proceedings touch upon family trusts, succession and dynastic assets.
Jurisdiction, forum and recognition issues for clients with lives, assets or children spanning the United Kingdom, Europe and further afield.
Charlotte combined formidable financial analysis with the most extraordinary composure. We left the process not only intact, but with a working relationship that surprised us both.— Client, financial remedy proceedings · 2024
A confidential meeting — at the office, over the telephone, or at a place of your choosing. There is no charge for the initial conversation and no obligation to instruct.
We set out the legal landscape, the likely course, and the questions to be answered — financial, practical, and personal — before any formal step is taken.
Wherever possible, we resolve matters by negotiation, collaborative practice or mediation. Where proceedings are unavoidable, we conduct them with the same care.
The work does not always end at sealed orders. We remain available — for implementation, variation, and the inevitable second questions that arise weeks or years later.
If you would like to speak with us, in confidence and without obligation, we should be glad to arrange a time.
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