The Team
Lisa Payne

I am a family lawyer with a broad practice covering every area of relationship breakdown and arrangements for children, with a particular focus on high-net-worth financial remedy cases. 

I identify problematic issues from the outset and am clear on the strategy required, with a non-court resolution focus, to achieve the best result for my clients in all circumstances.

Areas of Expertise

Family Law
Dispute Resolution
Litigation Funding
Private Wealth Disputes

Our Service

I am a family lawyer with a broad practice covering every area of relationship breakdown and arrangements for children, with a particular focus on high-net-worth financial remedy cases. 

I identify problematic issues from the outset and am clear on the strategy required, with a non-court resolution focus, to achieve the best result for my clients in all circumstances.

My practice includes advice in relation to pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, as well as cohabitation agreements. I work on complex cases involving trusts and cross-jurisdiction issues. I act for homemakers to businessmen and women and professionals. 

I have a specialism in advising unmarried parties on relationship breakdown and the complex trust issues that can arise, working alongside colleagues in other teams, providing comprehensive holistic advice to clients.

Whilst my focus is on high-net worth cases, I have a passion for assisting all and has dealt with modest value cases, having to think quick on my feet to protect the children, the family home and to ensure the assets are used to their full potential, and the complexities that arise in doing so.

I am a trained Resolution Together lawyer based on the 'one lawyer one couple model', championing the way forward for Non-Court Dispute Resolution and the alternative methods of settlement available to parties. 

Clients benefit from my compassionate and thoughtful approach but know they will receive robust advice when needed.

I am a regular legal 'blogger' commenting in law magazines and am often approached by the press for my comments on the latest family law cases.

Experience

  • Complex high value financial remedy cases involving cross-jurisdictional assets and complex corporate structures  
  • Pre and post nuptial agreements, often for high-net-worth individuals, which a niche practice of protecting and ringfencing vulnerable client’s personal injury awards 
  • Acting for both spouses and or parents as their ‘one lawyer’, offering clients a creative service for families who are aligned in their outcome 
  • Advising parents on wide-ranging arrangements for their children 

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