Head of Family law, Partner Jane McDonagh has been featured in the Financial Times opinion section ‘Your Questions’. In response to, ‘Will divorce affect my grandchildren’s trust fund?’, where the FT reader asks if they would be required to disclose the capital sum of the fund in their son’s divorce case, Jane advises that it is very possible the court would require to know more about the trust.
To read all of Jane’s advice, you can access the article on the FT website here.
SMB has advised the majority shareholders of long-standing client, Exile Group on its minority stake sale to private equity firm Bridgepoint.
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Read moreHead of Media & Communications Disputes, Jeffrey Smele was quoted extensively in an article in the Financial Times on 17 December 2025, addressing the question - ‘ Why is Donald Trump suing the BBC – and will he win?’.
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