Ruben is a Partner in the Family team specialising in divorce and asset protection. He also leads JMW Signature – the firm’s cross-practice service for family offices and ultra-high net worth (UHNW) clients in the UK and internationally.
Ruben and his team advise on all aspects of family law. His clients range from the more straightforward with modest assets to some of the largest and most complex to have come before the English courts. He has particular, and widely regarded, expertise advising HNW and UHNW clients in complex divorce cases involving corporate structures, trusts and multi-generational wealth often involving assets of between £100m and £1bn+. His client base includes successful entrepreneurs, senior financiers, industrialists, professional trustees and prominent families.
Having spent five years practising in Hong Kong and acting for families across the world, Ruben has a wealth of experience advising clients in international cases where there are assets in and connections to a number of different jurisdictions. He has particular expertise advising on trusts (both on and offshore) in the context of divorce, often acting for divorcing beneficiaries (or their spouses) who may be attacking or defending trusts and advising trustees who may be caught in the crossfire of divorce.
He regularly works with wealthy families and their advisers on asset protection including pre and post nuptial agreements and structuring to ensure wealth is preserved in the event of a divorce.
Ruben has advised numerous high-profile clients and prominent families. He acted for Sir Frederick Barclay in his successful defence of committal proceedings following his widely publicised divorce from Lady Barclay. He has also acted in a number of other reported cases, some of which have shaped the family law landscape.
