Olivia Piercy

Hunters partner Olivia Piercy is a domestic abuse specialist – a somewhat unusual niche in private client family law. 

‘All of my clients are domestic abuse victims and survivors,’ she tells Spear’s. ‘I represent the wronged party, and we’re trying to get a fair deal, which dovetails with my campaigning to try and make the law fairer and safer for victims and survivors.’

‘Domestic abuse is everywhere,’ says Piercy when asked if HNWs are vulnerable. She notes the use of offshore trusts and business structures to keep money out of a spouse’s hands as one example. ‘You’re having the same fight, but it’s different tools and different assets – it's more complex.’

Piercy also has a great deal of experience in children cases, including abduction and cross-border cases. She sits on Resolution’s domestic abuse committee and heads Resolution’s economic abuse working party.