Jessie Smith

Spear’s Review

With a knack for complex and high-value divorce and financial remedy proceedings (often involving complex trust structures), Jessie Smith is a highly regarded senior associate in the family team at Howard Kennedy.

In her line of work, Smith engages frequently with external experts, including counsellors and psychotherapists, to ensure her clients’ needs are met in the most holistic way possible. She tells Spear’s that her career has seen a move ‘towards extremely complex cases – children and finances – involving detailed analysis and summary of decades of evidence, dozens of companies or assets in several jurisdictions’. She also frequently advises international couples on pre- and postnuptial agreements.

She is a member of Resolution and the diversity and inclusion officer on the International Bar Association family law committee.