Nicholas Yates KC

Spear’s Review

Recommended to Spear’s by several top family lawyers, 1 Hare Court’s Nicholas Yates KC has built a strong reputation for advising high-profile figures, FTSE CEOs and other HNW individuals in financial remedy cases – many of which involve substantial assets, complex company valuations, trusts, tax issues and international dimensions.

‘We are the only family bar that just does financial work,’ the joint head of chambers tells Spear’s. ‘Directories have always put us at the very top; we’ve never slipped from that position.’

Notable recent cases for the barrister include ES v SS [2023], CG v SG [2023] and Nicolaisen v Nicolaisen [2023]. He also acted for the husband in a novel case involving an ‘undivided family arrangement’ (a traditional Hindu concept) and assets of more than £150 million, and played a role in DJ v BJ [2019], a Cayman Islands case concerning the interpretation of a prenuptial agreement in light of dramatically changed financial circumstances.