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Ben Parry-Smith
Spear’s Review
Once described as the ‘protégé’ of Fiona Shackleton, Ben Parry-Smith joined Payne Hicks Beach on qualification and made partner in 2018.
The Oxford graduate specialises in a range of matters relating to family law. This includes cohabitation disputes, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, divorce/civil partnership, relocation of children, complex financial disputes and jurisdictional issues. Most notably, Parry-Smith was part of the team representing Princess Haya in her high-profile divorce from Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum.
He tells Spear’s that he has been busy doing an increasing amount of children and abduction work alongside his usual diet of HNW and international divorce/financial remedy work.
Increasingly, he has also played a role in advocacy in the industry: in 2023, he spearheaded a Payne Hicks Beach initiative to create guidance helping family lawyers to deal with vulnerable clients, which has received support from other private client firms.
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