Ursula Danagher
Partner, Head of Family (London)/International
Children Disputes | Cohabitation Agreements | Family | Family Dispute Resolution | Injunctions and Emergency Remedies | International | International Family | Pre and Post Nuptial Agreements | Separation & Divorce
About Ursula
Ursula is a very experienced Family law partner in our London office who deals with high-value divorce and substantial financial cases, both domestically and off-shore.
Ursula joined RWK Goodman in October 2020 to lead the London Family team and as a Partner specialising in International Family law, including children, financial remedy and nuptial agreements.
Ursula specialises in complex families with intergenerational wealth and multijurisdictional issues. She has been involved in leading cases including offshore wealth and complexity. Ursula has enormous experience in working with families planning for marriage and advising on pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements.
Ursula has also been often called upon to advise and assist planning on international relocation, with children, worldwide.
Ursula is named in Citywealth’s Leadership list as a leading individual in the international private client section where you can find her profile here.
Ursula's practice areas include:
- Advising on all aspects of divorce and separation including civil partnership
- Complex financial resolution of financial matters for divorcing or separating couples
- Advocacy
- Private child law
- Cohabitation and pre-nuptial agreements
- Cohabitation disputes
Ursula specialises in:
- Pre-nuptial and Post-nuptial agreements (both domestic and with international complexity)
- Collaborative/Alternative Dispute Resolution
- International/cross jurisdictional complexity
Memberships:
- Law Society
- Resolution
- London Collaborative Group
- London Chamber of Commerce and Industry
One of the real heavyweight names in Family Law.
“I appreciate everything you have done and are doing"
“Ursula made me feel reassured and confident as to the outcome from the get go. She has great strategic approach and I would highly recommend”
“Ursula and Natalie provide a hand on and first-class service to their clients displaying excellent judgment and high-level preparation. From a counsel’s perspective they are positive delight to work for and with.”
“This dynamic team led by the indomitable Ursula Danagher is a real pleasure to work with. They have a creative and charismatic style, but pull no punches. Attention to detail is second to none and their client care is focused, humane but also direct. As a team they work well together on money and children cases alike. The team boasts great technical skill in relation to matrimonial finance and a nuanced and non-aggressive style marks their children cases. A collaborative and inclusive team who draw in more juniors to even the most complex and high worth cases to ensure training and education comes from within and enables juniors to see a wide range of cases. The team really seem to enjoy working with each other and hold mutual respect for their colleagues.”
"Excellent legal and practical analysis, straightforward and no nonsense advice. A good balance of partner access and oversight, with juniors undertaking less technical aspects. A very good team indeed, who deliver results"
"Ursula Danagher leads the team. She was understanding, practical, commercial and offered excellent strategic advice. Natalie Lemonides (Senior Associate) supported Ursula, but in her own right provided excellent advice and assistance"
"Ursula Danagher is a consummate professional who has enormous experience in the matrimonial field with a great reputation to match. I have worked with her for a long time and am always impressed by the quality of both client and instructions, will take the firm onto bigger and better things undoubtedly. Natalie Lemonides has worked with Ursula for some time now and provides a perfect foil to her. Natalie is a brilliant networker, has a real feel for the role she has within the market and attracts numerous clients to the firm – real star of the future"
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