Families First Offering for Professional Advisors

Families First Specialist family law support for professional advisors and their clients

Geldards LLP is a full- service law firm providing high quality and practical legal advice. Geldards operates across a wide range of sectors and offers a comprehensive range of high quality legal services, including Corporate and Employment Law. The firm also invests in long term partnerships, and regularly provides support with other professionals, financiers, and investors. As well as advising a range of leading employers in the region, we also have an award-winning family law practice who support families and individuals in the wide range of areas needed to protect their family’s interests.

Families First Very often, professional advisors will be the first to be aware of problems within a family. Sadly we see a growing body of litigation against professional intermediaries and advisors, where they have detailed knowledge regarding a family and its dynamics and relationships, and are entrusted with nurturing and protecting a family legacy, but fail to advise their clients of the importance of seeking specialist family law advice particularly in relation to protective structures. With an ever-increasing range of pressures and financial insecurity adding to mental health pressures and family breakdown, our clients are often facing significant pressures and are turning to their trusted advisers for support. It is not our suggestion that you become family law experts, rather that Families First will provide you with sufficient knowledge and training in order that you may identify issues where legal involvement may be necessary so we may help you to add further value to your client relationships. “ Offer an additional benefit to your clients with no financial outlay. ”

The Benefits of Families First Families First provides regular support to professional advisors and their clients on all aspects of Family Law. This service includes: Regular training Tailored updates for for advisors on key aspects of family law advisors to ensure to ensure you and your team are aware advisors are always up of the services and agencies available to to speed with changes support your clients in family law. 4 1with family issues. Telephone Telephone support consultations for your for advisors so that clients to provide potential issues may initial, confidential be dealt with at the 5and timely advice. 2earliest opportunity. We will offer flexible appointments for your clients to minimise any Discounted fee for disruption to their your clients for their 3 working day. 6 first meeting.

The Families First Team This briefing note is intended solely as an overview of the law in England and Wales. It was last updated June 2021. No responsibility can be accepted for the completeness or accuracy Families First is led by renowned family law expert Jane Cowley of this briefing note and professional advice should be taken in relation on to any specific and the award winning Geldards matter. Geldards LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales Family Law Team. Jane is a partner at Geldards with over 30 years’ (OC313172) and is authorised and regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority. A list experience in dealing with specialist of Geldards LLP members is available for inspection at our registered office at 4 Capital family law issues. Based in the firms Quarter, Tyndall Street, Cardiff CF10 4BZ. We use the word ‘Partner’ to refer to a member of Nottingham office her practice and clients are based across the entire the LLP or an employee of an equivalent standing and qualification. East Midlands and beyond. Previous clients of Families First have included a National Transport & Logistics company, which later floated on the Stock Exchange and a leading local University. Clients have come from across a range of sectors including manufacturing where frequently Trade Union support has been integral to success. Jane Cowley Tel: +44 (0)7436 292567 [email protected]