“Lucy Stewart-Gould is a formidable family lawyer whose sophisticated command of high-value matrimonial finance, international family disputes and complex wealth structures has earned her recognition among London’s leading practitioners. Her combination of strategic litigation strength, international perspective and exceptional discretion makes her a trusted adviser in the most demanding private family law matters.”

Fantastic Lawyers® Editorial 2026

Lucy Stewart-Gould is a Partner in the Divorce and Family team at Stewarts, widely recognised as one of London’s leading family lawyers for high net worth and ultra-high net worth divorce matters.

She specialises in complex matrimonial finance disputes, particularly those involving international elements, trusts, business interests, significant pre-marital wealth and sophisticated asset structures. Her clients include high-profile individuals, entrepreneurs and wealthy families facing sensitive and high-stakes family disputes.

What Lucy Stewart-Gould does

Lucy advises on some of the most challenging family law matters in England and internationally, including:

• High net worth and ultra-high net worth divorce
• Complex financial remedy proceedings
• International divorce and multi-jurisdictional family disputes
• Trust disputes within divorce proceedings
• Business asset valuation and ownership disputes
• Prenuptial and postnuptial agreements
• Cross-border nuptial agreements
• Family law disputes involving confidential information and reporting restrictions
• International child abduction related proceedings
• Family disputes involving art collections and complex asset structures

Why she stands out

Lucy is recognised for combining formidable litigation capability with practical common sense, a rare blend in highly technical family law disputes.

With experience in both London and Hong Kong, she brings genuine international perspective to cross-border family litigation. As a French speaker, she also has particular experience working alongside French lawyers on international nuptial agreements and related matters.

Her work often sits at the intersection of family law, private wealth, trusts and reputation management, making her especially well suited to discreet, sophisticated client matters.

She was part of the legal team in several landmark and high-profile cases, including Standish v Standish, one of the most significant recent divorce finance cases concerning pre-marital wealth and matrimonialisation.

Recognition and trust signals

Lucy Stewart-Gould has earned widespread recognition from leading legal directories and industry awards.

• Ranked in Chambers & Partners High Net Worth 2024
• Ranked in The Legal 500
• Recommended Lawyer in Spears (2019–2024)
• Private Client Global Elite Rising Leader (2022–2024)
• Citywealth Magic Circle Awards – Wealth Professional of the Year (2019)
• Spear’s Wealth Management Awards – Future Leader in Private Client (2018)

Independent commentary includes:

“Unparalleled for someone of her generation.” – Chambers & Partners High Net Worth

“Lucy has a brain the size of a planet.” – Chambers interviewee

“Outstanding, diligent and extremely hard working.” – Legal 500

Career background

Lucy graduated from University College London in 2007, trained at Withers, qualified in 2011, and later worked in the firm’s Hong Kong office before joining Stewarts in 2014. She became Partner in 2021.

She is a trained collaborative lawyer, a member of Resolution, and has held committee roles within Resolution’s London leadership structure.

Media and thought leadership

Lucy regularly comments on family law developments in respected national and industry media, including The Financial Times, The Times Radio, Stylist and Spear’s.

She has also co-authored the England and Wales overview for the Chambers & Partners Family Law Guide and regularly writes and speaks on developments affecting high net worth family law clients.