Rebecca Dziobon
Partner
Rebecca is a partner and head of divisional strategy, leading the firm’s private individual client services with a focus on ultra-high net worth individuals, families, family offices, and professional trustees. She combines deep family law expertise with strategic leadership across the firm’s private wealth offering, ensuring an integrated, high-quality service for complex and often cross-border matters.
Rebecca has expertise in advising on high-value and technically complex financial issues arising from relationship breakdown. Her particular area of legal focus includes cases involving trusts, pensions, and business interests, as well as matters with international and jurisdictional considerations.
She also leads the firm’s art, cultural property and luxury group, reflecting a long-standing personal and professional interest in the sector. Rebecca read art history at university and worked in antiquities prior to qualifying as a lawyer, giving her a nuanced understanding of the legal, commercial, and cultural issues affecting collectors, families, and institutions with significant art and heritage assets.
As head of strategy and knowledge for the services I lead, I’m energised every day by the opportunity to shape how we deliver for clients. Bringing together people and sector expertise, I focus on enhancing client experience while creating an environment where our teams can do their best work and truly thrive.
A member of the firm’s strategy board, Rebecca plays a central role in shaping strategy and client service delivery. She leads initiatives combining people, legal expertise, technology, and process excellence to enhance outcomes, and is a key driver of innovation, including pricing strategy, legal technology, and scalable service models. Rebecca oversees knowledge and innovation across the family, private client (advisory and disputes) and Court of Protection teams, supporting consistent excellence in complex matters. She drives collaboration across teams and disciplines and introduced professional supervision to support colleagues and reinforce high standards of client care.
A recognised expert and prolific author, Rebecca contributes to Butterworths Family Law Service, Thomson Reuters’ Global Guide: Family Law, and LexisNexis publications on AI/technology, trusts, and pensions. She is co-founder of the Family Law Knowledge Network and a certified legal project manager.
Recent work highlights
Strategic advice
International guide
Editorial board
Trusts and pensions content
Financial management
Legal technology
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