Veronica Gilmour
Partner
Services
Family law
Sectors
Private wealth
Veronica is a partner in the family law team with extensive experience in complex financial and private law children cases involving both married and unmarried couples. Much of her work has a cross-border element and she has a network of international contacts to call upon where there are jurisdiction disputes or advice is needed in a foreign jurisdiction.
She has experience with part III applications for financial relief after an overseas divorce, as well as experience in resolving child arrangements, including applications to remove children from the jurisdiction and internal relocations. Alongside her wider practice, Veronica has a particular interest in pensions, trusts and cases involving business assets. She works for clients from a diverse range of backgrounds including other lawyers, medical professionals, business owners and their spouses. She is also known for her expertise in acting for older couples experiencing relationship breakdown after long marriages.
I am dedicated to finding the best solution for my clients and their families, focusing on the welfare of any children and minimising conflict. As far as possible I aim to reach an agreement without the need for court proceedings. Sometimes this is not possible and where court proceedings are necessary, I will offer robust representation.
As a member of Resolution throughout her career, Veronica has served on the Surrey Resolution committee for many years and has been their chair since 2020. She is committed to non-court resolution including private FDRs and arbitration. She is an accredited hybrid mediator and mediates both in relation to children and finances, as well as being a collaboratively trained lawyer. Veronica is recognised as a leader in her field in both Chambers UK and the Legal 500.
Recent work highlights
Inherited assets
Schedule 1 advice
Protecting pension assets
Cost-saving mediation success
Proving coercive control
External recognition
What our clients are saying
Veronica’s understanding of people and the dynamics of family breakdown is unsurpassed. She is thoroughly dependable and her advice to clients is always realistic and wise.
Veronica is a natural leader who handles complex financial matters with skill and utter ease.
Veronica is the leading family lawyer in the area and offers her clients the immense reassurance of huge experience combined with a hard working approach and dedication to each and every client.
I have been meaning to personally thank you for the entire mediation process. I wish I had met you earlier. I have been recommending you to everyone I know.
