Marcus David Chadwick Dearle

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Profile

Senior Partner Miles Preston, joining the firm on 1 January 2021. Immediate Past Chair IBA Family Law Committee. Uniquely practising English, as well as Hong Kong, family law from London. ‘When it comes to international trusts and family law cases, Marcus Dearle is in a class of his own’: Legal 500 2021. Partner Berwin Leighton Paisner/Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner from May 2016 to 31 December 2020. Partner Withers 1995 to 30 April 2016. Qualified as a solicitor in England & Wales: 1990, Hong Kong: 2011, and BVI: 2012. Law Society of England & Wales. Hong Kong Law Society. Solicitors' Family Law Association (now known as Resolution); Resolution's international committee (1994-2012). Hong Kong Family Law Association. Lecturer, broadcaster and author on family law issues including Global Legal Post, Family Asset Protection Guide 2023 (co-editor and contributor), and Divorce and Trusts Chapter of Sweet & Maxwell publication, Family Law and Practice in Hong Kong (1st, 2nd and 3rd Editions).

Languages Spoken: English

Practice Areas: Appeals, Arbitration, Child Custody/Residence/Visitation/Contact, Child Support, Cohabitation, Divorce, Domestic Abuse/Violence/Protection Orders, Emergency Procedures/Injunctions, Enforcement: Child Custody, Enforcement: Child Support, Enforcement: Property Division, Enforcement: Spousal Support, Finance: Capital Provision, Finance: Insolvency, Finance: Pensions/Superannuation/Retirement and Employment Benefits, Finance: Property Issues, Finance: Trusts, Hague Convention/Child Abduction, Mediation, Modification/Variation: Child Custody, Modification/Variation: Child Support, Modification/Variation: Property Division, Modification/Variation: Spousal Support, Parentage/Paternity, Pre-nuptial/Post-nuptial Agreements, Relocation/Removal from Jurisdiction, Same Sex Partnerships, Spousal Support/Maintenance/Alimony, Surrogacy

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