Firm hires: Fladgate recruits family law partners

City law firm Fladgate has appointed partners Catherine Costley and Joshua Moger to its family law team.

Costley and Moger, who both join Fladgate from Payne Hicks Beach, advise high-net-worth and ultra-high-net worth clients on divorce, children and financial remedies law. 

They have specialist experience in pre, mid and post-nuptial agreements, children contact disputes, international child abduction (including under the Hague Convention), and financial claims for unmarried and cohabiting couples. Their clients are both domestic and international, and their advice often involves onshore and offshore trust structures, complex corporate structures and dynastic estate planning.

Costley commented: 'I am thrilled to embark on this new chapter, joining a firm with such an esteemed reputation for advising both individuals and families in domestic and international arenas. Fladgate has taken the time to get to know it’s clients and understands the advice and support they need. My family law experience and knowledge will be wonderfully complemented by the firm’s broader private wealth and dispute resolution offerings. I am eager to contribute to the firm’s legacy of excellence and provide clients with comprehensive, high-quality legal counsel that addresses their unique needs across the spectrum of private family law and wealth management.'

Moger added: 'Fladgate and I have a shared focus on the needs of the client, which stretches far beyond simply providing family law advice. Fladgate’s offering of providing a holistic ‘wrap around’ private wealth service to clients made the firm an obvious and brilliant home for me and my clients. Catherine and I are hugely excited to expand and enhance the family law team at Fladgate further, building upon the firm’s already excellent reputation in this field. I look forward to contributing to the continued success and growth of the firm, delivering exceptional service to our clients and solidifying our position as leaders in family law, private wealth and dispute resolution.'

Costley and Moger follow the recent appointment of Simon Goldring as a partner in the firm's dispute resolution practice and Georgia Quenby as a partner in its funds, finance and regulatory practice. This is in addition to the hires of M&A partner Tessa Trevelyan Thomas and tech law partner Nathan Evans in April this year.