Biography
Yuliya is an experienced family solicitor with a background in leading City and London firms, later practicing in Surrey. She advises a wide range of clients—from international business owners to homemakers—offering clear, practical, and compassionate guidance across all areas of family law. Her expertise spans divorce and complex financial settlements, child arrangements, injunctions, relocation, domestic abuse matters, and nuptial and cohabitation agreements.
She has a strong professional network of financial, educational, and therapeutic experts, and particular experience with cases involving mental health challenges and Special Educational Needs. In 2023, she co-authored an award-winning family law lesson, Modern Families, now taught in secondary schools. Clients describe her as pragmatic, strategic, and effective. Fluent in Ukrainian, Russian, and advanced French, Yuliya frequently advises international clients.
Some recent highlights include:
| Negotiated a clean-break financial settlement including a pension sharing order in a case involving four children and a significant income disparity. | |
| Secured a favourable settlement despite the other party’s repeated non-disclosure and delays. | |
| Drafted a cohabitation agreement for a high-net-worth client, clearly separating valuable pensions and premarital property. | |
| Represented a father in proceedings involving allegations of harm, requiring a fact-finding hearing. | |
| Supported a father whose two primary school children had Education, Health and Care Plans, in a family where seven professionals were involved. | |
| Successfully acted for a father and husband who was the victim of domestic abuse and where the mother had mental health issues. |