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Julia Moreno

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

julia.moreno@keystonelaw.co.uk

“I made the best decision to work with Julia Moreno of Keystone Law regarding my divorce. She is empathetic, authoritative, and straightforward. She speaks with clarity and is well-prepared in advance of meetings. She is also quick, decisive, and very helpful and understanding. My only regret is that I didn't work with Julia sooner! Highly recommended!”

- Divorce client

Julia is a highly experienced family lawyer and divorce coach who advises individuals and couples through the legal and emotional turmoil of relationship breakdown. Her areas of expertise encompass all aspects of divorce and private family law, with a particular emphasis on resolving complex financial matters and issues involving an international dimension. Julia is also well versed in addressing parenting arrangements arising from separation and divorce.

Over her career, she has handled a diverse array of cases, including those involving high-value and complex issues such as tracing of assets, businesses, multiple property ownership, trust structures, large pensions, and pre-acquired and inherited wealth.

To support her clients, Julia collaborates closely with other professionals such as expert valuers, accountants, financial planners, and pension experts.

Julia is also a member of Resolution and, as a dual Spanish and English national, can advise in English, Spanish, and Catalan.

Expertise

Julia advises on relationship breakdowns, divorce and separation, financial settlements, cohabitation, and pre- and post-nuptial agreements, often for high-net-worth clients with multi-jurisdictional assets.

Experience

  • Advised on a high-net-worth international divorce case with assets over £300 million, involving potential jurisdictions in multiple countries. Orchestrated worldwide advice with foreign lawyers and a private law firm.
  • Advised a Middle Eastern entrepreneur with worldwide interests worth over $400 million, involving competing jurisdictions and a post-nuptial agreement.
  • Represented a Liechtenstein-based Family Foundation with assets in multiple jurisdictions in a Court of Appeal case, which remains a leading authority on territorial limitation of the English court.
  • Represented an American tax lawyer in divorce proceedings involving the EU Maintenance Regulation and bilateral treaties.
  • Acted for a CEO of a company in the City, involving various types of applications in the matrimonial proceedings.
  • Advised a German national with business interests in multiple jurisdictions on his divorce, involving valuation and treatment of business interests and advising on financial settlement.
  • Advised a German client in a same-sex marriage in relation to her divorce from her wealthy spouse, involving a pre-nuptial agreement signed in Brazil, assets in Switzerland, and a trust in the Cayman Islands.
  • Advised the Belgian wife of a couple living in England with assets in Belgium, France, and England on financial settlement issues arising from divorce, including a pre-nuptial agreement signed in Belgium.
  • Represented an American client in divorce proceedings from her Austrian spouse, with assets in several jurisdictions, securing a fair outcome following a defective mediation agreement.
  • Advised a retired Irish-American woman living in England on the financial settlement following divorce from her British husband, involving pension and tax implications of relocation to the US.
  • Advised a Portuguese national with assets in France, Portugal, and England on divorce and related financial matters.
  • Represented a Japanese client in divorce proceedings from her Irish spouse, involving offshore assets in Jersey, a trust in Japan, and property in England.
  • Advised a British client living in Panama in relation to divorce from her British husband with assets in England and Panama, coordinating cross-border legal advice.

Julia advises on child arrangements following separation or divorce, including relocation, jurisdictional disputes, and international family law issues.

Experience

  • Advised several foreign nationals on relocation applications involving children returning to their home countries.
  • Assisted many clients in resolving child arrangements both by agreement and through court proceedings, including cases involving parents living in different countries.
  • Advised an unmarried French woman on separation from her English partner, including an application under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989.
  • Advised an unmarried Spanish national in a highly contested matter involving child arrangements, domestic abuse allegations, and choice of school.
  • Represented a Colombian client living in Spain in divorce and financial proceedings in the UK, coordinating advice in Spain regarding child arrangements for a child residing with the mother.

Please note: The experience list above may include examples of work completed prior to joining Keystone Law.

Recognition

Diploma in Professional Divorce Coaching

Member of Resolution

Member of ICAG (Girona Lawyers’ Association – Spain)

Julia qualified as a solicitor in 2005 and became an accredited Divorce and Breakup Coach Practitioner in 2020. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2023, she had her own practice and worked at the following firms:

  • Stewarts Law