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Olive Gathoni

Partner

England & Wales

020 3319 3700

olive.gathoni@keystonelaw.co.uk

“After struggling for a long time to handle my divorce on my own, I finally found the support I needed here at Keystone Law. Olive was understanding, supportive and effective in moving a difficult and stalled process forward. I'm very grateful for her help and support and I'd definitely recommend her to anyone who needs this kind of service. Visit Keystone Law and ask for Olive Gathoni.”

- J. Magun, Client

Olive is an experienced dual-qualified lawyer (England & Wales and Kenya) who advises on all aspects of family law and typically represents clients with mid-high net worth or those with an international element and has particular expertise in Kenyan family law. She is also fluent in Swahili.

In addition to general family matters, Olive frequently guides clients through complex financial matters post-separation, including family businesses and pensions. She also has experience drafting and reviewing pre- and post-nuptial agreements and advising non-married couples.

Another area of expertise for Olive is in acting for clients on a broad range of children matters including but not limited to abductions, relocations and high-conflict children cases.

Expertise

Olive advises clients on divorce and division of finances, including high-value and international assets, and applications for spousal maintenance.

Experience

  • Acted for a businessman in complex financial proceedings with two sets of intervenors. The matter concluded in arbitration.
  • Advised a client in a Kenya/UK jurisdiction race involving divorce proceedings.
  • Acted for various clients with public sector pensions, specifically the police and NHS.
  • Acted for a husband in successfully opposing a spousal maintenance variation application seeking to extend the term of the order and secured a costs order.
  • Assisted in the first English jurisdiction case to be heard in the recently formed Abu-Dhabi court designated for family cases for non-Muslims.

Olive advises on children matters, including abduction cases, relocation proceedings, and guardianship applications.

Experience

  • Represented a mother in her relocation application to Cyprus with an autistic child and successfully argued that the change would be in the best interests of the child.
  • Acted for a client whose child had been abducted from Kenya (a non-Hague country) to the UK and secured a return to the jurisdiction of her habitual residence.
  • Represented a client in her special guardianship application for her niece following the mother’s sudden death.
  • Acted for a client seeking his daughter’s relocation from Kenya to the UK.

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

Recognition

Recognised by The Legal 500 for Family: divorce and financial remedy 2024-2026

Recognised by The Legal 500 for 2021

Recognised by The Legal 500 for 2024

Member of Resolution

Frequent media commentator

Panel member on Global Strategies for Managing Wealth Post-Divorce, hosted by Thought Leaders 4

Olive qualified as a solicitor in 2015. Prior to joining Keystone Law in 2024, she worked at the following firms:

  • Burgess Mee Family Law
  • The International Family Law Group
  • Slater & Gordon Lawyers

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