Alex Woolley
Senior Associate
Alex is a family law specialist who works across the full range of private family law matters with a particular focus on financial remedy cases, both contentious and non-contentious.
He advises on matters across the entire spectrum of private family law including divorce, financial settlements, pre and post-nuptial agreements, and arrangements for children following the breakdown of a relationship.
Many of Alex’s cases involve complex financial arrangements and disputes and he has been involved in some of the highest -profile and highest value cases in the family courts in the past decade. Alex has particular experience advising clients in cases with international assets and complex asset structures, sometimes involving allegations of non-disclosure. He has recent experience of acting for, and against, successful entrepreneurs in the technology sector and is sensitive to the difficulties and complexities that such cases often involve.
Alongside his contentious practice, Alex regularly prepares and negotiates pre and post-nuptial and cohabitation agreements.
Alex also has experience of high-conflict children matters, including allegations of non-accidental injury and alienation, as well as advising clients in cases where one parent wishes to relocate with the children internationally.
Alex has been ranked as a Leading Associate / Rising Star in the Legal 500 since 2020, and a Rising Star in Spear’s Family Law Index since 2023. Contributors to the Legal 500 commented that: "Alexander Woolley never stops thinking – he is obsessed with every aspect of the case he is working on and, seemingly, loves the law more than most academics. He has an innate sense of fairness and is not afraid to disagree with others, irrespective of their seniority. He is a star in the making."
