Edward Floyd

Partner

Edward advises on all family law issues, helping clients resolve the financial issues that arise on separation, arrangements for children, and marital and relationship agreements. His cases often involve high-value, multi-jurisdictional assets, including trusts, and his clients include high net worth and highly compensated individuals and their spouses.

Edward’s cases often involve an international element, and he has recently presented on international family law issues at a European meeting of international family lawyers and at the University of Lausanne. He also increasingly advises on pre-nuptial agreements.

Widely recognised as leading a new generation of London family lawyers, a Chambers HNW commentator described him as a “phenomenal partner”, adding he’s "technically superb on jurisdictional matters. He hit the ground running when he joined and will rightly be one of the big guns for years to come." His commentary on family law has been featured in the national press, including the Telegraph and the Guardian.

Thoughtful and strategic in his approach and with an eye for detail, Edward reassures clients with his calmness under pressure.

Testimonials

"Edward Floyd is a phenomenal partner” (Chambers HNW 2023)

"He's technically superb on jurisdictional matters. He hit the ground running when he joined and will rightly be one of the big guns for years to come." (Chambers HNW 2023)

"Edward Floyd is a first rate solcitor and a man you want on your side." (Legal 500 2023)

"He is the most intelligent, articulate and engaging young lawyer that there is. He's a huge star of the future." (Chambers UK 2023)

"Ed is a great lawyer. He is fast to get to grips with the facts of a case, he's knowledgeable and great at getting a resolution." (Chambers UK 2023)

"Incredibly thorough, very strong on the legal analysis and has great judgement." (Chambers UK 2023)

"Edward ... has a real aptitude for complex financial issues." (Chambers UK 2023)

"He is very bright, very on top of the detail and very experienced." (Chambers UK 2023)

"[Ed] is the most intelligent, articulate and engaging young lawyer that there is. He's a huge star of the future." (Chambers HNW 2022)

“His forensic attention to detail is second to none, he is highly numerate, and his calmness under pressure is legendary. He has developed an encyclopaedic knowledge of international law that permeates all of his cases and is hugely beneficial to the clients that instruct him." (Chambers HNW 2020)

"He is tenacious, he is very intelligent, he is very financially savvy and very commercially minded." (Chambers HNW 2020)

"Ed Floyd is one of the most impressive rising stars of the younger breed of family law practitioners. A real fighter and an excellent tactician.‘ Edward Floyd is recognised as a Next Generation Partner. (Legal 500 2021)

"Edward Floyd – knows the papers back to front and pays forensic attention to detail which is much needed in financially complex cases." (Legal 500 2021)

Reported cases

Augousti v Matharu [2023] EWHC 1900 (Fam)

Represented the successful wife where husband sought to make claim against wife’s shareholding in a family business. The reported decision of Mr Justice Mostyn concerns the dismissal of the husband’s 21 grounds of appeal. It also addresses the issue of whether the husband was entitled to introduce fresh evidence on an appeal on a Ladd v Marshall basis.

AG v VD [2021] EWFC 9

Represented the Anglo-Russian wife, who successfully secured English jurisdiction for her claim despite previous financial proceedings in Russia, obtaining a significant needs-based award, disproving the husband’s assertion that he had transferred most of his wealth to his son from a previous marriage.

AG v VD [2020] EWHC 1847 (Fam)

Decision clarifying the circumstances in which privilege is waived in family proceedings.

Daga v Bangur [2018] EWFC 91

Edward advised the Swiss professional trustees in a High Court case where the husband was unsuccessful in seeking an award from the wife in respect of assets settled in a family trust.

R v K [2018] EWFC 59

Represented the property developer husband in a complex and contentious financial remedy claim.

T v T (Brussels II Revised: Art.15) [2013] 2FLR 1326

Case clarifying the use of the Brussels IIA Regulation to transfer connected proceedings between EU jurisdictions.