Bryan Jones is a London-based divorce lawyer specialising in ultra high net worth financial remedy litigation in England and Wales involving trusts, family businesses and complex international asset structures. He advises entrepreneurs, financiers and international families on all aspects of divorce and private children matters.
Bryan focuses on complex divorce litigation involving international assets, trust structures and significant wealth. His work includes:
- High-net-worth divorce and financial remedy proceedings
- Cross-border divorce jurisdiction disputes in England and Wales
- Divorce involving trusts and asset protection structures
- Relocation and international child arrangements
- Enforcement of foreign divorce judgments
Bryan regularly represents spouses in divorce cases involving global property portfolios, private equity interests, family businesses and family trusts. He has acted in disputes concerning the division of assets across multiple jurisdictions including Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
His cases frequently involve multi-jurisdictional asset structures, offshore trusts, complex corporate holdings and disputes over the valuation and division of high-value matrimonial assets.
Bryan is also highly experienced in children matters including:
- Child arrangement disputes
- International Relocation and international child arrangements
- Parental alienation cases
- Coercive control cases
Bryan frequently writes and speaks on issues affecting international divorce jurisdiction disputes and complex financial remedy litigation, and has been quoted in the Financial Times, Bloomberg and Solicitors Journal.
Prior to joining Hughes Fowler Carruthers Bryan trained at a city law firm in London where he gained experience in commercial property, trusts, contentious probate and family law.
Following qualification in 2010, Bryan joined Hughes Fowler Carruthers and has since amassed a wealth of experience, including acting in reported cases before the High Court, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court. Bryan was appointed to the partnership in April 2018.
Bryan is ranked in the leading legal directories and is featured in the Spear’s Family Law Index’s ‘Recommended Family Lawyers’ list. He is ranked Band 5 in Chambers UK and Chambers High Net Worth for ultra high net worth family law, with sources noting that he is “very accomplished, extremely bright and always on top of the detail.” He is further described as “cool and calm in every scenario,” with a source continuing that he “has an amazing ability to always be one step ahead of the opposition. He is never fazed when complications arise but immediately finds a solution.”
Chambers HNW 2024 highlights that Bryan “is extremely bright and brings a worldliness to his intelligence as well” and “a star in the near future.”
In Chambers UK 2024, one source comments that he is “very clever and thinks outside the box.” Chambers UK 2023 notes that he “is tenacious and has a very good knowledge of the law,” and that he “is good at handling a complex caseload; he is unflappable, prepared for anything and is a wise head.”
Chambers HNW 2022 commends Bryan as “hard working and extraordinarily diligent… so thorough, client-friendly and goes above and beyond.” The guide also recognises that “he is extremely numerate, he comes up with great solutions to problems and he’s also extremely clever.” The Legal 500 UK 2024 notes that he is a “masterful tactician.”
Bryan is a member of Resolution and his interests include cricket, travel and cycling.
Hughes Fowler Carruthers is the trading name of Hughes Fowler Carruthers LLP and Hughes Fowler Carruthers Ltd. These are separate legal entities. From 1 April 2025 all new clients or new matters will be clients of the LLP. Any ongoing matters after this date will continue to be serviced by the Ltd.