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Cases · People & private matters · Family, succession & private client

Handle an international divorce

We're divorcing and our assets or children are in different countries. Where do we start?

WONE Global brings in family lawyers in the relevant countries at the same time to advise on where to file, assets and children.

Countries in the typical case India · Singapore · Australia

The situation

What is happening

A couple with assets or children in several countries is separating.

What is at stake

Where proceedings start can change the outcome significantly, and the first filing often wins.

Who faces this

  • Private clients and families

A scenario

Couple married in IndiaPrivate client or family · from India · in Singapore, Australia

They live in Singapore, own property in Australia and are separating.

Where it ends Advice from each country before the first filing.

A representative scenario of the work WONE Global coordinates, not a specific client’s matter.

Also asked as “Which country's court for our divorce?”“Dividing assets held abroad in a divorce”“A cross-border divorce involves properties and investments”

The solution

How WONE Global handles it

WONE Global brings in family lawyers in the relevant countries at the same time to advise on where to file, assets and children.

Usually led by Disputes & Resolution, with Legal & Contracting and Tax & International Structuring.

Step by step, in the scenario

  1. First daysFamily lawyers in each country advise at once.
  2. Week 1Where to file decided.
  3. Weeks 2-12Proceedings and settlement.
  4. ThenOrders recognised elsewhere.

Timings are typical. They depend on the countries, the authorities involved and how quickly documents are available.

Decisions

The decisions involved

  1. 01Where to start proceedings, and why it matters
  2. 02Division of assets and enforceability of agreements
  3. 03Arrangements for children across borders

Outcomes

What you receive

  • A forum strategy
  • Financial settlement or orders
  • Orders recognised in each country

This is a general guide. Your WONE Global professional confirms the work, timing and fees for your markets before anything starts.

Services

The services involved

One area of expertise usually leads; the others move with it. WONE Global keeps them connected across every country involved.

  1. Usually leadsDisputes & Resolution9 markets with a named lead→
  2. Often involvedLegal & Contracting18 markets with a named lead→
  3. Often involvedTax & International Structuring25 markets with a named lead→

Who handles it

Disputes & Resolution, market by market

The status of the lead service in the markets that matter for this case. A named WONE Global Partner acts under their own licence; where none is in place yet, WONE Global confirms availability before anything else.

  1. Australiain the typical case WONE Global Partner Dimitrios Katsaros · Principal Solicitor Brief this Partner →
  2. Indiain the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  3. Singaporein the typical case On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  4. Argentina WONE Global Partner Dr. Silvia Patricia Maccari · Lawyer Brief this Partner →
  5. Italy WONE Global Partner Alessandro Dagnino · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  6. Poland WONE Global Partner Andrzej Zacharzewski · Partner Brief this Partner →
  7. Portugal WONE Global Partner Bruna Prinzo · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  8. Saudi Arabia WONE Global Partner Abdulrahim bin Saleh Al-Zahrani · Founding Partner & General Manager Brief this Partner →
  9. United States WONE Global Partner Frederick Miles Adler · Principal Brief this Partner →
  10. Zambia WONE Global Partner Reagan Blankfein Gates · Managing Partner Brief this Partner →
  11. Zimbabwe WONE Global Partner Thompson Mucheki · Managing Director Brief this Partner →
  12. United Arab Emirates On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →
  13. United Kingdom On request Availability confirmed before any work begins Bring a requirement →

Other markets: WONE Global covers 100 countries. Name yours in the requirement →

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UNIONE™ · Before You Arbitrate™

If this becomes a dispute, test it first.

Test the claim or the defence, the evidence, the exposure and the settlement options before committing to formal proceedings.

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UNIONE™ is the UNBOUNDED™ Global Ecosystem's institution for cross-border dispute prevention, resolution, arbitration and enforcement. Like WONE Global, it is part of the ecosystem, and the two work as one. Links open theunione.org. Visit UNIONE™

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