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Vandana is a partner in BDB Pitmans’ family and matrimonial team with over 18 years’ experience. She was previously a partner at a leading City of London firm and subsequently head of the family team at a West End firm.
Vandana has a wealth of knowledge and expertise in family law, regularly advising on pre-nuptial agreements, divorce, civil partnership, cohabitation disputes and child arrangements and is also a member of Resolution. She is particularly experienced in handling mid to high net worth financial settlements with an international element, such as businesses or assets in foreign jurisdictions and offshore trusts.
In addition, Vandana has specialist expertise in relation to the application of cryptocurrency assets on divorce, as well as intervenor (third party) cases requiring joinder applications. She has been widely quoted in the press on this subject and has given training in collaboration with MBL Seminars.
""'Vandana Chitroda is well known in the field for covering heavyweight work, including for high net worth individuals.'
Legal 500
A reassuring and supportive figure to her clients.
Legal 500 UK
Career Highlights
- Acting on the first reported case on DNA paternity testing during first year of qualification
- Reaching a settlement in a case with assets across a number of jurisdictions with a value of £80 million
- Advising clients on tracing cryptocurrency
- Advising client with inherited wealth of £11 million and successfully negotiating a settlement
- Successfully achieving return of children who had been abducted to Croatia
- Obtaining court orders for a mother to re-establish her relationship with her alienated son
- Successfully representing clients as third party intervenor in matrimonial proceedings to protect their assets