Georgina Stavrou

Georgina is a Partner in the Family Department at Freemans. She specialises in the following areas of private family practice:

• Divorce, dissolution and separation
• Finances
• Cohabitation
• Pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements

Georgina has over 14 years’ experience and is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in complex financial remedies and financial provision for children.

Georgina has developed a strong reputation for her legal knowledge, ability to deal with complex financial issues in a calm and focused manner, her grasp of financial issues, and her attention to detail. She is frequently instructed to advise clients of a high net worth in cases involving complicated financial matters and intricate asset structures, as well as cases with international aspects.

In recent years Georgina has been successful in complex multi-jurisdictional cases involving contested divorce proceedings which are rare, the ringfencing of substantial pre-marital assets as well as defeating a spouse’s claim for maintenance pending suit due to procedural and factual irregularities.

Georgina has been raked as a Recommended Lawyer in the 2020 and 2021 editions of the Legal 500. In the 2020 edition she was described as having “…quite an astonishing grasp of her work for someone of her level” and in 2021 she was described as a “star individual”.

Georgina she is described by her clients as “Fantastic”, “…down to earth, approachable and kind…. Cannot recommend her highly enough” and “… excellent … clearly explaining (the)… options and focusing on achieving a divorce agreement that was in (my) best interests.”.

She has also been described by others in the legal profession and financial sector as: “cheerful, bright and very knowledgeable. She’s so much more than just a great lawyer” she “…combines her professionalism and knowledge of Family Law, with the empathy and interpersonal skills that this often sensitive subject requires”. Georgina is known as a lawyer who has “…the client’s best interests at heart, … (working) in the most suitable way to get the necessary result. She is very personable and warm.”