Ambar Bharwani

Ambar is a Solicitor, having qualified in December 2024. With a solid foundation in family law, she brings over two years of paralegal experience specialising exclusively in family law.

Since joining Expatriate Law in 2022, Ambar has primarily supported Sonny Patel, Partner and Head of the Singapore branch, but her work extends across the entire firm, including a secondment to the London office where she worked with senior members of the team.

Ambar has focused on English family law, particularly in cases involving international families.

Her experience includes assisting with:

• Complex, high-net-worth financial remedy proceedings, with international elements
• Early strategic advice concerning the international movement of children
• Jurisdiction disputes in divorce cases (predominantly between England and Singapore)
• Interim applications for maintenance and legal fees
• Financial negotiations and litigation
• Preparing for First Appointments, FDRs, pFDRs, and Final Hearings
• Pre- and post-nuptial agreements
• Enforcement proceedings
• Implementing high-value pension orders
• A successful Hague Convention summary return application
• Part III MFPA 1984 proceedings for financial relief following foreign divorces

Ambar has worked extensively on cross-border family law issues. She has a strong eye for detail and excels in managing multifaceted legal matters, ensuring that each case is handled with the utmost precision and care.

Ambar’s legal acumen is backed by a passion for learning and professional development. She has undertaken pro bono work as a Student Advisor at Nottingham Law School’s Legal Advice Centre and participated in a virtual internship with Think Pacific, supporting an international development project in Fiji. Her international outlook is further enhanced by her time spent in Geneva and Berlin, at Cité Universitaire de Genève and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, studying international humanitarian law and criminal justice, with exposure to key global institutions such as the United Nations and World Health Organisation. Additionally, Ambar has lived in Bahrain, where she volunteered as an English teacher and delivered a research project through AIESEC, strengthening her cross-cultural communication skills.

Education and qualifications

• Admitted as Solicitor in the Senior Courts of England & Wales (2024)
• Nottingham Law School ( LLM in Master of Law and the Legal Practice Course, Commendation, 2020)
• University of Groningen, Netherlands (International and European Law and Legal Studies – Erasmus+ programme, 2018)
• Nottingham Trent University (LLB in International Family Law, 2019)

Podcast Feature

Ambar was featured in Chloe O. The Divorce and Separation Coach podcast, where she discussed the impact of new relationships in divorced families.

• YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eJgUauM9
• Spotify: https://lnkd.in/evz7nFw4
• Apple Podcasts: https://lnkd.in/eM-qzGxX