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Complex divorce proceedings involving large estates present challenges that extend well beyond the dissolution of a marital relationship. When one or both spouses hold significant wealth across multiple jurisdictions — through private businesses, real property, investment holdings, or foreign entities — the litigation encompasses asset identification, competing jurisdictional claims, valuation disputes, and the enforcement of judgments across distinct legal systems.
The practice addresses the full scope of high-value marital dissolution, including international asset division, the coordination of foreign counsel and proceedings, and the protection of a client’s financial interests across every jurisdiction in which estate assets are situated.
Divorce proceedings involving estates of significant scale require counsel experienced in the intersection of family law, commercial litigation, and international enforcement. When the marital estate includes overseas businesses, foreign real property, or assets held through complex ownership structures, straightforward domestic proceedings are insufficient. Effective representation demands the ability to coordinate multi-jurisdictional strategy, engage foreign counsel, and pursue enforceable judgments in countries with materially different marital property regimes. The practice draws on experience representing clients in proceedings where assets exceeded $100 million and required judgments obtained across multiple foreign countries.
The experience spans a range of complex divorce and estate dissolution matters, including:
Matters in this area have involved multi-jurisdictional dissolution of large marital estates, centamillionaire and billionaire spouses with business holdings and assets situated across multiple countries, and the procurement of enforceable judgments in foreign jurisdictions operating under distinct marital property regimes. Mark F. Raymond has served as personal counsel to ultra-high-net-worth individuals across a practice that encompasses international litigation strategy, coordination with foreign counsel, and the protection of significant asset positions throughout the duration of contentious proceedings.
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Named “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers for Banking and Finance Litigation, Miami (2025, 2014).
Longstanding recognition for excellence in complex litigation involving prominent individuals and high-value estates.
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Centamillionaire Spouse Seeking Divorce
Represented wife in $100M+ divorce settlement; spouse owned multiple overseas businesses – obtained judgments in numerous foreign countries.