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Dividing Wealth: Best Practices for High Net Worth Divorces

Master advanced legal and financial strategies to protect assets, value complex business structures, and navigate high-stakes negotiations for optimal divorce settlements.

Created byMartin Friedlander
BeginnerUpdated Jun 12, 2026
Dividing Wealth: Best Practices for High Net Worth Divorces

What You'll Learn

check_circleIdentify the legal and financial issues commonly encountered in high net worth divorce matters
check_circleAssess complex asset structures and their impact on property division outcomes
check_circleEvaluate spousal support and child support considerations in high-income and high-asset cases
check_circleRecognise valuation, tax, and disclosure challenges affecting significant wealth portfolios
check_circleApply practical strategies to manage risk and improve outcomes in complex divorce proceedings

About This Course

High net worth divorces present challenges that extend well beyond the division of ordinary marital property. Significant investment portfolios, privately held businesses, executive compensation arrangements, trusts, international assets, and complex tax structures can all influence the outcome of a divorce proceeding. These matters often require careful coordination between legal, financial, valuation, and tax professionals to ensure that assets are properly identified, valued, and allocated.

This webinar examines the practical and strategic issues that arise in high-asset divorce cases. Participants will explore approaches to property division, spousal support, child support, business interests, and investment assets, while considering the unique financial and evidentiary challenges that accompany substantial wealth. The session provides practical guidance for identifying risks, managing complexity, and developing strategies that support favourable outcomes for clients navigating high-value family law disputes.

Key Topics Discussed:

  • Defining high net worth divorce and its unique challenges
  • Property division involving substantial and complex assets
  • Investment portfolios and wealth management considerations
  • Business ownership interests and valuation issues
  • Trusts, family entities, and asset protection structures
  • Executive compensation, stock options, and deferred compensation arrangements
  • International assets and cross-border financial considerations
  • Tax implications of property division and support arrangements
  • Spousal support and alimony in high-income cases
  • Child support considerations involving significant wealth
  • Financial disclosure and hidden asset investigations
  • Expert witnesses and valuation professionals
  • Negotiation and settlement strategies in high-asset disputes
  • Litigation risks and common mistakes in complex divorce matters
  • Protecting client interests throughout high-value family law proceedings

Your Instructor

Martin Friedlander
Martin Friedlander

Founding Partner | Martin Friedlander, PC.

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Martin E. Friedlander is the founding partner of Martin Friedlander, PC. Martin E. Friedlander graduated from Brooklyn Law School. He received his B.S. Summa Cum Laude from Touro College. Martin E. Friedlander, Esq. is an attorney who has been practicing matrimonial law for over twenty years. He specializes in complex matrimonial and high net worth matters. Mr. Friedlander started his law career by interning and later becoming the associate to Jeffrey S. Sunshine, Esq. who is now the Administrative Judge for Matrimonial matters in Kings County. In 2008 Martin Friedlander founded his own firm, a boutique matrimonial firm in New York City, which is currently located in Midtown Manhattan. Martin Friedlander has appeared in all Supreme and Family Courts in New York City and has argued before the Appellate Division before the First, Second and Third Department. Mr. Friedlander has litigated cases involving the Hague Convention. He also specializes in Arbitration and Mediation and has extensive knowledge on all issues relating to a Get. Mr. Friedlander has also been a CLE provider for Lawline and the National Academy of Continuing Education and has moderated CLE's for the Brooklyn Bar Association and New York County Lawyers Association. Mr. Friedlander has organized and conducted CLE segments and lectured for attorneys at the Tahel Conference, an organization for abused women and children dealing with domestic violence and abuse. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Bar Association and is currently a member of the New York State Bar Association Family Law Section, AFCC and Brooklyn Bar Association. Mr. Friedlander is the founder of the Yashar Coalition of Attorneys as well as recently appointed as Chair of the VoiCSA Legal Affairs Committee.

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