George Mathieson founded Mathieson Consulting Ltd (MCL) in 2007, as a company specialising in the provision of expert witness reports in the field of pensions and divorce and has personally written c. 3,500 such reports. He was a founder of the Pension Advisory Group, which was a multi-disciplinary body of lawyers, judges, actuaries, financial advisers, and academics, which produced the seminal work on how pensions should be dealt with within divorce proceedings and has now been adopted by Courts across England and Wales as “best practice.”

His current role is as a Consultant for MCL, and Divisional Director for MCL’s parent company, RBC Brewin Dolphin, where his responsibilities include being actively involved with lawyers advising them how a divorce settlement (pertaining to pensions) may be best constructed to the benefit of their client. 

Rhys specialises in financial remedies and property law disputes. He deals with complex assets, often where third parties are also involved. He is a leader in the field of pensions on divorce. He has extensive experience dealing with complex assets, business valuation and trust structures.

Aside from advocacy in court, he sits part-time as a family Recorder and is authorised to sit as a Deputy High Court Judge. He is an experienced family arbitrator, mediator and accepts appointments to act as a neutral evaluator in the private FDR setting.

Rhys is a contributing editor to the family lawyers’ “Bible” the Family Court Practice (Red Book) with responsibility for financial remedies and property issues. He is also the editor of the Financial Remedies Journal, a member of the Pension Advisory Group and a co-author of “Pensions on Divorce: A Practitioner’s Handbook”. Rhys is also a barrister member of the Family Procedure Rule Committee, which governs the development of procedure and rules in the Family Court.

Saf is a senior associate in the family team at Withers.

He advises clients on all aspects of family law, with a particular focus on complex financial disputes arising out of divorce, civil partnership dissolution and the separation of cohabiting couples, often with an international element. He also has a particular interest in the drafting and negotiation of cross-border pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Saf has written for a number of publications on a wide variety of family law issues, including The Independent, The Family Law Journal and AIAF Magazine. He sits on the National Committee for YRes and he has been named as an 'Associate to Watch' by Chambers HNW/UHNW (2023) and as a 'Rising Star' by Legal 500 (2024).