Attorneys in Gates divorce also worked on Bezos split
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Chris Isidore, CNN Business
Published May 5, 2021 8:59:40 AM
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(CNN) You can t make this stuff up.
Two of the attorneys on opposite sides of the Bill and Melinda Gates divorce case also represented the opposing sides in the 2019 divorce of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and his ex-wife MacKenzie Scott.
Ted Billbe, one of the lead lawyers for Bill Gates in this case, represented Scott in her divorce from Bezos.
Sherri Anderson, who is on the team representing Melinda Gates, previously represented Bezos.
But that s not all these two divorces have in common: The dollars at stake in both settlements are staggering.
A petition for divorce, filed Monday by Melinda Gates at King County superior court in Seattle, Washington, obtained by TMZ, said their marriage was irretrievably broken.
It also showed that they didn t sign a prenuptial agreement, which is a contract signed before getting married to specify the division of assets should the marriage fail. Instead, the divorce papers showed the Gateses had signed a separation agreement to divide their assets.
In addition, the papers showed they had each assembled a team of high profile lawyers to handle their divorce.
One of the lawyers listed as representing Melinda Gates is Bellevue-based attorney Sherri Anderson. She also reportedly represented Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos in his split from MacKenzie Scott in 2019, which was the world s most expensive divorce.
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DIVORCE BILL
Inside Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce as mega rich couple set to battle it out over £93bn fortune
James Beal
18:00 ET, May 4 2021
THEY are one of the world’s richest power couples with a wealth of £93billion – greater than the wealth of 100 countries.
But Bill and Melinda Gates are now set to battle each other for a share of their tech-built fortune after their marriage crashed.
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Last night it emerged Melinda, who met her husband while a manager at his software company, pressed delete on their 27-year marriage calling it “irretrievably broken”.
Microsoft co-founder Bill has now hired lawyers at the legal firm started by his close friend, US tycoon Warren Buffett, amid claims the pair do not have a pre-nup.