Advice to avoid being financially screwed by stbxh

[Marmaladegin]

Friend has discovered years-long affair and will be divorced. In an interesting twist her STBXH forgot he made her owner of his (possibly slightly profitable) company for tax reasons. Things are not amicable. She has very little funds available to her, as she has never had access to his finances. Married 15 years, 3 children, sahm.
Is there any free consultation she can access? I appreciate that she needs to pay for (some sort?) of advice asap and I'll offer to loan her the funds to do so, but in the meantime...

The starting assumption will likely be a 50:50 split on the assets, including the company.

The starting point is to find a lawyer. In my opinion the second thing is then to try very hard to agree on as amicable a split as possible, to avoid spending more on lawyers than is needed and to get a clean break agreed so that they can try to get on with the rest of their lives.

If he's not amicable then don't bother with a solicitor, just go straight to court for a financial hearing and self represent. The judge will be fair, her ex won't.

As PP said, the starting point is 50/50 split. Has your friend made any proposal yet to her ex?