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Legal 500 Tier 1 (2025) Large Firm

Withers

London, London

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About Withers

Withersworldwide is a global law firm regarded as the pre-eminent adviser for the world’s most successful and wealthy individuals and families. The London family team is consistently ranked among the very best in England and Wales for high-value and ultra-high-value financial remedy work, with particular strength in cross-border divorces requiring the integration of international tax planning, trust structures and wealth management advice. The firm is widely recognised for its expertise in forum disputes, enforcement of foreign orders, and complex asset tracing, and acts in many of the most significant reported financial remedy cases. Its international network, spanning offices in Europe, the US, Asia and elsewhere, gives the team a unique ability to advise on multi-jurisdictional family matters in a fully integrated way.

Areas of expertise

UHNW Divorce
International Divorce
Financial Remedy
Trust Structures
Cross-Border Enforcement
Children
Prenuptial Agreements
Private Wealth
Asset Tracing

Awards & recognition

Legal 500 Tier 1 2025
Chambers Band 1 2025

Our team

Meet the family law specialists at Withers.

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Suzanne Todd

Head of Department Hall of Fame Band 1 – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026); Band 4 – Family/Children Law (Chambers UK 2026); Spotlight – Family/Matrimonial: Mediators (Chambers UK 2026)

Head of Department

Qualified 1999 English

Suzanne Todd is a Partner at Withers, heading the firm’s family law and trust, estate and inheritance dispute teams in the UK.

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Diana Parker

Hall of Fame Star Individual

Partner, Divorce and Family

Partner at Withers. One of family law’s ‘Queen Bees’.

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Michael Gouriet

Leading Partner Band 1 (UHNW)

Partner, Divorce and Family

Partner at Withers for nearly 30 years. Elected member of Withers Partnership Board.

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Adele Pledger

Next Generation Partner Band 5 – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026)

Partner

Qualified 2011 English

Adele Pledger is a Partner at Withers, specialising in complex financial remedy proceedings and high-value, multi-jurisdictional divorce cases for …

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Claire Blakemore

Leading Partner Band 2 – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026); Band 4 – Family/Children Law (Chambers UK 2026); Spotlight – Family/Matrimonial: Mediators (Chambers UK 2026)

Partner

Qualified 2000 English

Claire Blakemore is a Partner at Withers in the divorce and family team, based in London. She deals with complex financial claims, children issues, pre and …

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Julian Lipson

Leading Partner Band 1 – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026)

Divorce and family consultant

Qualified 1996 EnglishFrench

Julian Lipson is a Consultant at Withers and one of the leading family lawyers of his generation, specialising in the financial consequences of relationship …

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Katharine Landells

Leading Partner Band 1 – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026)

Partner

Qualified 2004 English

Katharine Landells is a Partner and Head of the London divorce and family team at Withers, specialising in complex, high-conflict financial remedy proceedings …

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Alexander Breedon

Next Generation Partner Up and Coming – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026)

Partner

Qualified 2014 English

Alexander Breedon is a Partner at Withers, advising high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients on complex financial remedy proceedings and divorce, with …

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Jennifer Dickson

Next Generation Partner Ranked – Family/Matrimonial: Mediators (High Net Worth)

Partner, Head of Children

Qualified 2010 English

Jennifer Dickson is a Partner and Head of Children in the divorce and family team at Withers, where she qualified in October 2010 before joining the firm in …

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Sarfraz Ali

Leading associate Associates to Watch – Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth (Chambers UK 2026)

Senior Associate

Qualified 2016 English

Sarfraz Ali is a Senior Associate at Withers, specialising in family law with a particular focus on complex financial disputes arising from divorce, civil …

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How to get in touch

Call 020 7597 6000
Address 20 Old Bailey, London EC4M 7AN
Website www.withersworldwide.com →

Last updated: 9 March 2026

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