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Blake Lapthorn is pleased to announce the launch of a Family
team in its London office and also the appointment of Fiona
Wilson. The team, which is part of the firm's Private Client
Services group, will be headed by Fiona who has been hired as a
Family Law specialist to grow the practice in London.
The appointment of Fiona and the launch of a
Family team in the firm's London office represent a strategically
important business decision for Blake Lapthorn. The firm's
London office is an integral and important part of the firm's
client offering, and is also key to its future strategy for
growth. These key announcements highlight the increasing
success of the firm's London operation and also the growing need in
the London market for the firm to offer a fully-fledged team that
provides legal advice in the field of family law. The
complexity of issues in family matters requires specialist and
discrete guidance, and the launch of this new team in London
ensures that office is now able to provide clients with family
advice as part of its offering to private individuals.
Fiona joins the firm from ASB Law where she
was a Family partner and has previously worked at the City and Kent
office of Vizards Wyeth where she built a successful family team
from scratch. Fiona now wishes to practice again in London
where she feels her client base can be further developed. Her
specific areas of expertise include pre-marital agreements, living
together agreements, the resolution of financial issues on divorce
and of financial and property disputes between cohabiting couples,
and the resolution of claims brought under the Inheritance
Act. Fiona brings an assistant with her to the firm,
Irpreet
Kohli, who will help ensure that the team hits the ground
running from 1 July and that previous successes in building a team
are recreated.
Comments Fiona: "Following significant
progress in the firm's London office over the last 18 months, I am
pleased to join Blake Lapthorn at such an exciting time. I am
delighted to be able to launch the firm's London Family team and
look forward to growing both the client base and the team."
Blake Lapthorn has one of the largest
specialist Family teams in the south east. It provides
clear and objective advice and sensitive help, backed by a wealth
of expertise and experience. Areas covered include divorce,
separation, financial consequences of relationship breakdown,
domestic violence and other injunctions, children proceedings
including public law care proceedings.
Christine Plews, head of Blake Lapthorn's Family
team, states: "In Fiona and her team we have an extremely strong
foundation for the growth of a successful Family practice in our
London office. We are delighted they have joined the firm and
I'm very much looking forward to seeing them develop new work and
create a solid presence in the London market."
For more information contact Fiona
Wilson on 020 7814 6909.
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