Top ranked by the Legal 500, 2023

We are described by the Legal 500 as a firm with a “strong and broad team and is able to put the boots on the ground in a case very quickly, deploying a wide array of talents to meet any different issues that are thrown up”. The team has a “stellar” reputation for its children work and is described as “leading in the field of international children work”. It also “has expertise in all areas of family law.”

We have 8 Partners recognised in the directory: Russell Bywater, Carolina Marín Pedreño, Charlotte Conner, Jessica Reid, Sulema Jahangir, Amy Rowe, Sarah Jane Lenihan and Simon Bruce. Additionally we have our Senior Associate “Rising Stars” Anna Shadbolt, Amy Barrow and Forum Shah recognised together with other recommended lawyers Charlotte Image-Flower, Lina Khanom, Kate Brett, Olivia Longrigg, Aysel Akhundova, Floriane Laruelle and Felicia Munde.

“Dawson Cornwell have a reputation for being leaders in the field of child abduction and rightly so; they have a team of experienced and knowledgeable lawyers who provide a top quality service to clients” and it remains “one of the best boutique family law firms’ in London.”

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