Aysel Akhundova
Solicitor aak@dawsoncornwell.com
Aysel is the recipient of the Westminster & Holborn Law Society's Newly Qualified Rising Star Award 2020. She trained at Dawson Cornwell and qualified as a solicitor in 2020.
She is one of the educational events representatives of the Junior Lawyers Division of the Westminster & Holborn Law Society, a member of the Resolution Parenting After Parting Committee, of YRes and of the Child Abduction Lawyers Association (CALA). Additionally she mentors law students with the University of Law and the London Young Lawyers Group (“LYLG”).
Aysel has an Upper Second degree in law from the University of Bristol, where she studied Advanced Family Law and International Child Law as her final year modules. She achieved a Distinction in her Legal Practice Course from the University of Law, which she obtained in conjunction with an MSc in Law, Business and Management. During her time at the University of Law, Aysel volunteered with the National Centre for Domestic Violence.
Aysel is fluent in Azeri and Russian. She also speaks Turkish and has a basic understanding of French and German.
- NQ Rising Star Award
Aysel was awarded the Westminster & Holborn Law Society “Newly Qualified Rising Star Award” in October 2020. The award celebrates the inspirational achievements and hard work of trainee solicitors.
- Aysel was a part of the private client panel at a webinar for English Law Day Ukraine 2021, organised jointly by the Law Society, Bar Council and Ukrainian Arbitration Association (UAA). She spoke on cross-border children matters, the 1980 Hague Convention and how the courts in England and Wales approach child arrangements (26 April 2021)
- Aysel Akhundova conducted the first of a series of three webinars on behalf of the Westminster & Holborn Law Society Junior Lawyers Division. Aysel interviewed Kathleen Heycock, partner at Farrer & Co. They discussed working during lockdown, managing a return to work, as well as the challenges junior lawyers and graduates currently face (October 2020)
- Aysel was interviewed for Legal Women magazine about qualifying as a solicitor and fulfilling her childhood dream (October 2020)
- Aysel was interviewed for Zima magazine in Russian about divorce and family law in England – Answers to the most popular questions (25 June 2019)
- Lost in Translation? Interpreters and Family Courts WHLS Central London Lawyer magazine (November 2020)
- Article 13(b) of the Hague Convention and Covid-19 IBA Family Law Committee (June 2020)
