Family/Matrimonial: Mediators - London (Firms)
What the Team is Known For
Kingsley Napley's family team acts for wealthy clients on a wide range of matrimonial matters. It also has a particularly strong mediation practice.
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Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
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About
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Kingsley Napley’s family team is recognised for delivering top tier client service and exceptional results in all aspects of relationship breakdown, as well as at the outset of relationships on pre-nuptial or cohabitation agreements.
We work seamlessly with a network of trusted professionals to provide our clients with support from every angle. Our practice is child-centred, placing the welfare and best interests of children at the heart of every decision. Whilst many clients seek our support following separation or divorce, our expertise in complex children work includes a leading surrogacy and alternative routes to parenthood team. We have a skilled team of mediators, and all of our lawyers are experienced in Non-Court Dispute Resolution.
Our lawyers regularly manage complex financial disputes, including trusts, complex remuneration structures, international wealth, and agricultural assets. Our clients include international families, entrepreneurs, senior city professionals, and well-known figures within entertainment and sports. We resolve sensitive matters with discretion, supported by our teams in reputation management and criminal law. In addition, we collaborate with our private client, tax, employment, corporate, real estate, and immigration experts to deliver a truly holistic service.
We bring a calm, strategic approach to every situation and tailor our strategy to suit our clients’ priorities, ensuring they are supported throughout the process and beyond.
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They gave sound advice throughout. Equally important was their understanding of the stressful nature of proceedings and their impact on me. I felt supported emotionally as well as professionally.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKKingsley Napley has an extremely strong team and a good depth and breadth of experience and approaches within the team. They are very responsive and communicative and deal with matters efficiently.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKKingsley Napley has got a really lively, energetic team, and they have a lot of good work. They're very supportive of clients but realistic on the range of likely outcomes.
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Notable Practitioners
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Spotlight 
Spotlight Charlotte Bradley
Charlotte Bradley is highly regarded for her work in family law. She was formerly head of the Kingsley Napley family team and is now a senior consultant at the firm. She also has a well-established mediation practice.
Charlotte Bradley is an experienced lawyer and mediator who is second to none in her field.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKThere is nothing Charlotte Bradley doesn't know and hasn't done before. She can bring the weight of her years of knowledge to bear and doesn't bring silly points.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKCharlotte Bradley is great in terms of handling her clients: she's a really shrewd litigator and you can tell she always has one eye on the whole picture.
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Band 1 
Band 1 Jane Keir
Jane Keir advises her clients on matters such as postnuptial agreements and their enforceability.
Jane Keir is exceptionally good. She's absolutely first-rate, one of the real players in family law.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKJane Keir's an absolute star; clients love her. She's a fantastic strategist and endgame planner.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKJane Keir is delightful to work with, brilliant with clients and leads her team well. She knows the team fantastically well.
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Band 2 
Band 2 Sital Fontenelle
Sital Fontenelle is an experienced partner who has recently become head of Kingsley Napley's family department. Fontenelle advises on high-value and often cross-border financial remedies matters.
Sital Fontenelle is one of the stars of the future. She's achieved a lot already but she's definitely one to watch. She will be one of the leading solicitors in her field.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKThere are very few who care as deeply about their clients and their clients’ outcomes as Sital Fontenelle. She combines strategic brilliance with a grasp of the nuances of relationship dynamics.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKSital Fontenelle is a brilliant strategist - very good when comes to decision-making.
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Band 5 
Band 5 Abby Buckland
Abby Buckland regularly acts for high net worth clients on complex and sophisticated family matters.
Abby Buckland is very professional but she also has a strong awareness of the human side of the business.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKAbby Buckland is a tough negotiator but empathetic with her clients.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKAbby is an outstanding tactician who makes clients instantly feel like they can breathe and know they are in the safest of hands.
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Spotlight 
Spotlight Connie Atkinson
Connie Atkinson frequently represents affluent individuals in complex divorce and financial remedy proceedings. Atkinson is also highlighted for her strong practice in family mediation matters.
Connie Atkinson is one of my go-to recommendations in mediation matters. She does things you think can't be mediated. She also does a lot of work in new family and surrogacy issues.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKI love Connie Atkinson, I really rate her. She's an excellent mediator and I refer a fair amount of mediation work to her. I've had cases against her too, and she's been extremely solutions-focused.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKConnie Atkinson is a standout mediator. She's skilled at dealing with the trickiest of cases, very calm and an exceptional lawyer. She's also one of the leading voices in fertility and surrogacy law.
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Up and Coming 
Up and Coming Stacey Nevin
Stacey Nevin advises affluent clients on a wide range of family matters. Nevin handles prenuptial agreements for ultra-wealthy clients and advises on high-value financial remedies matters.
Stacey Nevin is a fantastic lawyer. She's very thorough in everything she does and will give everything for her clients.
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators respondentUKStacey Nevin was very supportive of her client. She had a good grasp of the detail of the case and was able to advise her client to agree to a realistic and achievable outcome.
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Ranked Individuals at Kingsley Napley LLP (8)
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Charlotte Bradley
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
View profile Jane Keir
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
View profile Sital Fontenelle
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
View profile Abby Buckland
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
View profile Connie Atkinson
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
View profile Stacey Nevin
Family/Matrimonial Finance: Ultra High Net Worth
View profile Charlotte Bradley
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
View profile Connie Atkinson
Family/Matrimonial: Mediators
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Members
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Alexandra Bishop
Cate Maguire
Claire Wood
Colleen Hall
Eleanor Mills
Hannah Butcher
Lauren Evans
Liam Hurren
Lisa Robertson
Lydia Holland
Mia Harrison
Nevin Rosenberg
Olivia Stiles
Rachel Cooper
Charlotte Bradley
View profile of Charlotte BradleyConnie Atkinson
View profile of Connie AtkinsonJane Keir
View profile of Jane KeirAbby Buckland
View profile of Abby BucklandSital Fontenelle
View profile of Sital FontenelleStacey Nevin
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