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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Family/Matrimonial

UK Guide 2026 : The South

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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Rankings

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Family/Matrimonial - The South

Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Penningtons Manches Cooper has a strong family team in Guildford. The firm is well-versed in handling complex Children Act matters including cases that involve serious issues such as child abduction, parental alienation and alleged sexual harm. It also advises on high-value financial disputes involving corporate assets, trusts and other issues, and is experienced in cases including non-disclosure and cross-border elements. The firm is able to draw on complementary expertise in private client matters to offer a holistic service in traditional litigation as well as more collaborative forms of dispute resolution.

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Strengths

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  • The firm is extremely thorough, the quality of work is exceptionally high and it excels in strategic thinking. Its client care is also exemplary, particularly when dealing with vulnerable clients.

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  • Penningtons Manches Cooper is a great team of highly skilled and experienced lawyers who support each other with their cases and are compassionate with clients.

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  • The strength of this department is that every single lawyer from the paralegals and trainees up to the senior partners are ten out of ten.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Sarah L Duckworth
    Sarah L Duckworth

    Sarah L Duckworth

    Consultant Sarah Duckworth has experience handling matrimonial finance matters that are highly complex, including cross-border cases and those requiring consideration of substantial property and business assets.

    • Sarah Duckworth is a top family lawyer with thorough experience and knowledge.

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    • Sarah is an incredible, fantastic lawyer.

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  • Veronica Gilmour
    Veronica Gilmour

    Veronica Gilmour

    Veronica Gilmour is experienced in high-value matrimonial finance cases and is also adept at handling Children Act proceedings.

    • Veronica is a very experienced, hard-working lawyer who is tenacious and thinks outside the box.

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    • Veronica Gilmour is a really excellent partner.

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    • She has very sound judgement and is very good at strategising. She has a very calm manner and is very good to work with.

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  • Emma Willing
    Emma Willing

    Emma Willing

    Emma Willing advises high net worth clients on a range of family law matters, including substantial financial remedy disputes and complex child arrangements.

    • Emma Willing has got a real eye for detail. She's extremely thorough, leaves no stone unturned, is very committed to her clients and is a pleasure to have on the other side.

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    • Emma is excellent in every regard. She is cool under pressure, has a great strategic mind, is impressively thorough and offers excellent service to clients, including very vulnerable clients.

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    • Emma is a bright star. She is thorough, hard-working, very down to earth and collaborative with counsel.

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  • Bethan Carr
    Bethan Carr

    Bethan Carr

    Bethan Carr has a strong specialism handling surrogacy arrangements both in the UK and internationally. She also assists clients with a full range of other family law matters concerning divorce, cohabitation and child law.

    • She is one of the go-to names in surrogacy at the junior level and has done fantastic work in the modern family space. She's carved out a really great niche for herself.

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