The International Family Law Group LLP

The International Family Law Group LLP is a solicitors’ practice looking after the interests of families and children with a specific focus on international families – those who travel, live and have connections in different countries around the world. Our expertise includes financial aspects of relationship breakdown. We act for many high net worth individuals with global and complex assets

Managing Partner:

Lucy Loizou undertakes complex divorce and separation cases involving partnerships, corporates and trusts. She specialises in acting in high net worth financial cases. Lucy is a specialist in financial provision for children disputes. Lucy is also a fellow of the IAFL and sits as an elected member of Resolution's National Committee.

Partners:

Lucy Greenwood undertakes complex finance and forum cases and is a specialist in pre-and post-marital agreements.

Helen Blackburn is regularly instructed by the International Child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU) in its capacity as the central authority in England and Wales to bring proceedings in relation to child abduction. She was the former chair of the Child Abduction Lawyers Association (CALA). Helen is also a fellow of the IAFL.

Michael Allum undertakes complex international issues and particularly those of high net worth. He has a particular interest in jurisdictional issues and forum disputes. Michael also undertakes many cases involving financial provision in the English court following an overseas divorce (known as Part III). Michael is a member of the editorial board of the Financial Remedies Journal.

James Netto specialises in all areas of children law, with particular expertise in international children matters. He is regularly instructed by the International child Abduction and Contact Unit (ICACU) in its capacity as the central authority in England and Wales to bring proceedings in relation to child abduction. He is Chair of the Child Abduction Lawyers Association (CALA).

Natalie Sutherland advises clients on UK and international surrogacy arrangements, legal parentage, known donor and platonic co-parenting agreements, embryo storage, posthumous conception, and family building for LGBTQ+ and solo parents. She is also experienced in complex international divorce, financial remedy proceedings, children disputes and jurisdictional matters.

Kate Stovold is a specialist financial remedies practitioner, having successfully navigated clients to resolution of private family law matters since qualification in 2012. Kate advises on complex cases, whether on divorce or separation, often for high or ultra-high net worth clients, and is committed to curating bespoke solutions that best reflect the client’s individual circumstances and their personal objectives.

Senior Associate & Mediator:

Agata Osinska

Associates:

Rosa Schofield

Georgina Huse

Solicitors:

Annie Boxer

Types of Work Undertaken:

International finance and forum:

• iFLG advises on jurisdictional issues for divorce and financial aspects of a relationship breakdown. iFLG also advises in relation to the enforcement of financial and pensions orders made in this jurisdiction and abroad. This firm advises on the recognition of foreign marriages and foreign divorces and is frequently asked to provide expert reports to foreign lawyers who require advice about English law and act as witnesses in foreign court proceedings.

Divorce and the dissolution of relationships:

• iFLG undertakes all aspects of divorce, judicial separation, annulments, termination of civil partnerships and break-up of cohabitation relationships.

Financial resolution on relationship breakdown:

• iFLG advises on financial arrangements before and during marriage, on separation, divorce or termination of registered civil partnerships and for cohabitants. The firm investigates disclosure including wealth held behind trusts, companies and offshore assets. It specialises in acting for high net worth individuals.

Marital/separation agreements:

• iFLG advises in marital/civil partnership agreements, separation agreements and cohabitation contracts.

International child issues:

• As well as handling all issues concerning children (child arrangement orders, parental responsibility, child support, declarations of parentage, declarations of legitimacy, Schedule 1 applications and adoption, the children team have much gravitas in the areas of child relocation applications (national and international) and child abduction (Hague and non-Hague).The team also specialises in the recognition of foreign orders, enforcing child support abroad, inter-country adoption, paternity tracing, fraud and surrogacy.

Practice Areas:

Separation & Divorce

• Divorce
• Jurisdiction/Forum Choice: Where to have Family Court Proceedings
• Foreign Marriages and Divorces
• Civil/Registered Partnerships

Children

• Adoption and Surrogacy
• Parental Responsibilities
• Arrangements for Children
• Child Abduction
• Child Relocation: Moving Abroad with a Child
• Cross Border Enforcement

Finances

• Financial Outcomes
• Financial Provision for Children
• Enforcing a Financial Order Made Abroad
• Financial Provision after a Foreign Divorce
• Relationship Agreements
• Dispute Resolution
• Unmarried/Cohabiting/De Facto Couples

Languages Spoken:

• Greek
• Spanish
• French
• German
• Polish
• Dutch
• Bulgarian
• Urdu
• Punjabi

Office:

• Address: Octagon Point, 5 Cheapside, St. Paul's, London, EC2V 6AA.
• Email: [email protected]
• Tel: +44 (0)20 3178 5668