Anna Worwood

Anna heads the Penningtons Manches Cooper family department. She specialises in all areas of family law, particularly complex financial and private law children cases, including surrogacy cases. She has an international practice, significant expertise in international relocation cases and regularly advises on pre- and post-nuptial agreements and cohabitation agreements.

She represented the father in the reported case of Re C (Permission to Remove from Jurisdiction) and the mother in Re D (Leave to Remove: Shared Residence).

Anna featured in The Lawyer’s Hot 100 2016 list, the Thomson Reuters London Super Lawyers List 2015, and as a Power Woman in the Citywealth Leaders List. She was described by a source as ‘one of the star performers of her generation, destined to be at the forefront of family law for many years to come.’

President of the Private Client Commission of the Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats (AIJA) 2013-2016

Fellow of IAFL (International Academy of Family Lawyers)

Chair of IAFL's Relocation of Children Committee

Member of Resolution's International Committee

Anna co-wrote Relocation: A Practical Guide, the first comprehensive guide to the law concerning relocation of children and is the General Editor of Practical Law’s Global Guide to the International Relocation of Children.