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About
Provided by Anna Worwood
Practice Areas
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.’
Professional Memberships
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
Publications
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.
Chambers Review
UK
Anna Worwood is highly regarded for international financial remedy cases and cross-border children matters. She is head of the firm's family department.
Anna Worwood is renowned in the market for handling complex cross-border children matters, including international relocations and sensitive child arrangement disputes.
Anna Worwood is renowned in the market for handling complex cross-border children matters, including international relocations and sensitive child arrangement disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Anna is excellent and has a particular specialism in relocation cases."
"Her client care skills are incredible yet behind that presentation she is a really steely lawyer who protects her clients completely and will never make a wrong judgement call."
"Anna is at the top of her game: she has great knowledge of the law, great relationships with the best leading counsel and is hugely empathetic and always calm."
"Anna is fantastic. She is smart, dedicated, extremely knowledgeable and strategic, giving expert advice on child-related and relocation issues."
"Anna is effortlessly calm and brilliant at what she does."
"Anna is excellent and has a particular specialism in relocation cases."
"Her client care skills are incredible yet behind that presentation she is a really steely lawyer who protects her clients completely and will never make a wrong judgement call."
"Anna is at the top of her game: she has great knowledge of the law, great relationships with the best leading counsel and is hugely empathetic and always calm."
"Anna is fantastic. She is smart, dedicated, extremely knowledgeable and strategic, giving expert advice on child-related and relocation issues."
"Anna is effortlessly calm and brilliant at what she does."
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