Ranking tables
Family/Matrimonial | UK
West Midlands
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP 1 Years Ranked
HCR Law 1 Years Ranked
Irwin Mitchell 1 Years Ranked- Lodders Solicitors LLP
Band 2
Band 3
Duncan Lewis Solicitors 1 Years Ranked
Wright Hassall LLP 1 Years Ranked- Bank Solicitors Limited
- Brethertons LLP
- mfg Solicitors
Senior Statespeople
Band 1
Elizabeth Wyatt Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP18 Years Ranked
Jas Tamber Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP10 Years Ranked
Katherine Kennedy Mills & Reeve LLP10 Years Ranked
Mark Hands Irwin Mitchell8 Years Ranked
Rayner Grice Clarke Willmott LLP11 Years Ranked
Sarah Balfour Irwin Mitchell9 Years Ranked
Sue Hodgson Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors8 Years Ranked
Zahra Pabani Irwin Mitchell15 Years Ranked- Anne ThomsonFBC Manby Bowdler LLP
- Beverley MorrisLodders Solicitors LLP
- Mark VandaeleGeorge Green LLP
Band 2
Aasha Choudhary Shakespeare Martineau5 Years Ranked
Christopher Lloyd-Smith Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP7 Years Ranked
Helen Bowns Shakespeare Martineau6 Years Ranked- Lucy Barr VWV2 Years Ranked
Mary Kaye Rayden Solicitors15 Years Ranked
Tania Derrett-Smith Weightmans10 Years Ranked
Victoria Fellows HCR Law11 Years Ranked- Gemma KelseyLDJ Solicitors
- Justin CreedLodders Solicitors LLP
- Katherine Tippettsmfg Solicitors
- Philip CowellFBC Manby Bowdler LLP
Band 3
Adam Maguire Clarke Willmott LLP4 Years Ranked
Caroline Young Clarke Willmott LLP8 Years Ranked
Lisa Grimmett Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors7 Years Ranked
Maria Ramon Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP5 Years Ranked
Philippa Pearson Lanyon Bowdler Solicitors2 Years Ranked
Rachel Baker Irwin Mitchell8 Years Ranked- Caroline DresdenLodders Solicitors LLP
- Claire DarleyFBC Manby Bowdler
- Helen Jane ArnoldBenussi & Co
- Vivienne MiddletonLodders Solicitors LLP
Band 4
- Nadia DavisThursfields
- Rebecca Calden-StorrStowe Family Law LLP
- Richard PortGeorge Green LLP
- Tracy CrossBand Hatton Button (Incorporating Varley Hibbs) LLP
Up and Coming
- James Osborne HCR Law1 Years Ranked
Marie Kilgallen Irwin Mitchell2 Years Ranked- Gemma FentonGeorge Green LLP
Associates to watch
Andrew Crumpton Anthony Collins Solicitors LLP2 Years Ranked- Laura Stocks Wright Hassall LLP1 Years Ranked
Lauren Parton Rayden Solicitors1 Years Ranked
Matthew Saunderson Mills & Reeve LLP1 Years Ranked
Rupa Parekh Weightmans1 Years Ranked
Stephanie Hawthorn Mills & Reeve LLP1 Years Ranked- Josh RussellBrethertons LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Anthony Collins Solicitors LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedAnthony Collins has a well-known team in Birmingham handling a range of family law issues, both matrimonial and children-related. The financial remedies team offers advice and representation in complex matrimonial disputes, along with valuable experience in financial forensic analysis. The specialist childcare team is highly regarded and supports clients in cases involving child abuse as well as domestic violence, with notable expertise in representing vulnerable individuals.1 HCR LawFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedHarrison Clark's team maintains its reputation as a market leader in family law from its offices in Birmingham, Hereford and Worcester. The group regularly advises on high-value and cross-jurisdictional financial remedy matters, including hearings before the High Court. Its practitioners have extensive expertise in cases involving trusts, property, farming and business assets, with the ability to provide a variety of alternative dispute resolution options. The team also handles Children Act matters, including cases of abuse.1 Irwin MitchellFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 1 | 1 Years RankedIrwin Mitchell has an outstanding family practice in Birmingham with an impressive bench of highly respected practitioners. It offers the entire range of family law services, frequently acting for high net worth individuals. The team handles high-value prenuptial agreements and financial remedy matters, as well as cases involving overseas assets, trusts and corporate interests. The group has additional expertise in international pensions law. Its members also represent clients in complex Children Act proceedings.
Band 2
2 Clarke Willmott LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedClarke Willmott has an established family law practice in Birmingham with a varied offering. Its team advises on cases of financial remedy and private children law. The members regularly handle complex disputes that involve international relocation, multi-jurisdictional interests and high-value assets. The group has further experience with highly sensitive cases involving domestic violence and abuse.
2 Lanyon Bowdler SolicitorsFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedLanyon Bowdler Solicitors is a well-regarded firm with offices across Shropshire and Herefordshire. It represents clients in financial matters involving trusts, pensions and overseas assets, such as divorce proceedings and prenuptial agreements, with notable expertise in cases concerning farming families. The team also supports clients in complex Children Act matters involving allegations of criminal behaviour and domestic abuse. The practice offers a range of dispute resolution options, including collaborative law services.
2 Mills & Reeve LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedMills & Reeve has an excellent family practice based in Birmingham. Its lawyers have a strong track record of representing clients in domestic and cross-border child law issues, as well as regularly acting for clients on high-value financial remedy cases. The team is capable of advising on complex matters concerning the division of overseas assets, business holdings and inherited wealth.
2 Shakespeare MartineauFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedShakespeare Martineau has a highly recommended team that advises clients on the full spectrum of family law matters, from international financial disputes to sensitive children law cases. Its practitioners are regularly instructed on complex financial remedy matters involving business structures and trusts, as well as handling the negotiation of prenuptial agreements. The group provides services from Birmingham as well as other key locations in the Midlands.
2 WeightmansFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 2 | 1 Years RankedWeightmans has an experienced team in Birmingham that handles complex financial and children-related disputes related to divorce and separation. The group is well placed to assist with international aspects of relationship breakdowns and knowledgeable with regard to cases involving trusts, family businesses and overseas assets. The members also demonstrate expertise in drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements. The team provides alternative methods of dispute resolution such as mediation and collaborative law proceedings.
Band 3
3 Duncan Lewis SolicitorsFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedDuncan Lewis's team in Birmingham handles a wide range of both financial remedy and children work, with notable expertise in cross-border and multi-jurisdictional disputes. The team is adept at handling difficult children law matters on both a public and private basis, with substantial experience in cases concerning abuse, child sexual exploitation and forced marriage, among other issues.3 Wright Hassall LLPFamily/Matrimonial2025 | Band 3 | 1 Years RankedWright Hassall's highly regarded family team in Leamington Spa focuses on matrimonial finance disputes, with notable experience handling cases concerning commercial elements, trusts, agricultural assets and pensions. The team is well placed to assist with prenuptial and postnuptial agreements involving domestic and foreign assets and it also frequently advises clients on private law children matters, including contact arrangements and inheritance planning. The firm can offer a range of ADR options, including collaborative law and family mediation.