Suzanne heads up the firm’s market leading Family and Trust, Estate and Inheritance Dispute teams in London.

She is one of the most highly respected international family lawyers of her generation in London with more than two decades of experience which is illustrated by the long history of awards and accolades she has achieved. All legal and industry directories rate her highly, including the Spear’s Top 50 Family Lawyers list. Her practice includes dealing with complex international financial cases, often involving family businesses, inherited wealth or sophisticated trust and pension issues. She is adept at handling private law children disputes including surrogacy and has a stellar practice in negotiating multi-jurisdictional pre and post nuptial agreements. Suzanne has a substantial Italian theme running through her career and is the go-to lawyer in London for Italian family related matters. She even delivers family law presentations in Italian!

Suzanne has extensive experience in ‘private dispute resolution’, rather than Court-led litigation, offering clients a range of alternative means to resolve their situation.

Clients say…..

‘She is incredibly calm and never rattled, she has superb empathy and determination, she shows extreme dedication to her client cases, she has the right balance of sympathy combined with a razor-sharp legal brain but a calm and non-confrontational approach to divorce negotiations combined with an obvious will to win. Suzanne is efficient, available and responsive as well as being a strategic thinker and very tactical. She always gives 100% for her client and provides very sound advice.’

Alongside this Suzanne is a practicing Mediator. Legal 500 describes her as ‘very talented’ ensuring discussions are realistic and all options are explored.

Her clients include internationally mobile professionals from all walks of life (often the female breadwinner), successful individuals from the entertainment industry, the motorsport industry and their partners. She works with international families directly, with their General Counsel or through the Family Office.

What is always clear is that her advice is given discreetly, strategically and with a commercial eye to the end game.

Suzanne contributes to the national press (FT, The Times, The Evening Standard), legal press including The Lawyer and The Law Society Gazette, Family Law as well as Managing Partner, Spears and Vanity Fair Italy.