Suzanne Todd
Partner
Suzanne leads the divorce and family team in London.
She is amongst the most highly accoladed international family lawyers of her generation in London, and is rated highly in all legal directories. She is a superb lawyer whose ruthless efficiency and contagious energy is universally recognised, alongside the fact that she is incredibly service driven. Suzanne’s strength is her effectiveness as a communicator - she is able to strike a rapport with individuals from all backgrounds, and to build and earn their trust, which in turn enables her to get to the nub of what is needed quickly in times of high emotion. She understands the client’s needs and tailors her advice to their circumstances and, importantly, she always focuses on the financial realities of the situation.
Her practice varies from dealing with complex financial cases (many with an international angle and often dealing with family businesses, inherited wealth and tax and pensions issues) to handling private law children disputes and the negotiation of pre and postnuptial agreements.
Suzanne’s career has a substantial Italian theme running through it, which has resulted in her establishing a strong reputation as one of the ‘go to’ family solicitors in London for Italian family-related matters. She is recognised in the marketplace for this niche, as well as having the confidence to deliver family law presentations in Italian.
Suzanne’s practice firmly encompasses all dispute resolution processes. She is a Collaborative lawyer and Mediator.
She is part of the firm’s Italian team and chairs our Women’s Networking Group.
Suzanne contributes to the national press (including the Financial Times, FT Weekend, The Times and the Evening Standard) and legal press (The Lawyer, Law Society Gazette, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, AIAF [Italian Family Law Journal], Family Law, LexisNexis and Trusts & Estates Law and Tax Journal), as well as publications such as Managing Partner, Spear’s, Vanity Fair - Italy.
Track record
Admissions
Memberships
Talks
Acting for the Applicant mother in S v P [2008] which created a shortcut court procedure for individuals who reach agreement through the collaborative process to have their agreement approved by the Court. This procedure has recently been followed by the President in relation to Awards made in an Arbitration context.
Acting for the wife in the Court of Appeal case of Mahon v Mahon [2008] involving serious non-disclosure by a husband.
Advising the Trustees in the Jersey case of In the Matter of the Truro Trust and the PF Life Interest Trust [2007].
Northern Ireland, 2012
England and Wales, 1999
International Academy of Family Lawyers, Fellow
The City of London Solicitors’ Company
Liveryman of the Worshipful Company of Solicitors
Civil Partnerships (In Italian) April 2017
Prenuptial Agreements 2017
International Academy of Family Lawyers Conference, Madrid 2016, co- chair, Berlin - 2015, co-chair
En resumen sobre mí
I am hard-working, conscientious and fiercely devoted to my clients
Educación
Idiomas
- English
- Italian
