Family/Matrimonial
UK Guide 2025 : West Midlands
Band 2
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Provided by Shakespeare Martineau
Our team of family solicitors is carefully structured to ensure that clients get the right level of legal and specialist support for the wide variety of legal issues that face modern families. We know that no two families are the same and we take the time to understand the intricacies and sensitivities of the situations often faced. We tactfully attune our legal advice to their needs, delivering proactive solutions that are personal, yet commercial.
Our family law specialists pride themselves on approaching each case with empathy, understanding, and minimal stress throughout the process. By looking beyond the immediate, we ensure that personal and professional interests are protected both now, and long into the future. The team is highly regarded in all areas of family law with a particular speciality in complex children and high value financial remedy proceedings.
Chambers Review
Shakespeare 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.
Strengths
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"Everything Shakespeare Martineau does is about providing high-quality service to clients."
"They offer exceptional service and have a really good team across the full spectrum of family law."
"Everything Shakespeare Martineau does is about providing high-quality service to clients."
"They offer exceptional service and have a really good team across the full spectrum of family law."
Notable Practitioners
Aasha Choudhary leads the firm's family team in Birmingham. She frequently advises on financial remedy matters that have significant international elements. She also advises on prenuptial agreements and private children law cases.
"Aasha Choudhary is a standout. She has very good legal knowledge, a good eye for detail and is very calm under pressure."
"Aasha is a fantastic lawyer who has a great feel for cases."
"Aasha is brilliant in matrimonial finance cases. She is forensic and navigates around the issues in a case."
Helen Bowns is head of the firm's national family team and works from both the Stratford-upon-Avon and Solihull offices. She is highly regarded for her work on financial remedy proceedings for high net worth individuals and is well versed in cases involving complex trusts and assets.
"Helen Bowns is a very caring individual, who is also highly qualified, experienced and skilful."
"She is extremely experienced and knowledgeable with a good sense of where a case is going."
"Helen Bowns is a class act who applies the same care and attention to every case."
"Helen's support gave me enormous reassurance and confidence."
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