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Provided by Alison Fernandes
In April 2020 Alison left Irwin Mitchell in Sheffield to become the Head of Hall Brown’s Sheffield office.
She is a highly experienced private family lawyer with a special interest in complex financial cases involving pre-acquired/inherited assets.
Alison is extremely well known in the area and is sought out by clients and work referrers who value her down to earth, practical but very thorough approach. She is regularly instructed by high net worth business owners and professionals all over the country and abroad. Recent cases of note involved acting for a wife whose husband owned a multi £m holiday resort in Spain and acting for a husband who had substantial pre-acquired assets following the sale of a business which he transferred into a multi £m family trust in New Zealand.
Alison is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in private financial and private children cases and is an experienced Collaborative lawyer. She regularly provides training to other professionals including accountants and IFA’s and presents seminars on family law topics. Alison has also appeared on regional television and radio discussing changes in law and legal trends.
Provided by Chambers
Alison Fernandes is head of Hall Brown's Sheffield team. She handles private child cases in addition to complex matrimonial finance matters often involving such considerations as inherited assets, high-value pensions and offshore trusts.
Provided by Chambers
Alison is completely down to earth and sensible.
Alison is completely down to earth and sensible.
