What can I do for you
Sophie is an Associate in the specialist Mills & Reeve family and children team. She assists individuals to deal with all aspects of a relationship or marriage breakdown, including divorce and separation and the division of assets. Sophie also has experience advising on a wide range of private law children matters.
Sophie deals with cohabitation/ TOLATA disputes, both involving and not involving children.
Sophie has experience of matters involving Court proceedings, as well as matters involving a variety of dispute resolution processes.
Supporting your ambitions
Sophie is keenly aware of the challenges that individuals can face when dealing with the breakdown of a relationship or a dispute involving children, and she is committed to helping her clients navigate these.
Sophie works to understand her clients’ concerns and aims, both in the short and longer term. She then focuses on finding fair and practical solutions, which suit her clients’ individual needs and assists them to move forward with their lives.
As part of a top-tier national law firm, Sophie and the family team can provide bespoke and holistic advice. This may involve drawing on the extensive expertise from Mills & Reeve lawyers in other areas of law, for example our corporate, employment, private tax and real estate teams. This offers a unique collaborative service to meet clients' needs.
What do others say
“Consistent and detailed service, empathetic and professional.” (A client)
“They gave gone above and beyond helping me. Helping me with other issues than my divorce as well.” (A client)
“A very professional and capable team. I appreciated the ability of the team to get on top of the case quickly and absorb all of its detail, this was exceptional. I was positively surprised by how aware the team was re the nuances and subtilties surrounding the case, which fed into an overall successful strategy in court. In a nutshell this strongly distinguishes M&R from the cookie cutter approach I had experienced previously.” (A client)
What else should you know
Sophie is a member of Resolution, a national organisation of family lawyers committed to resolving disputes in a constructive and non-confrontational way.
She is on the Committee for her local Resolution group for Cambridge & West Suffolk. She is the group’s Press Officer and assists in arranging a wide range of events for the group throughout the year.
Sophie is also a member of the firm’s internal working groups for Children Law and Cohabitation Law.