Philip Way > Mills & Reeve LLP > Leeds, England > Lawyer Profile
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Philip Way
Work Department
Family and matrimonial.
Position
Work includes advising a wide range of individuals with complex financial and personal arrangements in relation to divorce; preparing pre-marital contracts; and advising trustees and beneficiaries as to the implications for them of divorce. Has extensive experience acting for a wide range of individuals in relation to the issues that arise on divorce and family breakdown. Acts for an equal number of husbands and wives. Clients or their spouses are usually either successful business people or professional people. Philip is able to represent clients in traditional court-based proceedings and is also an experienced Collaborative Family Lawyer and Mediator.
Career
Trained Booth & Co, Leeds qualified 1992; Addleshaw Goddard (formerly Booth & Co) 1990-2008; partner 2001; partner Mills & Reeve 2008. Publications of note: ‘Humphreys’ Family Proceedings’; ‘Debt & Insolvency on Divorce’; ‘Pensions & Insurance on Divorce’; ‘Proceeds of Crime Act Special Bulletin’.
Memberships
Resolution; Law Society and Fellow of the International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Education
Silcoates School, Wakefield; Durham University (1998 BA Hons); College of Law, Guildford (1989 CPE; 1990 LPC).
Leisure
Family, cars, gardening, reading.
Lawyer Rankings
Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
(Hall of Fame)Philip Way
leads the family department at Mills & Reeve LLP
in Leeds. The team has particular experience regarding complex financial agreements, including multi-jurisdictional disputes; pensions and trusts – both domestic and international – and marital agreements. With assistance from the wider firm nationally, the team is able to offer support from a network of arbitrators, mediators and collaborative lawyers. Claudia Gilham specialises in domestic and international financial remedy cases, including pre- and post-marital agreements. Ellen Wilkinson is ‘one to watch’, with notable expertise in children disputes and national fertility law work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client
- Hall of Fame Yorkshire and the Humber > Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Leeds, West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire
- Employment > Employment: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Commercial property: Leeds and West Yorkshire; North Yorkshire
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition