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Camilla Thornton

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Work Department

Family

Position

Camilla is a consultant in the family team.

Camilla is highly regarded by her peers for her 30 years’ experience advising on all aspects of family law. Her particular expertise lies in advising mid to high-net-worth individuals on their financial settlements following separation and divorce and her cases have involved high earners, professionals, entrepreneurs, private companies, large pensions, inherited wealth and family trusts.

Camilla has considerable experience advising on pre and post-nuptial agreements, often with an international element and has advised on numerous second marriage nuptial agreements and on first marriage agreements where the wealth has been provided by a parent or other relation.

Career

Qualified as a solicitor in 1991; joined Russell-Cooke in 1996; partner 1998.

Set up Russell-Cooke’s central London family department in 2006.

Memberships

• Member of Resolution, the association of family practitioners
• Ex-member of Resolution’s Standards Committee during which she was a member of its 2007 Code of Practice working party which lead to the redrafting of the association’s then Code of Conduct and the editing of two editions of Resolution’s Guide to Good Correspondence.

Education

Presdales School; Haileybury College; Reading University (1988 LLB Hons); Guildford Law School.