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Howard Kennedy LLP Offices

NO.1 LONDON BRIDGE
LONDON
SE1 9BG
England
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Lois Langton

Work Department
Family.
Position
Lois Langton is a Partner and the Head of Family Law at Howard Kennedy. Acting across the full breadth of family law work, Lois offers a discreet and tailor-made approach that is solution-focused, supported by an exceptional group of talented lawyers whom she leads from the front. Unique in her style, she inspires ‘utter confidence’.
Lois’ clients are diverse, with many from the sports, entertainment and the arts industries where her experience and knowledge are described as ‘second to none’. Her clients also include entrepreneurs and successful business people.
Lois has a particular expertise in dealing with complex financial remedy work involving multi-million pound matrimonial settlements. Her work regularly involves tax, trust, off-shore, and corporate structures, with high-end divorce and financial remedy cases and pre- and post-nuptial agreements being the work Lois most frequently undertakes. She also advises on cohabitation, separation, and children matters (including adoption and surrogacy).
Lois jointly heads the firm’s Sport sector group and the family team is also an integral part of the firm’s Private Wealth group, meaning clients benefit from expertise across a wide range of practice areas.
Lois is a member of Resolution, Women In Football, the China Britain Business Council, and the 48 Group.
Career
Trained Finers Stephens Innocent; qualified: 2001; partner HowardKennedyFsi 2012.
Memberships
Resolution, Women In Football, the China Britain Business Council, and the 48 Group.
Education
University College London (LLB 2(1)).
Leisure
Season ticket holder (home and away) at Arsenal; chair of the Arsenal Independent Supporters’ Association; other interests include ballet.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Leading partners)‘Modern in outlook‘ and ‘commercial in approach’, the Howard Kennedy LLP family team is ‘full of really smart, highly capable lawyers‘. According to clients, ‘you can’t get much better than’ team head Lois Langton, whose practice regularly involves international elements and clients from the sports sector. Nina Lake is ‘beyond brilliant‘ in both matrimonial and child disputes, while Katherine Res Pritchard is ‘a total star and a leading figure in the field‘ as a children law specialist with particular strength in international relocation. Iona Nicolson joined the team in September 2023 from Vardags.
London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Co-headed by Lois Langton and Kyle Phillips, Howard Kennedy LLP represents clubs, agencies and sports organisations on strategic acquisitions and corporate governance issues, in tandem with disputes and reputation management. Langton acts for high-profile footballers in divorce and financial remedy cases, Phillips is an expert in fraud and corruption claims, while Sam Murray-Hinde has a particular specialism in industrial relations.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Private client > Family
- Family London > Private client
- Sport London > TMT (technology, media and telecoms)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Public sector > Civil liberties and human rights
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Private client > Family
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Power (including electricity and nuclear)
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Employment > Employers
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Real estate > Planning
- Dispute resolution > Professional discipline
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Employment > Immigration