Veronica Gilmour > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
31 CHERTSEY STREET
GUILDFORD, SURREY
GU1 4HD
England
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Veronica Gilmour
Work Department
Family.
Position
Partner in the family law team with a broad range of experience which includes advising on private children disputes, pensions on divorce and pre and post marital agreements. She has particular expertise in high-value, complex financial cases in both the UK and internationally. Accredited by Resolution as a specialist family lawyer, she has been at the forefront of the development of non-adversarial alternatives in family law matters for a number of years. She is a qualified collaborative lawyer with a thriving mediation practice and is a longstanding member of the Surrey Resolution Committee.
Career
Trained William Heath & Co; qualified 1986; partner Bennett Taylor Tyrrell, London; partner Mundays, 2008; partner Penningtons Manches 2014 to date.
Memberships
Law Society; Resolution; Surrey Committee, Resolution; Membership Development Committee, Resolution.
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading individuals)Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP‘s family team in Guildford has ‘great strength in depth in family law and a large number of very able and experienced solicitors’. Team head Veronica Gilmour is ‘highly emotionally intelligent’ and ‘particularly knowledgeable about pensions in divorce’; she is also a highly experienced mediator. Rachel Donald has extensive experience in nuptial and cohabitation agreements, having recently advised a cryptocurrency millionaire in relation to a divorce involving assets of £50m. Sarah Duckworth is particularly adept at dealing with cases involving family trusts and inherited wealth. Emma Willing recently joined the team from Mishcon de Reya LLP, while senior associate Gemma Kemp joined from Blandy & Blandy LLP to bolster’s the department’s strength with her broad practice.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex - South East > Private client
- Leading individuals - South East > Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Private client > Family: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Employment > Pensions
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Firm Rankings
- Finance > Banking and finance
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector
- Real estate > Social housing
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Employment > Pensions
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Thames Valley, Berks, Oxon, M4/M40