Katherine Kennedy > Mills & Reeve LLP > Birmingham, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
78-84 COLMORE ROW
BIRMINGHAM
B3 2AB
England
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Katherine Kennedy
Work Department
Private Wealth – Family
Position
Partner, Birmingham Family Team
Career
Qualified 2001. Joined Mills & Reeve in 2005. Principal Associate 2013. Partner 2022
Accredited Mediator and collaboratively trained family lawyer.
Deals with financial matters arising from separation including more complex high net worth financial matters involving trusts and business assets. Presents seminars on businesses and divorce, wealth protection and cohabitation. Works closely with the private wealth team in wealth protection dealing with nuptial agreements for high net worth individuals, lecturing at external conferences. Also deals with claims arising from cohabitation included TLATA and Schedule 1 claims – both in her litigation and mediation practice. She leads on complex children matters, including cases involving parental alienation, change of residence and international leave to remove. Aims to resolve matters commercially and pragmatically for clients wherever possible.
Memberships
Law Society, Resolution West Midlands Committee
Education
Kind Edwards Camp Hill, Birmingham followed by LLB European Law (German) at Essex University. Legal Practice Course Distinction Birmingham City University
Leisure
Nature and the Outdoors: Cycling, Walks in the country, Windsurfing, Swimming; Jazz (listening not playing); Spending time with my three boys doing most of the above.
Lawyer Rankings
West Midlands > Private client > Family: Birmingham
(Rising stars)The family and children team at Mills & Reeve LLP is well-regarded, both regionally and nationally. It handles the full array of family law issues from high conflict children proceedings to cases where there are complex business and trust structures. The ‘brilliant‘ Marc Saunderson
is a key figure, as is Katherine Kennedy who advises on a myriad of issues and regularly works with the private wealth department to advise on wealth protection through nuptial agreements. Rob Norris and Stephanie Hawthorn are also integral to the offering.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars - West Midlands > Private client > Family: Birmingham
- Family: Birmingham - West Midlands > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Public sector > Education
- Public sector > Health
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Birmingham
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Birmingham
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Employment > Employment
- Private client > Family: Birmingham
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Finance > Banking and finance
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property
- Employment > Pensions
- Real estate > Commercial property: Birmingham
- Real estate > Property litigation