Suzanne Kingston > Mills & Reeve LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Mills & Reeve LLP
24 KING WILLIAM STREET
LONDON
EC4R 9AT
England

Work Department

Family

Position

Consultant

Suzanne is widely known for her expertise in all aspects of family work, in particular the resolution of complex financial issues for high net worth individuals. Suzanne’s cases often have an international element and she has considerable experience in dealing with prenuptial agreements and cohabitation issues. Often referred to as “the Queen of Arbitration and Mediation’, Suzanne has a thriving mediation and arbitration practice and teaches both

Career

Qualified 1986,

Partner Bower and Bailey 1992

Partner Dawsons 2001

Partner Withers 2011

Consultant Mills & Reeve 2019

Memberships

Law Society

Resolution

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers

Education

Durham University BA Hons Law

Chester Law School – Law Society Finals

Family Mediator 1997

Collaborative Lawyer 2000

Hybrid Mediator 2010

Financial Arbitrator 2012

Children Arbitrator 2016

Leisure

Cycling, wine tasting and theatre going

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Family

(Leading individuals)

Suzanne KingstonMills & Reeve LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP‘s family law department is home to ‘some excellent names that really stand out’ and it is praised for its ‘truly national reputation for excellence in all areas of family law’. The group has a wealth of experience in the full spectrum of family law issues for its predominantly wealthy client base. The ‘dynamic’ Joanna Grandfield is frequently instructed to advise individuals, family offices, and trustees on wealth protection through pre and post-nuptial agreements, while Zoe Fleetwood, who has a ‘great deal of integrity’, sit at the helm of the firm’s national children team. Consultant Suzanne Kingston is another key figure, and Colin Rogerson joined the group from Clyde & Co in September 2022, bolstering the practice’s surrogacy and assisted reproduction offering. Tim Whitney was recently promoted to the partnership.

London > Private client > Family: mediation

(Hall of Fame)

Suzanne KingstonMills & Reeve LLP

Mills & Reeve LLP has the only truly national family law team. The London family mediation team is first rate. They are talented and solution focused; able to handle the most complex mediations.’ Alison Bull heads the firm’s family non-court dispute resolution practice. Bull is an accredited family and civil mediator, a hybrid mediator and a professional practice consultant. Suzanne Kingston is hugely respected and also has expertise in family arbitrations. Joanna Grandfield is another highly-regarded member of the ‘very impressive team‘. Tim Whitney was recently promoted to the partnership.