Suzanne Kingston > Mills & Reeve LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
24 KING WILLIAM STREET
LONDON
EC4R 9AT
England
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Suzanne Kingston

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: mediation
(Hall of Fame)Mills & Reeve LLP throughout its national team is committed to mediation. In London it has particular strength in both complex financial cases involving corporate structures and offshore trusts as well as complicated children law cases often involving international elements. Alison Bull is an accredited family mediator who is also qualified to see children in mediation. Suzanne Kingston is a renowned mediator and is a trained collaborative lawyer, an accredited mediator, a hybrid mediator as well as an accredited arbitrator. Kingston is regularly instructed to conduct mediations by Magic Circle law firms.
London > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)Mills & Reeve LLP ‘has a collection of some of the country’s finest family lawyers. Its reputation countrywide is superb and justifiably so’. Joanna Grandfield leads the London family team while Zoë Fleetwood heads the national children team. The practice receives plaudits for its experience across the full range of family issues from advising on cases where there are complex business and trusts structures with an international component to advising on international wealth protection and highly conflicted children proceedings. The nimble team is also adept at handling high-profile individuals as well as advising on property disputes between unmarried couples. Suzanne Kingston is highly regarded. Another key member of the London offering is principal associate Tim Whitney who undertakes all kinds of family work and is an FMC accredited all issues mediator.
Lawyer Rankings
- Hall of Fame - London > Private client > Family: mediation
- Leading individuals - London > Private client > Family
- Family - London > Private client
- Family: mediation - London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Public sector > Healthcare
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Private client > Court of protection
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Immigration
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market