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
(Leading individuals)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)‘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.
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
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
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration