Joanna Grandfield > Mills & Reeve LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Mills & Reeve LLP Offices
24 KING WILLIAM STREET
LONDON
EC4R 9AT
England
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Joanna Grandfield
Work Department
Family and children
Position
Partner and specialist financial and children lawyer who heads up Mills & Reeve’s London family team, Joanna is a trained barrister who is also a mediator and collaborative lawyer.
Joanna’s work involves advising clients both within and outside of the jurisdiction who have complex financial and children issues arising from family breakdown, often involving trusts, business assets and pensions. She works with clients on wealth protection, drafting and advising on pre and post marital agreements.
From a client: “A tremendous asset….Calm, assured, diligent and clearly very knowledgeable, Joanna performed superbly throughout proceedings”
From Counsel: “Brilliant and has a steely determination to do the best for her clients”
From Counsel: “Joanna is clever and charming. Her clients love he. She has a real warmth and sense of humour that disguises her determination to win. She commands a dedicated team and leads by example – fearless hard work
Career
Partner, Barrister (called to the Bar in 2000), mediator and collaborative lawyer. Member of Family Law Bar Association and Resolution
Languages
Conversational French
Memberships
Bar Council, Resolution
Education
Inns of Court School of Law (BVC), City University (CPE) and Keble College, Oxford (Philosophy, Politics & Economics MA)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family: mediation
(Leading partners)Mills & Reeve LLP fields ‘an impressive team with a number of excellent mediators in London and elsewhere’. The team is headed by ‘go-to’ Alison Bull, whose practice spans hybrid mediation, cross-border child abduction mediation, child-inclusive mediation, and arbitration. Joanna Grandfield, head of family and children, is ‘always constructive and a joy to have on any case‘. Working across London and Oxford, ‘experienced practitioner’ Tim Whitney is accredited by the Family Mediation Council as an all issues mediator.
London > Private client > Family
(Leading partners)The family team at Mills & Reeve LLP has experience across both finance and children work, drawing on the expertise of its teams across the country and practice groups including the agriculture, personal tax, and immigration teams. Joanna Grandfield heads up the practice, combining experience as a barrister with a mediation practice and a collaborative approach, and specialising in complex financial matters. Children law specialist Zoe Fleetwood heads up the firm’s national children team, and is particularly strong in high conflict cases, often representing children. Colin Rogerson is also a member of the children law team, focusing his practice on surrogacy and assisted reproduction work.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners London > Private client > Family
- Leading partners London > Private client > Family: mediation
- 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
- Finance > Asset based lending
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Public sector > Education: schools
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Employers