Bridget Thompson > Osbornes > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Osbornes ‘has a strong ethos for being conciliatory (rather than aggressive) with fair/ethical billing practices and strong ADR principles (mediation etc)’. Head of team is the ‘very experienced’ Lisa Pepper who is ‘compassionate, supportive and committed to hear clients, with a very warm manner’. Pepper continues to receive referrals from a large number of leading law firms and mediates on private law children matters, divorces and matrimonial finance cases. She also mediates for large adult family groups. David Leadercramer mediates on all issues. Andrew Watson, Mark Freedman and Bridget Thompson are resolution trained lawyer mediators.

With Mark Freedman  and Bridget Thompson  at the helm, Osbornes ‘is an excellent firm for both children and financial cases’. It has a superb reputation for its work in all areas of family law from pre and post nuptial agreements to unravelling complicated trusts and advising on other complex cross-border issues. It is adept too at handling international child protection issues. Through Naomi Angell it has considerable strength in adoption, surrogacy and fertility issues. It is a ‘very large team with a number of standout lawyers where clients get a full service whether private client or on the legal aid side’. Claire Andrews has recently been promoted to the partnership.