Stowe Family Law LLP

Southampton

Managing Partner, South Coast and Central

Liza joined Stowe Family Law in May 2021 as a Senior Associate and was promoted to Partner and Head of the Portsmouth office in December 2022. She advanced to Team Leader Partner in April 2023 and is now a Managing Partner, overseeing the firm’s South Coast team across Dorset, Wiltshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire. Prior to joining Stowe, Liza gained experience at a prominent South Coast firm, where she developed expertise in Armed Forces pensions, particularly benefiting clients with connections to Portsmouth Naval bases.

She specialises in family law, with a focus on complex financial disputes involving substantial assets, businesses, and trusts, often with international components. Liza also advises on prenuptial agreements, cohabitation matters, and complex children cases, including those with international elements and challenging dynamics. Since 2014, she has advised clients on surrogacy law, including financial orders and donor agreements.

In addition to her legal practice, Liza co-hosts the Stowe Talks family law podcast, helping to make family law more accessible and transparent for clients and the wider public.

English

Liza is a Resolution member and holds an accredited specialist designation within the organisation.

She studied at Cardiff University before qualifying in 2008.

In her free time, Liza enjoys spending time with her three young boys, often at the beach where she swims year-round.