Leonie Burke > Aberdein Considine > Edinburgh, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Aberdein Considine Offices
ELDER HOUSE
24 ELDER STREET
EH1 3DX
United Kingdom
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Leonie Burke
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Partner
Career
Leonie is a Partner in Aberdein Considine’s Family Law Team, based in Edinburgh.
Having specialised in family law for in excess of 18 years, Leonie has a wealth of experience dealing with all aspects of family law, including both financial provision and child law. She is Accredited by the Law Society of Scotland as a Family Law Specialist, Accredited as a Mediator and is a trained Collaborative Lawyer.
As well as providing advice on non-contentious matters, she represents individuals in actions raised in both the Sheriff Court and Court of Session. She is regularly instructed, and has particular experience, in dealing with cases involving national or international aspects and complicated business assets.
Leonie is a member of the Family Law Association in Scotland, Consensus Collaboration Scotland and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
Leonie joined the firm in 2019, having previously been a Senior Associate at Brodies LLP in Edinburgh.
Languages
English
Lawyer Rankings
Scotland > Private client > Family
(Next Generation Partners)The team at Aberdein Considine regularly handles the full spectrum of cohabitation cases, high-value financial proceedings, and international matters, often concerning children. Ruth Aberdein oversees the team from Aberdeen, and is particularly well-known for her expertise in financial remedy proceedings involving complex business interests, high value pensions and nuptial agreements. The ‘incredibly tenacious‘ Leonie Burke divides her time between Edinburgh and Perth, and April Campbell is a key contact across Glasgow and Stirling. Aberdeen’s Isabelle Douglas leverages her expertise in property, succession, and company law to handle cases with complex crossover elements.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in Scotland
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: elsewhere in Scotland
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and executries
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation
- Real estate > Commercial property: Edinburgh and Glasgow
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Employment > Employment