Chrystal Theofanous > Sills & Betteridge LLP > Lincoln, England > Lawyer Profile
Sills & Betteridge LLP Offices

Aquis House
18 – 28 Clasketgate
Lincoln
LN2 1JN
England
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Chrystal Theofanous

Work Department
Family law.
Position
Leading Individual 2024
A partner in the family department at Sills & Betteridge specialising in advising and acting for victims of domestic abuse, international child abduction – acting for parents whose children may have been abducted outside of the UK or retained in the UK, and all public law Children Act matters.
Memberships
Accredited in Domestic abuse and International Child abduction. Member of the Children’s Panel.
Education
St Catherine RC school for girls; Lincoln University (2002 Law and Criminology 2.1); Nottingham Law School (2008 Dip Law).
Leisure
Gym
Lawyer Rankings
East Midlands > Private client > Family
(Leading partners)Sills & Betteridge LLP‘s large-scale family law practice group has a strong influence in the region and is built around core teams that handle all aspects of matrimonial finance, emergency, care, children and mediation, respectively. The practice has garnered praise for being ‘hard-working, dynamic and very focused on best outcomes’ and is headed up by Helen Derry, whose diverse caseload frequently includes divorce, property issues, maintenance, nuptial agreements, co-habitation disputes and private children’s cases. Chrystal Theofanous is head of the emergency children and domestic abuse team, whilst Mo Hayes is a specialist for public law care proceedings, specifically child law cases, and spearheads the care team. Dominic Lee‘s practice emphasises divorce and financial cases as well as private children’s law disputes. Siobhan Thompson and Ailsa Tennant are other key contacts within the wider department.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Elsewhere in East Midlands
- Real estate > Commercial property: elsewhere in the East Midlands
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime, fraud and licensing: General crime and fraud
- Employment > Immigration
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Employment
- Insurance > Personal injury and clinical negligence: claimant