Karen Wilsher > Charles Russell Speechlys LLP > Guildford, England > Lawyer Profile

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP
ONE LONDON SQUARE, CROSS LANES
GUILDFORD
SURREY
GU1 1UN
England

Work Department

Family

Position

Partner

Career

Karen specialises in the resolution of high value financial claims for spouses and cohabitees, complex issues concerning arrangements for children including the international relocation of children and cases with a public law element. She acts for spouses, parents and other relatives and is also able to assist schools and charities in respect of child law issues. Karen’s clients are based both in England and overseas and many of her cases involve international elements.

Karen is a mediator, collaborative lawyer and a member of Resolution, and she is committed to resolving family issues in a constructive and conciliatory manner.

Karen is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Experience

  • Acting for parents in relation to complex child cases including those with a public law element and including acting for the mother in the reported case of Re K (Children) 2008 before the Court of Appeal
  • Advising on the resolution of matrimonial financial issues including cases involving complex asset structures, high value assets and international elements and including acting for the wife in the reported case of W v W in relation to the capitalisation of spousal maintenance payments
  • Acting for parents on child law cases with an international element such as applications to relocate a child overseas including acting for the mother in the reported case of S v H ( Abduction : Access Rights ) 1997
  • Acting as a mediator and collaborative lawyer in relation to financial issues and the arrangements for children following the breakdown of marriages and relationships

Memberships

Resolution.

Lawyer Rankings

South East > Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex

(Leading individuals)

Karen WilsherCharles Russell Speechlys LLP

In Guildford, full-service firm Charles Russell Speechlys LLP is noted by clients as fielding ‘one of the best regional family law departments in the country’. Its client roster features national and international high-profile and high-net-worth clients that need advisory and dispute resolution assistance with complicated matters relating to children such as relocation, child protection and adoption work, financial assets including offshore trusts and significant pensions, and unmarried family agreements. The ‘commercially astute’ Shona Alexander has a broad practice with substantial experience in financial cases, pre and post-marital agreements and cohabitation issues. Co-heading the team with Alexander is the ‘unflappable’ Karen Wilsher, who specialises in high-value financial cases and child law cases in relation to families with addiction difficulties. William Rollin offers extensive experience in matrimonial finance and private law children matters including international relocation and parental alienation cases.