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Sophie Chapman

020 7822 8000 schapman@stewartslaw.com View profile

Work Department

Divorce and Family

Position

Partner

Sophie specialises in complex family cases, supporting clients to resolve their financial affairs and arrangements for their children following separation or divorce. Sophie is recognised in the directories as combining “a number of skills that make her terrific; she is exceptionally calm under pressure and really good on the detail of a case… very pragmatic, always ten steps ahead”.

Sophie advises clients on all aspects of family law, with a particular focus on financial issues arising on divorce and the arrangements for children after parents separate.

Sophie’s financial cases frequently have an international dimension, often involving trusts, inherited wealth or family businesses with complex issues of valuation. Her clients include entrepreneurs, business owners, celebrities, City professionals, and their spouses/partners.

Sophie also has a leading practice in children cases, advising clients in respect of the arrangements for children following separation, disputes in relation to key decisions affecting children (to include parentage, the exercise of parental responsibility, schooling, change of name) and applications by one parent to relocate abroad.

Career

Sophie graduated from Cambridge University (French, German and Law). She joined Stewarts in 2017, after nine years at Withers.

Memberships

Sophie is a Member of Resolution and the Association of Lawyers for Children.

Personal

Sophie is mum to two young daughters.