Fiona Kellow > Thrings LLP > Swindon, England > Lawyer Profile

Thrings LLP
6 DRAKES MEADOW
PENNY LANE
SWINDON
SN3 3LL
England
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Work Department

Family.

Position

Fiona has many years’ experience as a family lawyer, specialising in all aspects of family law, particularly high-net-worth financial issues and children disputes. She has a versatile approach, not only to the range of family law issues, but also to the most appropriate methods of handling cases for her clients; from collaborative round the table scenarios to fully-contested litigation. To Fiona, the needs of each client and their desired outcomes are paramount. Each client receives honest and individual advice to help them make the right decisions. Fiona works closely with the client and, where necessary, a team of other professionals, including coaches, accountants, valuers, etc, to ensure that the client is fully prepared for the processes that they face.

Fiona has featured in numerous radio interviews, on Radio 4’s ‘World at One’. Recent highlights include: acting for a Lloyds name in a multi-million-pound settlement involving detailed analysis of the Lloyds assets, which were fluctuating with economic changes; acting for a high-net-worth individual, negotiating a settlement dealing with hedge fund assets and significant overseas assets; acting for a farming client going through a divorce, the farm assets being arranged in complicated family trusts; assisting a client in obtaining leave of the court to remove her child from the jurisdiction to live in Dubai; assisting a client in obtaining an order to enforce maintenance payments against a non-paying former husband, including successful claim for costs; assisting numerous senior officers from HM Forces in relation to matrimonial settlements, in particular, negotiations in relation to their valuable pension funds; assisting and advising a senior bank official in relation to a detailed financial settlement.

Fiona heads up the Private Client Department at Thrings and well as the Private Wealth Route to market with close links between her Private Client teams and the wider firm including commercial, property and agriculture to ensure that all Private Wealth clients have a full portfolio of legal advice from our experts.

Career

Trained Clifton Ingram Solicitors, Wokingham; qualified 1994; partner Thrings 2004.

Languages

Basic French.

Memberships

Resolution.

Education

University of Hull (1990 BA (Hons) Law and Sociology).

Lawyer Rankings

South West > Private client > Family

Praised for its ‘high legal technical knowledge with a very supportive manner demonstrating a lot of empathy’, Thrings LLP assists farming families, entrepreneurs and business owners on an array of family matters, particularly in relation to pre-nuptial agreements and cohabitation matters. The team is co-chaired by Fiona Kellow, who is noted for her expertise in cohabitation agreements and child law matters. Fellow co-chair Matthew Kellow is highly experienced in international child removal and abduction.