Diana Parker > Withers LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Withers LLP Offices
20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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Diana Parker
Work Department
Divorce and family team.
Position
Partner.
Diana is well known as one of London’s divorce lawyer elite. She often advises clients on high value, high profile matters involving complex finances and international, cross border elements. However, she recognises that the stakes are high for any client and, whatever the level of wealth, Diana contributes her experience, strategic focus and ability to come up with creative solutions that minimise the financial and emotional cost of disputes with one’s partner.
Whilst taking cases before the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal where necessary, Diana is also a mediator and renowned negotiator. Her preference is elegant and effective negotiation, providing clear and strategic advice.
She fights hard for her clients and her commercial, pragmatic approach keeps everyone enthused. Her objective always is to get the best possible outcome at the lowest possible cost, both financial and emotional.
Both clients and opponents attest to her skill:
‘There is no one to match her intellectually, or her wide ranging experience.’
‘If I had to choose one solicitor in the entire world that I admired the most it would be her’.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Hall of Fame)At the helm of the family law team at Withers LLP is the ‘exceptional’ Suzanne Todd, and the lawyers in the group are ‘all intellectually very strong, thoughtful and highly committed’. Another key figure is Diana Parker, who is praised by one client as ‘probably the most cerebral and finest technical and commercial lawyer of her generation doing family work’. Its superb international offering means that it is skilled at handling complicated multi-jurisdictional cases. At this ‘truly global firm’, Claire Blakemore expertly covers complex financial claims and highly complex children-related disputes. Michael Gouriet has a wide ranging divorce finance, pre-nupital, and child law caseload. Katharine Landells has a proven track record in dealing with the most financially and emotionally complex of cases. Julian Lipson is skilled at handling cases with an international dimension, often involving tax and trust implications, and substantial assets or incomes. The talented Brett Frankle receives a steady flow of instructions concerning contentious divorce proceedings for high-net-worth clients, often with multi-jurisdictional issues. Other names of note include Laura Winterbottom, Jennifer Dickson, Alexander Breedon, Sarfraz Ali, and Adele Pledger.
London > Private client > Family: mediation
Withers LLP‘ has great strength in depth. The full service practice means they can offer a holistic service for their clients.’ The family mediation practice forms part of the large and strong family law team. Three of its partners – Suzanne Todd, Claire Blakemore and Diana Parker – are all experienced and highly regarded mediators. Todd is the ‘go to’ lawyer in London for all divorces with an Italian theme. Blakemore mediates on both financial and children issues and has substantial international expertise. In addition, she has a strong understanding of trust law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family London > Private client
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Family
- Family: mediation London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Family: mediation
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Real estate > Residential property
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)