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Withers LLP Offices
20 Old Bailey
LONDON
EC4M 7AN
England
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James Copson
Work Department
Divorce and family team.
Position
Partner.
James has far-reaching experience in all areas of family breakdown, with a particular emphasis on the resolution of complex international financial disputes and children issues. He advises on cohabitation claims and private children law matters, to include residence and sharing of care of children, international relocation of children and child abduction, and has extensive expertise in negotiation and drafting pre- and post-nuptial agreements.
James has acted for many trustees and beneficiaries on trust-related issues in divorce, and for a wide-ranging number of individuals in sport, especially in the world of football. He also has a particular expertise in Anglo-Italian cases.
Career
Admitted 1992; Partner since 1998
Pension Advisory Group – A Guide to the Treatment of Pensions on Divorce (co-author)
Memberships
Resolution’s Pensions, Tax and Financial Remedies Committee;
IAFL;
American Bar Association (Overseas Member); and
Resolution.
Education
Wellingborough School; University of Birmingham (BA Hons History with Economic and Social History).
Leisure
Born in 1966. James is married with two adult sons and two dogs.
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)