Emily Watson > Rayden Solicitors > Berkhamstead, England > Lawyer Profile
Rayden Solicitors Offices
1 CLARIDGE COURT
LOWER KINGS ROAD
BERKHAMSTEAD
HP4 2AE
England
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Emily Watson
Work Department
Family
Position
Partner and Resolution accredited specialist, Emily has extensive experience of the many and complex financial issues arising from separation and divorce including those with an international dimension. Emily routinely advises in relation to disputes concerning children, with a particular success in relocation cases as well as cases involving challenging allegations against a parent.
Emily also regularly deals with pre and post nuptial agreements and cohabitation disputes. Clients appreciate Emily’s razor-sharp intellect, supportive manner, her clear explanations of the legal issues and willingness to fight their corner robustly when appropriate.
Emily is available to meet clients in both St Albans and London.
Career
Emily trained at London family law firm Manches, now Pennington Manches, and has practised family law exclusively since qualifying in 2002. Emily continued her career at Dawsons and Kingsley Napsley before joining Rayden Solicitors in 2012.
Memberships
Emily is a member of Resolution. Emily is a former member of both Resolution’s Precedent Drafting Committee and their Cohabitation Working Party.
Education
MA in Classics from King’s College, Cambridge
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx
(Leading individuals)Rayden Solicitors houses a ‘fantastic team of superb lawyers‘, which assists clients with a variety of issues, including shared care order applications, shared care arrangements, and the division of matrimonial assets. Rated by clients as ‘one of the best solicitors around‘, Katherine Rayden
heads up the practice from St Albans and primarily acts for high-net-worth individuals on the settlement of financial disputes and relationship breakdowns, often drafting pre and post-nuptial agreements. Emily Watson works out of the Berkhamsted office, and is particularly adept handling cases concerning permanent removal and international trust structures. In Beaconsfield, the ‘fantastic‘ Julian Bremner frequently dispenses advice on financial issues, particularly with a cross-border aspect; while in Bishop’s Stortford, Rosalind Fitzgerald was promoted to partner in October 2022 and has broad expertise spanning surrogacy and fertility cases. In Beaconsfield, Rupinder Rai regularly acts in child arrangement proceedings, including Schedule 1 issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx South East > Private client
- Leading individuals South East > Private client > Family: Beds, Bucks, Herts, Middx