Melanie Hamer > Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice > Cardiff, United Kingdom > Lawyer Profile
Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice Offices
13 WINDSOR PLACE
CARDIFF
CF10 3BY
United Kingdom
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Melanie Hamer
Work Department
Family Law
Position
Director
Career
In 1996, Melanie Hamer co-founded Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice. A leader in the field of family law, Melanie has helped put the firm in the top band in ‘Chambers and Partners’ and ‘The Legal 500’. She has considerable experience in big-money divorce cases, prenuptial agreements and complex disputes involving children and has acted for high profile celebrity clients.
Melanie was one of the first two solicitors in Wales to gain entry to the Solicitors Family Law Association (Resolution) specialist panel.
Melanie features regularly in the press and was identified as a businesswoman who is a leader in her field by The Western Mail.
Melanie trained at Eversheds (commercial property, company and commercial, employment law and private client). When she qualified in 1989, she stayed on in the private client department at Eversheds.
Memberships
- Member of the Aberystwyth University Audit, Risk and Assurance Committee
- Trustee of Cardiff City Football Club Foundation
- Eversheds Sutherland Women in Business Mentoring Programme – as a mentor
- Monumental Welsh Women – to erect a statue of a Welsh woman in Wales
- One of the founding members of South Wales Ladies Business Club
- Former director of Cardiff Business Club
Education
- Aberdare Girls’ Grammar School
- 1983 – 1986 – University of Wales, Aberystwyth (LLB Law)
- 1986 – 1987 – College of Law, Guildford
Leisure
Melanie was born and grew up in Aberdare, she now lives in Cardiff with her husband and two children. Her hobbies include swimming, cycling, running, dog walking, skiing and gardening.
Lawyer Rankings
Wales > Private client > Family
(Hall of Fame) (Leading individuals)Drawing upon the expertise of a deep bench of lawyers with vast experience in the field, Cardiff-based family law boutique Wendy Hopkins Family Law Practice is recognised as ‘the go-to family law practice in South Wales for any high value/complex financial remedies case’. The ‘extremely experienced and confident’ Melanie Hamer
and Thea Hughes, who ‘inspires confidence in everything she does’, are key to the firm’s success in handling high-profile financial remedy cases, as is the ‘calm and empathetic’ David James , who also handles high-net-worth Schedule 1 Children Act cases. A ‘tenacious negotiator’, Sarah Wyburn delivers her advice with ‘care and precision’, ensuring the best possible outcomes for clients engaged in complex and high-value financial cases, or in the context of civil partnership and same-sex marriages. The team is rounded out at a partner level by the ‘outstanding’ Rebecca Knight , who will ‘always go the extra mile for her clients’, who include professional footballers, in complex financial remedy matters, as well as to clients seeking guidance in relation to surrogacy law.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family Wales > Private client
- Hall of Fame Wales > Private client > Family
- Leading individuals Wales > Private client > Family