Dickon Ceadel > Forsters LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Forsters LLP Offices
22 Baker Street
LONDON
W1U 3BW
England
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Dickon Ceadel
Work Department
Family
Position
Partner
Career
Dickon specialises in supporting clients to resolve financial disputes and children issues that arise on relationship breakdown and divorce. He has a particular specialism in preparing and negotiating pre and post nuptial and cohabitation agreements, often involving high value or complex assets and an international dimension. Dickon is known for taking a pragmatic and constructive approach towards resolving issues.
Dickon was named Young Lawyer of the Year at the Spear’s Wealth Management Awards in 2016. He is currently ranked in Chambers UK and Chambers HNW Guides and The Legal 500, where he is recognised as a Next Generation Partner. Dickon is listed in the Spears Family Law Index 2023 as a Recommended Lawyer. He also appears Spear’s 500 Index as a Recommended Lawyer and was named as a Rising Leader in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite directory. In 2022 he was listed in ePrivateClient’s Top 35 under 35.
He joined Forsters in January 2017, having previously worked at Penningtons Manches Cooper and Wedlake Bell.
Memberships
The Law Society
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Education
Dickon read Politics and Modern History at the University of Manchester. He won the Oxford University Press prize for finishing top of the year when completing the Graduate Diploma in Law.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Next Generation Partners)Sitting within ‘one of the best private client teams in the country‘, the Forsters LLP family team applies a ‘rigorous and realistic approach’ to its cases including high-value nuptial agreements and international child arrangements. Team head Joanne Edwards is ‘one of the leading family lawyers of her generation‘, a mediator often dealing with international children and finance matters. Rosie Schumm, ‘a charismatic and dynamic stand out individual‘, is a go-to for strategic advice in complex matters. Simon Blain regularly handles child relocation matters and provides advice on international surrogacy arrangements, while Dickon Ceadel specialises in the negotiation of international nuptial agreements. Amanda Sandys is recommended for her ‘great judgment‘, and is regularly sought out by unmarried families.
Lawyer Rankings
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- Employment > Immigration: personal
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Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Private client > Family
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- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
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- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
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- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
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- Real estate > Property finance
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