Michael Drake > Collyer Bristow LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Collyer Bristow LLP Offices
St Martin’s Court
10 Paternoster Row
London
EC4M 7EJ
England
- Firm Profile
- Go to...
Michael Drake
Work Department
Divorce and family
Position
Partner and Senior family & divorce lawyer. He handles all areas of matrimonial and family law, particularly where there is a commercial, complex financial or international element.
Career
Qualified in 1971. Joined Collyer Bristow as a Partner in 1984.
Memberships
Resolution; (National Committee 1987-94); Chief Assessor to the Law Society Family Law Accreditation Panel 2005-07; Fellow of International Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers.
Education
Educated at Haberdashers’ Askes Elstree and Selwyn College, Cambridge (MA: Law).
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
Toby Yerburgh leads a ‘friendly and professional’ team at Collyer Bristow LLP that works primarily for high-net-worth clients. The main focus of the team is on matrimonial finance work (including pre- and post-nuptial advice) and private law children disputes. Many of its cases have an international dimension. Tanya Roberts is well-regarded for her work on international relocation cases and complicated children disputes. Philppa Dolan and Michael Drake are among the other key members of the department.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property finance