Alex Davies > Cripps > Tunbridge Wells, England > Lawyer Profile
Cripps Offices
NUMBER 22
MOUNT EPHRAIM
TUNBRIDGE WELLS
Kent
TN4 8AS
England
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Alex Davies
Work Department
Private client.
Position
Alex heads up the family team at Cripps. He has more than 20 years’ experience in advising on all aspects of family law with a client base comprising predominantly City professionals, entrepreneurs, family businesses, agriculture and estates clients and those with substantial inherited wealth.
In the last 12 months Alex has continued to attract a variety of substantial instructions, including nuptial agreements for multi-millionaires, divorce matters with foreign elements and complex and sensitive disputes concerning children.
Career
Coningsby Solicitors, Croydon 1991-99 (FILEX 1997); Hart Brown 1999-2000; TWM Solicitors 2000-11; partner 2008; partner Cripps LLP 2012-todate.
Memberships
Member of Resolution, the trade organisation for family lawyers committed to the constructive settlement of family disputes.
Education
Wilson’s School, Wallington; FILEX (1997); College of Law (2008 LPC)
Leisure
Raising a young family, cooking healthily (mostly), skiing (occasionally), music (listening and playing).
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading individuals)The ‘well-established’ practice at Cripps in Tunbridge Wells is ‘one of the best’, with ‘a practical and approachable team’ that seeks ‘constructive solutions’. The family team has a reputation for acting in financial remedy cases and children and cohabitee disputes which involve high-value assets and international issues, and is regularly instructed on financial proceedings under Schedule 1 of the Children Act 1989. Collaborating with the private wealth, property and corporate teams, the group has alternative dispute resolution options and acts for clients from a range of backgrounds including politicians, businessmen and celebrities. Team head Alex Davies, who is noted as a ‘brilliant lawyer, a great communicator and an excellent strategic mind’, advises ultra and high-net-worth clients on nuptial and cohabitation agreements. Another key lawyer to note is the ‘superb’ Helen Fisher.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex South East > Private client
- Leading individuals South East > Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: Kent, Surrey and Sussex
- Real estate > Commercial property: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Construction
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate and commercial: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Employment > Employment: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Real estate > Environment and planning
- Private client > Family: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Finance > Insolvency and corporate recovery
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Public sector > Public sector