Carolina Marín Pedreño > Dawson Cornwell LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Dawson Cornwell LLP Offices
11 Staple Inn
LONDON
WC1V 7QH
England
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Carolina Marín Pedreño
Work Department
Children.
Position
Partner specialising in international children work: child abduction, jurisdiction disputes, registration and enforcement of foreign contact orders, leave to remove, contact, adoption, cross borders placement and public law cases. She also has experience in the law relating to surrogacy (both domestic and international), family formation and assisted reproduction rights.
Career
Qualified Spanish abogado 2003; qualified solicitor 2006; partner Dawson Cornwell 2009. She is the elected Vice President of the International Academy of Family Lawyers, Vice President of ASIME (Spanish Association Child Abduction Lawyers), Vice President of AIJUDEFA (Association of Spanish Speaking Jurists), member of Resolution International Committee, Steering Committee expert for EU project VOICE of the Child in Child Abduction proceedings, elected (former) President of Westminster and Holborn Law Society (2019), President of Human Rights Commission Union Internationale des Avocats UIA, Reunite International Legal Policy Group member. She is frequently consulted by Spanish speaking media on international children Law. Regular speaker in international conferences and universities as visiting professor.
Languages
Fluent in Spanish and Italian.
Memberships
Resolution Accredited Specialist in child abduction and children law; International Academy of Family Lawyers; Resolution; CALA; ASIME; AEAFA; Appointed Commissioner in London by Bar Association Murcia, Spain.
Education
IB Beniajan, Murcia, Spain; University of Murcia and University Studio de LLA Magna Graecia, Italy (Law), selected to participate in the exchange program between The Law Society and The Bar Association of São Paulo (2015), selected by the USA embassy in UK to participate in their State Department International Visitors Leadership Program (2016)
Leisure
Reading and fashion. Author of Spanish publication “Sustracción de Menores y el proceso de restitución del menor”, prefaced by Spanish International Liaison Judge. Co-author of manual about legal effects of Brexit and another on comparative studies on divorce published in Spain.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)Jointly headed by Russell Bywater and Carolina Marín Pedreño, the team at Dawson Cornwell LLP is ‘undoubtedly an exceptional, all-service family law firm. They have an unwavering reputation for providing high-quality advice on the most complex divorce and financial matters, including those cases with an international element’. The firm has an abundance of talent at all levels, including the ‘financial remedy heavyweight’ Simon Bruce. Amy Rowe is regarded as a specialist in complex cross-border children matters, while Sarah Jane Lenihan concentrates on financial remedies and private law children cases. Jessica Reid is a key figure who regularly handles complex cases involving financial claims and jurisdictional disputes. Charlotte Conner and Charlotte Image-Flower are other key members of this ‘outstanding’ team. In team news, Lisette Dupré joined Stewarts Law LLP and Amy Barrow joined Payne Hicks Beach LLP in October 2022 and April 2023 respectively. At the start of 2023, Hilka Hollmann joined the team from Freemans Solicitors, while the ‘exceptional’ Anna Shadbolt was promoted to the partnership.