Amy Rowe > Dawson Cornwell > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Dawson Cornwell Offices
11 Staple Inn
LONDON
WC1V 7QH
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Amy Rowe
Work Department
Children.
Position
Partner specialising in international family law, including child abduction, wardship, jurisdictional disputes, international relocation of children, registration and enforcement of foreign orders, stranded spouses, forced marriage and FGM. She is recognised in the legal directories for her expertise in cross border adoption cases, surrogacy and fertility law.
Career
Trained at Bindmans LLP becoming Partner in 2018 and head of their Family and Matrimonial team. She joined Dawson Cornwell as a Partner in 2021.
Memberships
Resolution Accredited Specialist in child abduction and children law; member of the International Family Law Committee; the Family Procedure Rule Committee International Family Working Group; the Resolution International Committee; the Child Abduction Lawyers Association (CALA); fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers; Chair of the Resolution International Mediation Working Party
Education
BA (Hons) Law & Criminology 2:1 University of Sheffield; Legal Practice Course – Distinction at Nottingham Law School.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Family
(Leading individuals)Dawson Cornwell has a ‘strong and broad team and is able to put the boots on the ground in a case very quickly, deploying a wide array of talents to meet any different issues that are thrown up’. The team has a ‘stellar’ reputation for its children work and is described as ‘leading in the field of international children work’. It also ‘has expertise in all area of family law’. Russell Bywater heads the matrimonial department while Carolina Marin Pedreño leads the children department. There have been a number of significant additions to the team at a senior level. Amy Rowe joined from Bindmans LLP and Simon Bruce recently joined the team from Farrer & Co. Both have a ‘solid background and great reputations’ and should be ‘excellent additions’ to the team. It was also pleased to add Sarah Jane Lenihan to its ranks from Stowe Family Law LLP who has been described as a ‘legal force of nature’. It remains ‘one of the best boutique family law firms’ in London.
London > Private client > Court of protection
(Firms to watch)Dawson Cornwell has an ‘excellent and specialist’ court of protection team that is headed by Jeremy Abraham who has ‘many years of invaluable experience of acting as a panel deputy’. The addition of Amy Rowe to the team from Bindmans LLP ‘brings an incredible amount of experience to this team’.
Lawyer Rankings
- Family - London > Private client
- Leading individuals - London > Private client > Family
- Firms to watch - London > Private client > Court of protection