Stephens Scown LLP

Andrew Barton spearheads the family practice at Stephens Scown LLP, which handles a wide array of children and financial matters including high-value divorces involving company valuation and pension issues, as well as domestic abuse, adoption, surrogacy and international abduction issues. Alongside Barton, Sarah Atkinson is an expert in high-net-worth financial cases; she also has extensive experience drafting nuptial agreements. Mark Smith and Bill Wilkins advise on children matters, with Smith heading up the firm’s specialist children team. Sarah Walls leads the family finance team, while Thea Bennun’s diverse caseload encompasses financial remedy and civil partnership matters. In Taunton, Lizzie Smith deals with a wide array of matters, including those with an international element.