B P Collins LLP

bpcollins.co.uk

Alex Zachary

Partner and Practice Group Leader

Alison Taylor

Partner and Practice Group Leader

Beth Miel

Senior Associate

Craig Williams

Partner

David Smellie

Partner

Dominic Ibbs

Principal Lawyer

Elliott Brookes

Senior Associate, Head of Property Disputes

Emma Leavesley

mma is a Partner in the Family Law team. She has a broad range of experience and specialises in all aspects of family law including divorce and separation, finances, arrangements for children and advising on the breakdown of cohabitating relationships. Emma is also experienced in preparing pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements and separation agreements. Experience Emma qualified as a solicitor in 2010. Her training, which focused on family law, was at a firm in West London. Over 10 years ago, Emma began working in the Thames Valley and has worked at a regional heavyweight firm and also at a Top Tier, Top 100 firm in Oxford for 4 years prior to moving to BP Collins. She has worked with clients from a diverse range of backgrounds including in the film industry, the arts, the medical profession, the motor industry and in academia. She is meticulous in her approach and works hard for clients to help them achieve the best possible outcome. She thinks strategically, pragmatically and constructively. Emma is a member of Resolution and is a Resolution Accredited Specialist in complex financial remedies and private law children matters. Emma has also completed her mediation training. Specialisms Emma is known for her empathetic approach with clients, which has seen her support and advise vulnerable clients through challenging cases, particularly those relating to children. Emma has completed her Mental Health First Aider training through Mental Health First Aid England which has assisted Emma in her awareness of the impact that a divorce and separation can have on an individual’s mental health.

Emma Hurrell

Partner

Gillian Price

Principal lawyer

Greg Clark

Associate

Imogen Pike

Solicitor

Javita Malhotra

Javita is a Partner in the family team and is experienced in advising on all aspects of family law including divorce and separation, financial matters, disputes relating to children and separation in respect of unmarried couples. Javita qualified as a solicitor in 2011 and since then has established a wide-ranging family practice. Her expertise includes providing advice on and drafting prenuptial and postnuptial agreements to protect pre-acquired assets or future wealth. She has worked at firms in the Thames Valley for the last 6 years. Javita has a dogged determination to ensure that her clients' best interests are met whilst also providing support and reassurance to her clients in order to meet their objectives. Javita has been ranked as both a “rising star” and a “leading associate” in the Legal 500 directory which noted that she attended to the client’s needs “impeccably” and that they were “confident of a good outcome” from the point of first contact. She is also a member of Resolution and strives to take a pragmatic approach to settling client matters. Javita has a particular specialism in complex high value financial matters with multi-jurisdictional issues as well as extensive experience in advising in complex disputes relating to children.

Jo Davis

Partner and Employment Practice Group Leader

Jonothan Moss

Principle lawyer

Kathryn Fielder

Partner

Laura Mortimer

Partner

Lucy Wood

Partner and Practice Group Leader

Manjot Dhillon

Senior Associate

Maria Mowberry

Partner

Martina Razaq

Partner

Matthew Brandis

Partner and Practice Group Leader

Matthew Tebbot

Matthew is a partner in the residential property department and deals with a wide range of residential property matters. His main emphasis is on the acquisition and disposal of both leasehold and freehold properties for high-net-worth individuals, developers and property investment companies. Specific areas of expertise include resolving title matters, portfolio acquisition, re-financing, sales and purchases at auction, freehold estate disposals, residential development sales, new-build purchases, luxury senior living sales and purchases, equity release, voluntary lease extensions and landlord and tenant matters. Experience Matthew has acted on the purchase of a £52m penthouse apartment and sales of apartments worth over £30m. Matthew is a trusted advisor to one of London’s largest landlords, for whom he has worked on several portfolio acquisitions and block disposals and numerous leasehold and freehold sales and purchases. Matthew has overseen the sales of new apartments at some of London’s most prestigious developments and has worked for some of the UK’s largest property developers.