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Antonia Felix

Work Department
Mishcon Private
Position
Antonia Felix is a Partner in the Family department. She specialises in all aspects of family law with a particular emphasis on complex financial remedy cases often involving assets in different jurisdictions and complicated trust structures. Antonia also advises on cohabitation disputes and private law children matters, including applications for leave to remove children from the jurisdiction and surrogacy. She is experienced in advising on pre and post-marital agreements and cohabitation agreements. Antonia’s work involves multi jurisdictions and often involves disclosure issues and obtaining disclosure orders against third parties, including trustees and registered agents in offshore jurisdictions, and joining third parties to proceedings within the context of financial remedy proceedings.
Antonia is a member of the Firm’s Surrogacy and Modern Families Group and was involved in hosting an event for the Law Commission in respect of its surrogacy reform consultation. Antonia also leads the family team’s Education group and has a network of contacts who can assist clients who need guidance on all aspects of their children’s education as well as being able to advise on education issues which arise as part of litigation.
Antonia was named by Citywealth as one of the top 100 private client lawyers in 2021.
Antonia is a member of Resolution and the Association of Women Solicitors, a community for women lawyers supporting each other in their careers.
Antonia is part of the Working Party put together by the human rights charity, JUSTICE aiming to improve access to justice for separated families in private family proceedings.
Antonia is also on the Board of Governors at St George’s school, Ascot.
Antonia is a partner of the WealthiHer network.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Legal Director, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Solicitor, Mishcon de Reya
Trainee, Mishcon de Reya
Paralegal, Mishcon de Reya
Education
BPP Law School, London (GDL 2004 and LPC 2005)
University of Bristol, BA (Hons) History
Lawyer Rankings
London > Public sector > Education: individuals
Mishcon de Reya LLP assists students and their families on school placements, such as special school admissions, exclusions and refusals, and on sexual misconduct, protection from bullying and home education. Additionally, the education group advises on school investigations, academic freedom of speech, gender identity, and Equality Act discrimination matters. The team is headed by Robert Lewis who works on employment matters, safeguarding, complaints, exclusions and discrimination, and is well supported by associates Michelle Chiu, Alexandra Agnew and Shulamit Aberbach. Commercial litigators Victoria Pigott and Janet Tobin and family law expert Antonia Felix are valuable members of the team. James Murray departed to Doyle Clayton in October 2023.
London > Private client > Family
(Next Generation Partners)Mishcon de Reya LLP is ‘one of the best and leading firms in the country for family law work‘. The family team is headed up by Kate Clark, ‘a complete star’ whose practice focuses on complex financial remedy cases, often international in nature. Claire Yorke heads up the team’s non-court dispute resolution group; she is a mediator and ‘one of the very best and brightest partners working in family law’. The ‘wickedly intelligent and strategically minded‘ Barbara Reeves is noted for her work with the department’s addiction specialist team, which is also an area of strength for Clare Radcliffe. Sandra Davis, who is ‘frankly leagues ahead of her competitors‘, specialises in ultra-high-net-worth cases with media elements. Antonia Felix leads the team’s surrogacy and modern families group, while James Rees is a go-to for cases with a Middle East element.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Private client > Family
- Family London > Private client
- Education: individuals London > Public sector
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Agriculture and estates