Withers LLP

Partner

Anisha is a partner in the divorce and family team.

Anisha is experienced in a wide range of family law matters, both contentious and non-contentious, often with an international element. She advises on all areas of matrimonial law, including relationship breakdown, divorce and separation, financial applications and arrangements for children. Anisha advises on disputes involving the custody, care and control of children, access and child maintenance and attends Children Dispute Resolution hearings. She also advises on financial disputes, some of which involve complex asset holding structures and assists clients with ancillary relief applications relating to interim maintenance, litigation funding and spousal maintenance. She has also handled matters relating to the variation of spousal and child maintenance orders, division of matrimonial assets and financial settlements between the parties which involves family trusts and third parties.

Anisha is an accredited and trained general commercial and family mediator with HKMAAL. She is also a trained collaborative practitioner. Despite being a well-respected and experienced litigator, Anisha is also a strong advocate or and proponent of mediation and regularly attends mediation and settlement meetings with clients in order to assist to resolve outstanding ancillary relief and children's issues without having to go to Trial. She also has substantial experience in assisting clients to participate in co-parenting sessions and liaising with parenting coordinators to resolve matters relating to children in an amicable manner. Anisha was also involved in and organised the first successful Private Financial Adjudication case in Hong Kong, which resulted in the prompt handing down of an Ancillary Relief Order and saved the couple time and expense of going through a Financial Trial in the Family Court. She provides technically sound and client-focused solutions in the best interest of her clients.

Anisha is recognised as a Rising Star in the Doyle's Family Guide in 2023 and recently the awarded as the Platinum Winner under the Mental Health Category for the Women Of Wellness Awards by Liv Media.

Anisha is the APAC regional lead of Withers Giving Back Committee and she also spearheads Withers Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) committee in Hong Kong.

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Committee Member, Hong Kong Collaborative Practice Group Committee Member, Hong Kong Family Law Association Trained and accredited Family Mediator, HKMAAL Trained and accredited Commercial Mediator, HKMAAL Trained and accredited Collaborative Practitioner, IACP

City University of Hong Kong, PCLL University of Durham, LLB (Hons) University of London, LLM (Specialisation in Family Law)