The mediation practice at Anthony Gold Solicitors LLP ‘is a strong and reputable team. The firm’s mediation practice has gone from strength to strength and is headed up by strong leading solicitors’. The department is well respected for its mediation work, involving complex finance and children matters, which can be child-inclusive and/or cross-jurisdictional. Kim Beatson has a busy mediation practice. Most of her referrals come from other family lawyers. David Emmerson has a mixed practice between court work, mediation and a collaborative practice. Emerson specialises in complex finance and children cases as well as cohabitation and pre-nuptial work. Caroline Bowden is an experienced mediator whose work spans from dealing with the finances of high-net-worth clients to complex children work. Nazia Rashid departed in September 2022.

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‘Anthony Gold has an enormously talented group of individuals of all seniorities. They really go the extra mile with each case providing a magic circle level of care, but without the hefty price tag'.
'David Emmerson and Kim Beatson- between them, their breadth of knowledge is extraordinary. They are supported in particular by Fiona Lyon’.
'Kim Beatson. She is pragmatic, commercially minded and has 40 years of experience. She can settle the unsettle-able case!. Fiona Lyon. She is particularly good with managing the toxic cases that looks incapable of mediation’.
‘David Emmerson is excellent. Caroline Bowden is pragmatic, technically astute and works well in complex cases'.
‘Caroline Bowden is extremely experienced, she became a mediator many years ago and is very knowledgeable and approachable, providing clients with a supportive practical route to reaching agreement'.
‘AG is at the forefront of mediation and other forms of dispute resolution. They have some of the best mediators in the country. I could not recommend them more'.
‘Kim Beatson is one of the most experienced mediators in the country; she has a talent for working with difficult couples and cutting through to the heart of the problem and resolving issues'.
'David Emmerson is a good listener, essential for mediation, and helps couples recognise issues. He has a natural style which is reassuring for clients and is able to guide couples uniquely with his judicial experience'.