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Edward Cooke Family Law

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Delivering specialist family law services from its offices in Chichester and Brighton, the team at Edward Cooke Family Law have recently assisted with mediations, arbitrations and provided advice on matters relating to assets, financial arrangements and children. Founder of the firm Edward Cooke is noted in the market for his mediation and collaborative law work and has extensive experience in handling high-net-worth financial remedy family litigation concerning pensions, trusts and business assets. Leading the Brighton office is surrogacy and fertility law specialist Lauren Guy, and Michelle Lewis covers a broad spectrum of matters including complex financial and children work.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Edward Cooke has incredible emotional intelligence, which combined with his legal expertise and pragmatism on difficult cases, make him stand head and shoulders above others in his area.'
  • 'The firm has a strong reputation for doing high quality work and providing a good service for family law clients, which stems primarily from Edward Cooke, who is the driving force. They take a constructive approach to resolving family law matters in the interests of the parties.'
  • 'Michelle Lewis and Lauren Guy are both very capable and approachable, practising family law exactly how it should be done - child and client focused. I would trust this firm with my own friends and family members.'
  • 'Edward Cooke's City background combined with his focus on local issues makes him a 'go to' lawyer in his area. His firm and team are excellent and always put the client first in my experience.'
  • 'Edward Cooke is not only very experienced, but he really cares about not only assisting people in the most constructive way but in shaping family law too.'
  • 'Edward Cooke dealt with a particularly difficult case for me recently. He handled the matter with great skill and judgement - he takes a genuine interest in helping to find a resolution. He is the driving force behind the firm's success  and commands respect from fellow lawyers.'
  • 'Lauren Guy takes a constructive and pragmatic approach while protecting her client's interests.'
  • 'Edward Cooke has built up a cutting-edge practice which has made heads turn on the south coast and beyond.  He is quite unique in that he has built a solid reputation in London as well as locally. He continues to build up the team, which has grown great strength in depth.'

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Edward Cooke

Other key lawyers

Lauren Guy, Michelle Lewis