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Keystone Law welcomes new Family partner to its ranks

Keystone Law has welcomed partner David Thompson to its experienced team of Family & Matrimonial lawyers. He joins the firm from Seddons Solicitors, where he was a partner.

David has over 25 years’ experience in all aspects of family law. He is a specialist adviser on complex financial divorces as well as intractable disputes involving children issues. He also has expertise in drafting and breaking pre-nuptial agreements, both in the UK and abroad.

Additionally, David advises on trust and wills disputes and every aspect of cohabiting relationship breakdowns. A qualified mediator and collaborative lawyer, David has international experience in jurisdictions such as the US, UAE, France, Germany and India. James Knight, Founder and CEO of Keystone Law, said:

“I am delighted to welcome David as the newest partner in Keystone’s flourishing family law team. He is joining a fantastic group of lawyers and will be a great addition to the services we offer to our private clients.”

Keystone Law’s family team is consistently recognised in the legal directories, The Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners Guide, as a leading practice. This year, The Legal 500 commended the firm’s “impressive team of brilliant and expert family specialists,” and highlights them as “a team of some of the best and most experienced family law solicitors around.”

The firm’s Family & Matrimonial practice has a broad range of expertise delivered by over 36 lawyers across the UK including 28 partners. The team advises on complex child matters, high value financial negotiations and matrimonial finance issues, cohabitation, surrogacy and pre- and post-nuptial agreements.

Many of the firm’s family lawyers are trained mediators and can provide an alternative route to litigation, particularly in issues that involve children.

Keystone Law is a full-service, UK Top 100 law firm. Headquartered in Central London, it has over 450 partners who advise clients across 25 service areas and 22 industry sectors.

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